Boland nonetheless absent after Maddinson hits comeback century

South Australia 173 and 66 for two path Victoria 288 (Maddinson 104, Scott 4-18) by 49 runs

Boland left the sphere on Saturday after being unable to finish his seventeenth over on day one on the Junction Oval. He was cleared of any main harm after present process a precautionary scan, which revealed “acute inflammatory signs around his patella tendon”.

“It’s really just low-grade wear and tear in his knee,” Victoria coach Chris Rogers stated on commentary of the Shield match. “It’s nothing too serious.”

But Boland did not bowl any of the 20 overs as South Australia went to stumps on day two at 66 for two, trailing Victoria by 49.

Victoria took a 115-run first-innings lead after former Test batter Maddinson smashed a century in his first Shield match since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in a BBL sport on New Year’s Day 2023.

Maddinson struggled for kind throughout his return to cricket within the BBL for Melbourne Renegades, however was again to his greatest within the longer type of the sport. The left-hander introduced up his sixteenth first-class century after lunch, pushing Victoria previous South Australia’s first-innings whole of 173.

Maddinson was out for 104, whereas Sam Harper, who suffered a daunting concussion in the course of the BBL whereas coaching with the Melbourne Stars, impressed with 46 in his return match.

Boland has not performed for Australia because the third Test of final 12 months’s Ashes, however has remained across the squad in the course of the summer time. The 2021 Boxing Day Test hero was restricted to a few Big Bash League video games after final taking part in for Victoria within the Shield in November. He did bat on Sunday, making 5.

“He hasn’t bowled that much in games recently…it’s a little issue, but he should be fine,” Rogers stated.