I never said Boland bowled badly, he didnt, he bowled pretty damn well.
Did he bowl better than Mitch Johnson? No way!
Better than Lillee on Thompson? Nup.
Better than McGrath and Warne? No.
If Boland was that good, Starc, Hazlewood, and Cummins would all be worried about their spots, and I would still pick anyone of them ahead of Boland.
He bowled one good spell of 4 overs. if he takes repeats the effort next test, or the next one (assuming the selectors choose him, which Ill bet they don't) then you would expect that he would be chosen again......What are his best shield bowling figures?
he has 8 x 5 wicket hauls in 80 first class games.
His best bowling in a shield game is 7/31, which is pretty bloody good, but its no where near as good as 6/7 in a test match.
My conclusion is that the Australian Shield teams have stronger batting line ups than the current English Test team.
Boland is a terrific bowler, but he got lucky to bowl at a team of nobody cares batsmen, on a tricky and grassy pitch that the poms couldn't handle.