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abplive|06-06-2025
Australia pacer Scott Boland has his sights set on the upcoming WTC 2025 Final against South Africa, as the 36-year-old vows to make into the starting XI consisting of the holy trinity of Australian pace attack.
For more than a decade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood have carried the bulk of the load of Australia's bowling attack, inspiring them to two ODI World Cups, one T20 World Cup, and one World Test Championship.
However, since the turn of the decade, Victoria-based Scott Boland has acted more than just a back-up for the legendary trio, as the right arm pacer has made a solid case for himself to be a part of the Playing XI.
"I'm really happy with how my body's feeling at the moment. Pain free for probably the first time in about 18 months. So it's feeling really good."
"My goal for probably the last two months was just get myself and my body in the position where I can put my hand up and be ready to go if it goes my way. I probably felt like at the back end of the Shield season, my knee was sort of, not wearing away, but wasn't going how I wanted to go.
And I didn't feel like I was bowling how I wanted. But now I feel like I'm in a really good spot that I can bowl how I want to bowl. It's pulling up really well, so that's all I can do, and I just want to make their decision as hard as possible.""I felt like I had a couple of really strong games. But Josh is obviously a world-class bowler. He's one of the best bowlers in the world coming off a really good IPL. So I'm sure he'll be wanting the same thing here. Obviously, we all want to play but there's probably not room for all of us."
"I was able to get it to a spot where it's really strong, and then it's just gotten better and better since I've started running and bowling, which was seven weeks ago."