A decision to rest Test quick Scott Boland in line with a request from national selectors to keep him fresh ahead of a big international summer hit Victoria hard before a special moment in the clash against Western Australia in Melbourne.
Boland, who started his season in Victoria’s opening Sheffield Shield clash, will play the next two games for the Vics ahead of likely inclusion for the Australian squad which will play Tests against the West Indies and South Africa this summer.
In his absence the Victorian attack included 31-year-old leg-spinner Rowantha Kellepotha, who last played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka in 2013, and became the first international player since Fawad Ahmed to play with the Vics.
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