Scott Boland added to Sheffield Shield squad

Scott Boland has been released from the Australian Test squad in India and has been added to Victoria's Sheffield Shield squad to face Western Australia in Perth.

Scott Boland added to Sheffield Shield squad

Scott Boland has been released from the Australian Test squad in India and has been added to Victoria's Sheffield Shield squad to face Western Australia in Perth.

Boland replaces Sam Elliott in the 13-player squad announced on Friday.

Squad:

Will Sutherland (c) (Prahran)

Scott Boland (Frankston Peninsula)

Ashley Chandrasinghe (Casey-South Melbourne)

Travis Dean (Footscray)

Sam Harper (Melbourne)

Marcus Harris (St Kilda)

Jon Holland (Frankston Peninsula)

Campbell Kellaway (Melbourne)

Cam McClure (Essendon)

Fergus O'Neill (Melbourne)

Mitch Perry (Richmond)

James Seymour (Essendon)

Matt Short (Northcote)

Marsh Sheffield Shield

Western Australia vs Victoria

March 14-17, 1.30pm AEDT

WACA Ground, Perth

Live on Kayo Sport & cricket.com.au

Leading into the final round, Victoria and Queensland are battling it out for a place in the Sheffield Shield Final with Western Australia confirmed to host.

Queensland is currently sitting in second place, with a 0.36-point lead over Victoria in third. QLD will face Tasmania in Hobart in their final round.

Sheffield Shield Points System

Teams get six points for an outright win, one point for a draw, plus 0.01 of a bonus point for every run over 200 they score during the first 100 overs of their first innings (ie: 350 after 100 overs nets you 1.5 bonus points) and 0.1 of a bonus point for every wicket a team takes during the first 100 overs of their opponent's first innings (ie: 10 wickets before 100 first-innings overs elapses nets you 1 point).

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