Ashes 2021-22: Scott Boland joins small club of Australia's indigenous Test cricketers
FirstpostBoland, who hails from the Gulidjan tribe in western Victoria state, is the first Indigenous man to play for Australia since Jason Gillespie, who won 71 caps and played his last Test 15 years ago. Melbourne: Scott Boland said he was living the dream Sunday after becoming only the second Indigenous man to play Test cricket for Australia. “The Indigenous community in AFL and rugby is so big and hopefully one day Aboriginals in cricket can be just as big.” Boland, who hails from the Gulidjan tribe in western Victoria state, is the first Indigenous man to play for Australia since Jason Gillespie, who won 71 caps and played his last Test 15 years ago. “You hear of athletes who said they saw Cathy Freeman in 2000 and that’s inspired them to be the next Olympian,” Cricket Australia’s Indigenous advisory chair Justin Mohamed told reporters.