Boland's return brings a hat-trick ball for Bavuma
Fox Cricket's opening-spell replay captures consecutive wickets, Mark Howard's rising excitement and a selection debate that carries into the comments.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 225,146 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (16,698).
HAT-TRICK BALL! 👀 Boland comes out FIRING in Aussie Test return v RSA | First 2 overs | Fox Cricket
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- 0:43Boland opens against Ackerman, with the first delivery staying low on its way to Carey.
- 3:48His first over ends without a run conceded.
- 5:51Markram's middle stump goes as Boland brings the ball back into him.
- 7:55Bedingham edges his first ball to Carey, putting Boland on a hat-trick.
- 10:12Bavuma faces the hat-trick delivery; the outcome comes here.
Aiden Markram loses his middle stump. David Bedingham edges his first delivery to Alex Carey. Suddenly, Temba Bavuma is walking out to face Scott Boland with a hat-trick waiting to happen.
Fox Cricket's replay of Boland's opening spell against South Africa has drawn about 187,000 views in sixteen hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience. It follows the Australian bowler's return to the Test side at St George's Park in Gqeberha, and leaves the buildup intact rather than cutting straight to the wickets.
That matters here. Boland begins with a maiden, probing outside off stump before the breakthrough arrives in his second over. The delivery to Markram cuts back into the stumps; Bedingham's outside edge gives Carey the next catch.
"That's what he does, Boland! When he's on a roll, he just rolls and rolls!" calls Mark Howard.
Bavuma survives the hat-trick delivery, struck on the pads by a ball sliding down the leg side. The title promises a hat-trick ball, not a hat-trick, and the clip gives that moment its full buildup.
There is a selection story around the spell, too. Fox Cricket had posted a panel discussion asking whether Boland or Nathan Lyon should get the nod. In the replay's comments, viewers ask why Boland does not have a more regular place in Australia's attack, while others single out the first wicket and Howard's commentary. One is still waiting for a statue.
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What viewers say
Still waiting for his Statue.
@Bruno-lw2whSee it on YouTubeFirst wicket is chefs kiss
@DjDmtSee it on YouTubeHow could you not be entertained by Scott Boland and his bowling?
I think even the umpire enjoyed the build up to that last ball.@billwatcheshereSee it on YouTube
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And to have Howie calling Boland wickets. 🤤
@BengtsonJSee it on YouTubeHow can you not love Scotty B!
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- Channel
- Fox Cricket
- Subscribers
- 630,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,108,024
- Channel views, pace per day
- 101,658 (on a normal day: 241,494)
- Video published
- October 18, 2026
- Video views so far
- 187,119 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 225,146
The numbers
Boland's opening-spell replay has already passed Fox Cricket's usual full first-day audience by a wide margin. Its comment section is also much busier than a typical new upload's.
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Which South African batter faces Boland's hat-trick ball in this clip?
Bavuma arrives after Markram and Bedingham fall to consecutive deliveries.