He made his
Twenty20 International debut for Australia
against India on 29 January 2016. After consistent performances in the
Ryobi Cup, Boland was selected in the
ODI squad to
take on India, in their tour of Australia. According to his state captain at the time,
Matthew Wade, Boland was selected for his ability to bowl the final overs of the match, Wade saying: "He's worked really hard over the last 18 months to hone those skills and be a finisher. That's probably got him picked in the Australian team. His death stuff has been outstanding. He'll own that and he'll hopefully dominate that for us." He made his
One Day International debut for Australia
against India on 12 January 2016. He was selected to debut against India in the first match of the series, at the
WACA ground. Boland went on to record figures of 0/74 off 10 overs, the worst figures by a debutant Australian bowler ever. Notwithstanding this poor return on debut, Boland played for the rest of the series for Australia. He would pick up only 1 wicket across the other 4 games, conceding 259 runs in the process. His performances in the T20 internationals against India were also disappointing, playing in two of the three matches in this series, where he went wicket-less. Despite the poor return verses India, Boland was a mainstay in the Australian ODI team in 2016, playing all 14 of his ODI appearances this year. He
toured New Zealand with the Australian squad in February 2016, playing in the place of an injured
Kane Richardson and recording figures of 2/61 and 2/59. Boland bowled well in the series, taking the crucial top order wickets throughout and toured with the Australian squad, being named in the squad for two matches, one of which was cancelled due to weather. Boland played another, against the West Indies, where he took 2/69 from 10 overs, helping restrict the West Indies to 283, which Australia chased to win by six wickets. His next run in the ODI team was in
Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in July and August 2016, where Boland played in two of the five ODI matches on the tour, and one of the T20 internationals. In the ODI matches, he played twice, taking two wickets at 32, as Australia convincingly won the ODI series. In the T20 internationals Boland played in one match in the series fetching 3/26 from his four overs in the match, for his best T20 figures in his career. In 2018, Boland was selected in the Aboriginal XI that toured England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
1868 Aboriginal team that traveled to England. His brother Nick was also in the squad of 13. The 1868 tour was the first time that an Australian sports team had represented the country overseas. Boland was a standout on the tour, with some commentators noting he was unplayable at times. Over the six matches he took five wickets at an average of 28.40 and was presented with the Taverners Australia Indigenous Cricketer of the Year award. He made his Test debut on 26 December 2021, against
England. Boland had his
baggy green cap presented to him by
Josh Hazlewood. He took seven wickets in the match, including 6/7 in England's second innings. On taking his sixth wicket, commentator Mark Howard delivered the immortal commentary "Boland's got six at the 'G', build the man a statue!" He was awarded the
Mullagh Medal for his performance. He played in the three final Tests of the Ashes series, taking 18 wickets at an average of 9.55. In 2022, Scott Boland was selected for the second Test match in a
two match Test series against the West Indies. He was pivotal in breaking the opening partnerships of the West Indies 2nd Innings with a 3 wicket-maiden over, and finished with figures of 3/16 from 10 overs. Boland was also selected in the following
Test series against South Africa, playing the first two Tests matches.
Josh Hazlewood replaced him in the third match. His figures in both Test matches were economical, with Boland taking 4/42 from 19 overs in the first Test and 3/83 from 29 overs in the second Test. In June 2023, Boland was selected to play in the ICC World Test Final at
The Oval against India. Boland collecting 2/59 from 20 overs in the first innings and 3/46 from 16 overs in the second innings. In the second innings, Boland was crucial in breaking opening partnerships, taking the wickets of
Shubman Gill,
Virat Kohli and
Ravindra Jadeja. He was a main part of the win in the test for Australia. During the 2023 Ashes tour to England, Boland returned best figures of 1 for 60 and only played in 2 tests. However, he achieved his highest test score of 20 in the 4th innings of the 1st test. |Scott Boland bowling to
Nitish Kumar Reddy in the fourth test match of the
2024–25 Border–Gavaskar Trophy. Scott Boland played in the
2024–25 Border–Gavaskar Trophy. He was selected to play in the Adelaide pink ball test, and returned to the playing XI for the 4th and 5th Tests at Melbourne and Sydney after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the series due to injury. In Melbourne he put on a crucial 56 run 10th wicket partnership with Nathan Lyon in Australia's 2nd innings to propel Australia to a winning total in what would eventually be a historical final day win. In the Sydney Test, he took 4/31 from 20 overs in India's first innings as well as 6/45 in the second innings to register his first 10 wicket haul in Test Cricket, a performance which earned him man of the match as Australia went on to win the match by 6 wickets and regain the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years with a 3–1 scoreline. Boland finished the series with 21 wickets in 6 innings at an average of 13.02, the third most wickets in the series after Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins, with an average that only the former surpassed. Boland was selected for the third and final test in the
2025 tour of the West Indies, a
day/night fixture at
Sabina Park,
Kingston, Jamaica. Replacing
Nathan Lyon to form a four-pronged pace attack alongside
Mitchell Starc,
Pat Cummins and
Josh Hazlewood for the first time, Boland took 3/34 in the first innings, dismissing
John Campbell,
Shai Hope and
Shamar Joseph. In the second innings, he took 3/2 off 2 overs including a
hat-trick, having dismissed
Justin Greaves (caught at slip by
Beau Webster),
Shamar Joseph (
lbw, on review) and
Jomel Warrican (bowled) in successive deliveries, to bowl the
West Indies out for 27 in just 14.3 overs, the
second-lowest score in Test history. He became only the 10th Australian cricketer (first since
Peter Siddle in 2010) and first ever First Nations Australian test cricketer to take a hat-trick in test match cricket. Boland's hat-trick helped Australia to bowl the West Indies out for their lowest total ever in test match cricket. ==Personal life==