During the fifth and final Test match against Team India, Australia's ferocious pacer Scott Boland achieved a milestone. Here is all you need to know (Pic: AFP/X)
Updated On: 2025-01-03 03:48 PM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
Australian pacer Scott Boland made sure that he continues his dominating form in the fifth and final Test match against India
In Team India's first innings of the final Test match, Scott Boland claimed four wickets for 31 runs in 20 overs. With this, the pacer completed 50 wickets in the longest format of the game
He got scalps of dangerous Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Nitish Kumar Reddy and troubled the batting line-up with his impeccable lines and lengths
He is the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the series so far, with 15 scalps in three matches at a brilliant average of 15.46, with best figures of 4/31. He has taken the prized scalp of Virat three times in the series and troubled him with the outside off-stump length
In 13 matches, Boland has taken 50 wickets at a sub-20 average of 18.88, with best figures of 6/7. His record in home conditions remains incredible, with 43 scalps in nine matches at an average of 13.34 and best figures of 6/7
Against India in five Tests, Boland has taken 20 wickets at an average of 18.55, with best figures of 4/31
At the age of 35 years and 267 days, he is the oldest seamer to get to 50 Test wickets since New Zealand's Bevan Congdon (37y 10d) reached the milestone in February 1975