Scott Michael Boland is an Australian fast-medium bowler who plays international cricket for Australia and domestic cricket for Victoria and the Melbourne Stars. He was named Sheffield Shield Player of the Year in 2019.
Boland is one of the few Indigenous Australians to represent the national team and became only the second male Aboriginal player to play Test cricket for Australia, after Jason Gillespie. He was part of the Australian side that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final.
On 14 July 2025, in the third Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy at Sabina Park in Jamaica, Boland became the 10th Australian player and the first First Nations Australian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket.
Scott Boland Records and Achievements
Scott Boland built his career through Melbourne grade cricket and years of strong bowling in the Sheffield Shield. He first made an impact in limited-overs cricket, playing three T20 internationals and 14 ODIs in 2016.
His Test career has been extraordinary, with 62 wickets at an average of 16.53, and 12.63 at home, which is better than any Australian bowler with that many wickets, including Warne, Cummins, Starc, and Hazlewood. His debut figures of 6 for 7 at the MCG became part of Australian sporting legend. He added a hat trick against the West Indies earlier in 2025.
Scott Boland Career Stats
Scott Boland has taken 66 wickets in Test cricket. He has bowled in 29 Test innings, conceding 1120 runs. His Test record includes three four-wicket hauls, two five-wicket hauls, and one ten-wicket match haul. With the bat in Tests, he has scored 83 runs in 18 innings, hitting nine fours and no fifties or hundreds.
In ODIs, Boland has bowled in 13 innings and has taken 16 wickets for 725 runs. He has no four-wicket or five-wicket hauls in this format. With the bat in ODIs, he has scored 9 runs in four innings. In T20Is, Boland has bowled in three innings, taking three wickets for 90 runs.
| Bowling | ||||||
| Format | Inns | Runs | Wkts | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Tests | 29 | 1120 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| ODIs | 13 | 725 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 3 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | ||||||
| Format | Inns | Runs | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Tests | 18 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| ODIs | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Scott Boland’s Personal Life
Scott Boland was overweight as a teenager and worked part-time as a bartender, but a direct talk from his club coach pushed him to lose weight and take cricket seriously. His shy nature stayed with him even when he became a national hero after taking 6 for 7 on his Test debut at the MCG in 2021.
Boland learned about his Aboriginal heritage only in his mid-20s. His family had kept those memories quiet for years, and the first clues came from stories about his grandfather Jack, who often spoke about Colac, an area connected to the Gulidjan and Gadubanud people. Later, Boland’s uncle discovered that Jack’s real name was Alexander John Wyn, who had been adopted and may have been part of Australia’s “stolen generation,” a period when Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families.
Scott Boland Contract
Scott Boland is one of the 23 centrally contracted players named by Cricket Australia for the 2025–26 season, covering March 2025 to February 2026. His place on this list means he receives a full national retainer from CA, and match fees for every game he plays.
The top earners receive retainers between AUD 1.2 million and AUD 2 million. As part of his deal, Boland also receives AUD 20,000 for every Test, AUD 15,000 for each ODI, and AUD 10,000 for every T20I he plays for Australia.
FAQs
Q. How many times has Scott Boland dismissed Virat Kohli?
A. Scott Michael Boland has dismissed Virat Kohli four times in five matches.
Q. What is Scott Boland’s Indigenous background?
A. Scott Michael Boland is a proud Gulidjan man. He made his Test debut in the 2021–22 Ashes and has taken 66 Test wickets.
Q. What is Scott Boland’s bowling average?
A. Scott Michael Boland has a Test bowling average of 16.96, an ODI average of 45.31, and a T20I average of 30.00.
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