Star Australia pacer Scott Boland and medium-pacer Brendan Doggett are all set to create history by becoming the first indigenous pair ever to play a Test for Australia together. The hosts will face England in the first Ashes Test beginning Friday at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

Stand-in skipper Steve Smith confirmed the playing XI on Thursday, featuring pacer Doggett, who will make his Test debut with Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood sidelined because of injury.

With Boland already in the XI, Doggett’s inclusion means Australia will field two Indigenous players in a Test team for the first time. Before the latter, only four Indigenous cricketers had represented Australia in Tests: the late Faith Coulthard , pacer Jason Gillespie, allrounder Ashleigh Gardner and Boland.

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