Australia’s Scott Boland shuts out noise from former England players before Ashes
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Fast bowler says he and teammates are focused on their own game
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Stuart Broad and Mike Atherton had delivered recent barbs
Scott Boland may be required to bowl in all five Ashes Tests this summer, a workload that will test his mental fortitude and physical stamina. But in promotion ahead of the series, he is already doing much of the heavy lifting.
The fast bowler and Gulidjan man was launching a partnership for the National Indigenous Cricket Championships with the Melbourne Cricket Club on Tuesday, but it was matters of the Commonwealth – and specifically a recent Stuart Broad sledge about what he believes is a weak Australian team – that was the focus of media in attendance.