Scott Boland six-wicket haul for leads humiliation as Australia romp to Ashes glory

Scott Boland six-wicket haul in his Test debut, by lunch on the third day at the MCG, Australia had wrapped up the Ashes 3-0 thanks to him.

On the third morning, England was blasted away in less than an hour for their third Test rout.

Scott Boland added up his two wickets from three balls during a devastating last hour on the second day

With four more on the following morning to complete an innings victory and ensure the hosts maintained the urn.

Mitchell Starc, who had a hand in reducing England to 31 for 4 in a cauldron-like atmosphere on day two, added the wicket of Ben Stokes inside the first 25 minutes of the resumption to finish with 3 for 29.

Pat Cummins, whose pressure was vital in keeping England’s distressed batters under Australian control, went unrewarded in England’s second innings after assisting in limiting them to a first-innings total of 185 when he and Nathan Lyon each took three wickets.

Boland, who was named an MCG specialist after his achievements for Victoria and became the fourth Indigenous Australian to play Test cricket, was the star of the day, despite how brief it was.

He was just unplayable for a side whose confidence had been shaken and whose batting was in disarray after taking 1 for 48 in England’s first innings. Boland won the Mullagh Medal as Player of the Match, which is named after Johnny Mullagh, a member of the Australian Aboriginal team who toured England in 1868.

Even with Stokes and Joe Root still in the lineup, England’s job seemed impossible after both sides’ players returned negative tests following a Covid scare the day before. However, Australia’s resounding victory sent England to new lows, with their 68 all-out score the lowest Ashes total in Australia since 1936 and England’s lowest total in Australia since 1904.

Starc shook Stokes’ middle stump with a quick. Fuller ball that went through the gate as the batsman pushed forward in defense. Removing the guy who is still remembered for his heroics at Headingley in 2019. But who is in a completely different place today. After an extended absence from the game.

Boland came into the attack with his fifth delivery of the day

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Catching Jonny Bairstow lbw for five runs. Bairstow, who was dropped at gully by Cameron Green on the first delivery of the over, appealed the lbw judgment. But it was upheld due to the umpire’s decision on impact and hitting the stumps.

When a Cummins delivery hit him in the groin for the third time in less than a week. Root must have wanted to disappear. He bounced back faster than Starc did after his effort in Adelaide. Which came after a nasty knock in the nets that forced him to the hospital for tests earlier that day.

England, on the other hand, set a new low when Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson left in the space of three Scott Boland deliveries without scoring. Bringing their team’s total of ducks to 54 this year, equaling their lowest performance in that category from 1998.

To give him his five-for, Wood spooned a return catch to Boland. And Robinson fenced at one outside off stump, slashing a catch to Marnus Labuschagne at third slip.

Green bowled last man James Anderson for two runs to win. The victory on a day that Australia – and Boland – will remember for a long time. Meanwhile, if England is to avoid a 5-0 thrashing, they will have to conduct extensive research.

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