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We're Not Surprised By Boland's Performances, Says Head Coach McDonald
Sydney Cricket Ground: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald is not surprised by his pacer Scott Boland's eight-wicket haul in the ongoing fifth Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. Playing his third Test of the five-match series, Boland returned with figures of 4-42 after finishing with 4-31 in India's first innings. His performance enabled Australia to reduce India to 141/6 at stumps on Day 2.
“We're not surprised by Scotty's performances. Every time he plays, he does the job well. His ability to just be relentless on a length and move the ball both ways, it's proving difficult, in particular on this (SCG) surface," McDonald said. “He's always a genuine consideration Scotty and every time he pitches up in the Australian colours he delivers. We're lucky to have those four quicks in Josh Hazlewood, (Pat) Cummins and (Mitchell) Stark and Boland.”
The head coach hailed Boland's ability to execute their plans rightly in the middle especially against Virat Kohli as he dismissed him for the fourth time in the series. “It's one thing to have a plan, but then to be able to execute that, the way that we have to Virat, (to) put him under immense pressure.
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