Debutant Boland destroys England as Australia retains Ashes
The Hindu
The 32-year-old Victorian strolled off the MCG with a stump and astonishing figures of 6-7 as England's batsmen capitulated for 68 before lunch on day three
Australia retained the Ashes with a thumping innings and 14-run in the third test in Melbourne on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 with paceman Scott Boland taking a six-wicket haul in a fairytale debut.
Boland, only the second Indigenous Australian to play a men's test match, strolled off the Melbourne Cricket Ground turf with a stump and astonishing innings figures of 6-7 as England's batsmen capitulated for 68 before lunch on day three.
"I thought we had a pretty good chance of winning but I had no idea we would do it before lunch," said Victorian Boland, who won the Johnny Mullagh medal as player of the match in front of his home crowd.