Australia pacer Scott Boland etched his name in the cricketing annals with a sensational hat-trick against West Indies in Kingston. As per ESPNcricinfo, he became only the 10th Australian to achieve the feat in Test cricket. Despite limited opportunities, the right-arm continues to prove his mettle in the format. He now has the best average for a bowler in the past 100 years. Boland, the tall Australian seamer, made his Test debut in the 2021 Boxing Day Test against England. The seamer arrived in style, taking 6/7 in the final innings. Australia won the match by an innings and 14 runs. In 14 Tests, Boland has claimed 62 wickets at a staggering average of 16.53. His tally includes 2 fifers and a match haul of 10 wickets. As per ESPNcricinfo, Boland currently has the sixth-best bowling average (16.53) in Test history (Minimum 50 wickets). His current average is also the best for any bowler in over a century (100 years). With his heroics in Kingston, Boland joined an elite club of Australians to claim a Test hat-trick. The list includes Frederick Spofforth, Hugh Trumble, Jimmy Matthews, Lindsay Kline, Merv Hughes, Damien Fleming, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, and Peter Siddle. Spofforth was the first-ever bowler to take a Test hat-trick (1878-79). Notably, Boland became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in Day-Night Tests. At 36, Boland is certainly on the other side of age. Moreover, he can't be a mainstay seamer in the presence Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Pat Cummins. In the near future, Australia are scheduled to play only white-ball cricket, ahead of the all-importnat Ashes at home. It will be interesting see if the veteran pacer gets an extended run.