Australia’s Pat Confirms Scott Boland will Retain His Replace in The 2nd Test Against SA

Australia’s Pat Confirms Scott Boland will Retain His Replace in The 2nd Test Against SA. Local hero Scott Boland has retained his place in the Australia XI for Boxing Day.

He continues to recover from a side strain:-

With an ‘underdone’ Josh Hazlewood to miss another Test as he continues to recover from a side strain.

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It stars veteran campaigner Hazlewood, who has over 200 Test wickets to his name, and the in-form Boland, who currently boasts the best Test bowling average of all time.

Appeared as a sore call for the selectors, and dominated the discussion during a lengthy debate. The build-up to the MCG contest.

Australia captain Pat Cummins told reporters on Christmas morning, “We gave Joshi (Hazlewood) every chance, (but) it got to a level where (he) felt more than anyone else that he was a little short.” Were.”

“That’s really the mark of the man, he himself said ‘doesn’t quite feel right’ so he ruled himself out of selection.

They Requires a squad mentality:-

“We talk a lot about how (as a team) we need a squad mentality and I think this is another great example.”

“We’ve always been in good shape since we’ve been in Australia,” Elgar told reporters.

“We’ve gone through a bit of a hurdle in the last week – but I think both batting units have gone through it.

“We have started fresh and we know getting runs on the board is important.

“We had some good innings but talk is cheap at the moment. Your best reference point is the performance on the board.”

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Australian and South African Squad:-

Australia squad: 1. Pat Cummins (c), 2. Scott Boland, 3. Alex Carey, 4. Cameron Green, 5. Marcus Harris, 6. Josh Hazlewood, 7. Travis Head, 8. Usman Khawaja, 9. Marnus Labuschagne, 10. Lance Morris, 11. Nathan Lyon, 12. Steve Smith, 13. Mitchell Starc, 14. David Warner.

South Africa squad: 1. Dean Elgar (c), 2. Temba Bavuma, 3. Gerald Coetzee, 4. Theunis de Bruyne, 5. Sarel Airie, 6. Simon Harmer, 7. Marco Jansen, 8. Keshav Maharaj, 9. Heinrich Klaasen, 10. Lungi Ngidi, 11. Anrich Nortje, 12. Kagiso Rabada, 13. Rassie van der Dussen, 14. Kyle Vereen, 15. Lizad Williams, 16. Khaya Zondo.