Australia seamer Scott Boland featured in their last Test in Jamaica against West Indies. He played in place of Nathan Lyon in a four-man pace attack and, in fact, took a Test hat-trick in his final over of that match, as per ESPNcricinfo.

Now, it seems increasingly likely that he’ll keep his spot even though Lyon is expected to return for the opening Test against England in Perth. Captain Pat Cummins admitted that it’s “less likely than likely” he’ll be fit to recover slowly from a back injury.

Boland mentioned that he hasn’t spoken to Cummins in months but doesn’t believe the skipper will miss the entire Ashes series.

“Patty’s (Pat Cummins) so resilient,” Boland said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

“He can play through a little bit of pain if he has some. Those guys play so much cricke

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