A cheeky altering room second involving Usman Khawaja and Scott Boland detailed the latter’s humbleness as he ready to make his Australian Test debut towards England on the MCG.
Boland was a comparatively nameless title to the common Australian earlier than the third Test of the Ashes collection final summer season, though he had excelled for Victoria at Sheffield Shield stage for a number of years prior.
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Speaking on Amazon Prime’s ‘The Test’ documentary, which works behind the scenes of the Australian cricket group, BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew didn’t have a lot data of who Boland was earlier than the Ashes.
“I knew very little about Scott Boland and I don’t think many of my colleagues did either,” Agnew mentioned.
SEN broadcaster Gerard Whateley added: “He could have comfortably walked down the main thoroughfare pretty much anonymous.”
Even Khawaja, who was within the squad however not enjoying within the Boxing Day Test, seized his probability to cheekily make the most of the debutant.
As Boland entered the dressing room and sat down in a chair, Khawaja got here in and made him transfer out of his seat, with spinner Mitchell Swepson detailing the incident.
“Scotty was sitting here and Uzzie walked in and was like, ‘Scotty mate, come on,’” Swepson mentioned.
“Scotty’s now over near the coffee machine instead of where he was.
“Poor man’s on debut now and Uzzie’s not even playing. Standard Usman, really.”
Khawaja defended himself by stating he “did ask him [Boland] if he wanted to move and he said no.”
Boland then went on to ship that unbelievable bowling spell within the second innings, the place he took mind-boggling figures of 6/7 at his residence floor.
The Victorian immediately grew to become a cult hero throughout the nation for his exploits and in addition earned him the Johnny Mullagh medal, awarded to the participant of the match within the Boxing Day Test.
Whateley likened Boland’s achievements and the magnitude of the event to some of the iconic moments in Australian sport.
“Culturally, this is a profound moment,” Whateley mentioned.
“One man soars above all the others. It’s there in the Welcome to Country, it’s there in the presentation of the Johnny Mullagh medal.
“This is the Cathy Freeman moment.”
Originally revealed as Cheeky altering room second debuting Aussie cult hero Boland was brutally put in his place
