Melbourne, Feb. 5 -- Former Australian cricketer Ian Healy picked pacer Scott Boland as the team's third seamer ahead of Josh Hazlewood because of the latter's injury-ridden run in recent years which has contributed to him being in and out of the Test side. according to a report on SEN Australia.

Healy was speaking on SEN. Boland delivered an incredible performance, stepping up in place of Hazlewood, who missed three Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to side and calf injuries. He troubled Indian batters with his tough-to-handle, relentless line and lengths. His highlight was taking star batter Virat Kohli's wicket four times in the series. He emerged as the biggest thorn in the eyes of the Indian team during this series. He took 21...