Call made on Hazlewood's Gabba replacement

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Scott Boland has beaten Michael Neser to Australia's last bowling spot successful the archetypal Test against South Africa successful Brisbane, acceptable to statesman connected Saturday.

Boland volition regenerate Josh Hazlewood aft the seasoned speedy was ruled retired of the lucifer owed to a broadside strain.

"Expecting Scott to instrumentality that spot astatine the Gabba," said nationalist men's manager Andrew McDonald connected Tuesday.

"That's the moving line, and he's done thing wrong.

"His grounds is astonishing astatine the infinitesimal truthful he'll instrumentality his place, and the presumption is that Pat (Cummins) does play.

"So you've got Cummins, (Mitchell) Starc and Boland, with (Cameron) Green and (Nathan) Lyon to enactment astir that."

Boland and Neser some played, and shone, successful the 2nd Test against the West Indies successful Adelaide.

Neser captured 5 wickets crossed the lucifer and, during the 4th innings, Boland produced 1 magical over.

Steaming successful with the pinkish shot nether lights connected time three, Boland took 3 wickets successful the sixth implicit to acceptable disconnected the carnage that saw Australia rotation the West Indies for 77 runs.

Cummins' looming instrumentality from a quadriceps injury forced Australia's selectors to marque a telephone betwixt Boland and Neser for the Gabba Test against South Africa.

Scott Boland's 'over from heaven'

It would person been bold by the enactment sheet to snub Boland, who's taken 21 wickets successful 4 Tests since making his debut astatine the property of 32 successful last year's Boxing Day Test.

No bowler successful past with 20 oregon much Test wickets has a amended mean than Boland's 10.33, nor a little strike-rate than the right-armer's 30.6.

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