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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jack Snape

Australia’s Scott Boland shuts out noise from former England players before Ashes

Scott Boland of Australia speaks to the media
Scott Boland is likely to be a major player in the coming Ashes series starting in Perth on 21 November. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images for Cricket Australia

Scott Boland may be required to bowl in all five Ashes Tests this summer, a workload that will test his mental fortitude and physical stamina. But in promotion ahead of the series, he is already doing much of the heavy lifting.

The fast bowler and Gulidjan man was launching a partnership for the National Indigenous Cricket Championships with the Melbourne Cricket Club on Tuesday, but it was matters of the Commonwealth – and specifically a recent Stuart Broad sledge about what he believes is a weak Australian team – that was the focus of media in attendance.

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