Scott Boland

Australia Test quick is battling plantar fasciitis and has been ruled out of Durham's clash against Worcestershire after undergoing a scan

Riverside curtain-raiser abandoned without a ball bowled across four days

Several of Australia's red-ball specialists and fringe Test players are heading to England for the start of the County Championship season

The Australia quick grabbed four wickets as Western Australia slipped from a promising position

The match at Junction Oval in Melbourne is effectively a play-off to decide who will face Tasmania in the final

Australia's frontline bowlers have been unchanged throughout the season which has meant no action for the reserves

Victoria were two wickets away from a win that would take them to the top of the table, but the weather played spoilsport

Peter Handscomb also reached three figures before Victoria's bowlers made inroads in the final session

NSW were in deep trouble at 73 for 5 on a day where Scott Boland broke a Sheffield Shield record

Lance Morris picked up a side strain against West Indies but would not have made the squad

O'Neill took 5 for 47, his third five-wicket haul of the season, as Victoria needs just 108 to win on the fourth day with eight wickets in hand

The Australia quick underwent scans but Victoria coach Chris Rogers said "it's nothing too serious"

South Australia opener Jake Carder took 120 balls to reach double figures as the visitors crawled through the first session

One-time Test batter suffered symptoms after a blow to the head in a 2nd XI game last week

Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc are set to play their sixth Test in a row together in Adelaide which would be the most they have played together consecutively

Australia are strong and settled as they aim to close out a memorable year with victory

There has been some tension about availability of fringe Australia players for the tournament

All three part of a 14-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan in Perth with Boland and Morris with Lyon replacing Murphy as the only change from the last Ashes Test

"Realistically the word rest and rotated gets thrown around a lot but you never miss a Test if you are fully fit"