Australia skipper Pat Cummins has introduced an unchanged XI for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan beginning Tuesday (December 26) on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Cummins’ announcement signifies that native boy Scott Boland will not get a chance to have a crack on the vacationers in entrance of his residence crowd.
Boland has fond recollections of the MCG. The 34-year-old pacer made the England batters sweat profusely as he grabbed 6/7 within the second innings of his debut Test on the MCG throughout the 2021/22 Ashes on residence turf. But since then he has largely been warming the bench and watching the tempo troika of Mitchell Starc, Cummins and Josh Hazlewood make mild work of assorted oppositions.
Cummins stated that they (the Australian staff) are a enormous fan of Scotty (Boland) however sadly, there isn’t a place for him within the XI for the second Test of the Australian summer time. However, the Aussie skipper needs him to be prepared for future assignments as the chance to characteristic within the XI can current itself at any second.
“We’re a huge fan of Scotty, I don’t think that’s a secret,” Cummins was quoted as saying by Cricket.com.au.
“It’s very uncommon that you’ll get via seven Test matches with the identical (quick) bowling line-up, there’s all the time niggles or issues that pop up.
“He’s able to go if something occurs, so I’m certain he’ll play an element sooner or later.
“The message (to Boland) is always ‘we love what you’re brining, unfortunately you miss out on this one but don’t change … and stay ready’.”
Pakistan drop Sarfaraz Ahmed for Boxing Day Test
Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed will not characteristic within the playing XI for Pakistan within the Boxing Day Test at “The G”. Though the vacationers have not introduced their XI, they’ve named an inventory of 12 gamers for the second Test and the listing reveals that Mohammad Rizwan has changed Sarfaraz Ahmed and is more likely to don the wicketkeeping gloves. Skipper Shan Masood will announce the XI on the toss.
Australia’s Playing XI for the Boxing Day Test:
David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Pakistan’s XII for the Boxing Day Test:
 Imam-Ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza, Aamir Jamal, Sajid Khan
