The Ashes will remain in Australia’s possession for another couple of years after their MCG mauling of England. Here’s how the players from both teams rated. They took less than one session more than two days to do the deed with the touring side’s meek surrender for 68 on Tuesday one of the more insipid […]
The debut of Scott Boland, just the fourth Indigenous Australian to play Test cricket, was disappointing only in its brevity. There is scarcely a poet, living or dead, who could have scripted two more twisting and wondrous days. Boland’s first innings, admirable if unremarkable, was eclipsed by the skill of Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, […]
Australia’s Ashes-clinching hero Scott Boland was so nervous on his test cricket debut that he forgot to breathe. At lunch on Sunday’s first day of play, Boland received some friendly advice from Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald to add speed to his run-up. Boland claimed a modest haul of one wicket for 48 in England’s…