Boland during his Test match debut against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 2021–22 Ashes
Personal information
Full name
Scott Michael Boland
Born
(1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 (age 35) Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia
Nickname
Barrel, Bolo[1]
Height
1.85[2] m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Role
Bowler
International information
National side
Australia (2016–present)
Test debut (cap 463)
26 December 2021 v England
Last Test
16 June 2023 v England
ODI debut (cap 210)
12 January 2016 v India
Last ODI
12 October 2016 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.
26
T20I debut (cap 76)
29 January 2016 v India
Last T20I
6 September 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.
26
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2011/12–present
Victoria (squad no. 24)
2013/14–2018/19
Melbourne Stars
2016
Rising Pune Supergiant
2019/20–2021/22
Hobart Hurricanes
2023/24-
Melbourne Stars
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
10
14
104
67
Runs scored
47
9
962
136
Batting average
6.71
3.17
11.73
6.47
100s/50s
0/0
0/0
0/2
0/0
Top score
20
4
51
19
Balls bowled
1,531
716
20,235
3,517
Wickets
35
16
380
80
Bowling average
20.34
45.17
23.93
40.35
5 wickets in innings
1
0
9
1
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
6/7
3/67
7/31
5/63
Catches/stumpings
6/–
3/–
30/–
13/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing Australia
ICC World Test Championship
Winner
2021-2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 April 2024
Scott Michael Boland (born 11 April 1989) is an Australian international cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he also plays domestically for Victoria and the Melbourne Stars.[3] In March 2019, he was named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year by Cricket Australia.[4] Boland is one of a handful of Indigenous Australians to be selected to play for Australia at international level and, as of December 2021, is only the second male Aboriginal player to have played Test cricket for Australia, after Jason Gillespie.[5] He was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final.
^"Scott Boland - Cricket Victoria". cricketvictoria.com.au. Cricket Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^"Scott Boland". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^"Scott Boland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^"Boland named Shield Player of the Year". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Scott Boland to become fourth Indigenous Australian to play Test cricket". Independent.co.uk. 25 December 2021.
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