'Would Have Played So Many Tests In...': Starc Hails Hat-Trick Hero Boland
While Mitchell Starc played the starring role, Scott Boland managed to get some of the spotlight with a hat-trick as Australia skittled West Indies for 27 runs.
While Mitchell Starc garnered all the attention for his 100th Test match and his 400th wicket in the format, Scott Boland managed to get some of the limelight at the end of the third Test against West Indies in Kingston. Boland's hat-trick rounded up the lower order, dismissing the hosts for a mere 27 runs, marking the second-lowest Test total ever.
Starc made history in the third Test against the West Indies in Jamaica by securing a five-wicket haul in just 15 balls, the quickest in Test history.
Boland, having donned the baggy green only 14 times, has taken 62 wickets. Starc believes his teammate would have played many more Test matches had he been in a different team.
'He is amazing. Would have played so many Tests in another team. He is never far from the perfect spell. Prepares all the time to play and shows what a wonderful Test bowler he is," said Starc.
Boland achieved a hat-trick by removing Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph, and Jomel Warrican with consecutive deliveries at the start of his second over, becoming the 10th Australian to take a Test hat-trick.
With figures of 3-34 and 3-2 at Sabina Park during Australia's Test victory against the West Indies, Boland's Test bowling average now stands at 16.53, the best of any bowler in the last 110 years of Test cricket (minimum 2000 balls bowled).
Boland confessed he was nervous on his hat-trick ball and praised Starc for his remarkable achievement. 'I was nervous on that last ball. Amazing feeling. Didn't expect ten wickets to fall in the first session. Starcy to start like that, three wickets in the opening over, unbelievable," he said.
'I just tried to keep the ball in the right areas. Happy to start off well. Unreal, for Starc to get his 400th wicket in his 100th Test is special. He trains hard and looks after his body to achieve those things," said Boland.
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