Boland had taken 4-31 in the first innings to help Australia bowl out India for 185 at the SCG. He did even better in the second innings, taking 6-45 to skittle the tourists for 157. The second-innings figures were Boland’s second Test five-for, after his famous 4-1-7-6 against England on debut, at Sydney in 2021-22.

This was also Boland’s first ten-wicket haul in Test cricket. His match figures, 10-76, are the fourth-best at the venue, after Charlie Turner’s 12-87 in 1888-89, Imran Khan’s 12-165 in 1976-77, and Fred Spofforth’s 11-117 in 1882-83. The 76 were also the fewest runs anyone had conceded to take a ten-wicket haul at the venue.

Boland’s performance took his career haul to 56 Test wickets at 17.66, the eighth-best average in history and the best since the First World War with a 50-wicket cut-off.

Among Australians with 50 wickets, only Turner has a better average (16.53 for his 101 wickets), though mention must be made of Turner’s new-ball partner JJ Ferris (48 at 14.25 for Australia, 13 at 7.00 for England).

Best Test bowling averages (50 wickets)

- Among contemporary bowlers with 50 wickets, Axar Patel (55 wickets at 19.34) has the next-best bowling average, followed by Jasprit Bumrah (205 at 19.40) and Kyle Jamieson (80 at 19.73). They are also the only bowlers from teams other than Australia and England to take 50 wickets at under 20.
- Betty Wilson (68 wickets at 11.80) tops the bowling averages chart among women with 50 Test wickets.

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