‘The pressure will be on them’ - Scott Boland opines pressure would be on England to carry out their tactics in Ashes

With the much anticipated Ashes series rapidly approaching, both the Australian and English players will be gearing up to accelerate their preparations for the marquee series between them. With the series being hosted by England, the Ben Stokes-led side would be at a massive advantage, as the Aussies last won a series in England back in 2001. 

However, Australian pacer Scott Boland had a different opinion. The 34-year-old opined that the pressure would be on the hosts as they would be focused on carrying out their aggressive brand of cricket. Furthermore, he also talked about Ben Stokes requesting fast and flat wickets for the series and shorter boundaries. 

Ever since Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes took over the English side, the team has been well known to play their own brand of 'Bazball' cricket, and under such a style of play, England has seen massive success in recent times. 

"The most interesting thing might be if we are playing on a wicket that is a bit juicy and we have them 4-30, then the pressure will be on them to keep playing that same way. The way they are talking about how they intend to play, there is more pressure on them than there is on us to play our style," Boland was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda.

"If the wicket is flat and not conducive to taking wickets regularly, then it will be about how we slow their scoring to then get a wicket," he added.

I am not going to change too much from what I have done in the past: Boland

Currently, the Pat Cummins-led Australia hold the iconic urn, and with the pace department being spearheaded by the likes of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc, sporadic additions to the team have also been made in the form of Scott Boland, and Jhye Richardson.

If Boland does get the chance to feature in the iconic series, the 34-year-old opined that he would not deviate from the original plan and would look to continue doing what he does.

"I think it is going to be very interesting to see how it all plays out, but I am not going to change too much from what I have done in the past. I am still going to try and bowl the majority of balls in the same spot and try and get movement off the pitch," Boland concluded.