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Scott Boland: The Best 'Spare' Fast Bowler Around

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Scott Boland: The Best 'Spare' Fast Bowler Around

By AFP News November 18, 2025 • 08:58 AM View: 191

Australia may be without star quicks Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood when the Ashes begin against England on Friday, but they have the luxury of calling on perhaps the best "spare" fast bowler in the world -- Scott Boland.

The ever-reliable Boland has played just 14 Tests, but only because the "big three" of Cummins, Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc have been at the top of their game for so long.

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