The tactic continued to pay dividends in Adelaide, where Carey stood up for much of England’s second innings, taking a sharp bat-pad catch off Jacks before Brydon Carse was bowled while caught on the crease.
Boland said trust has been central to making the strategy work.
“But I’ve got full trust in ‘Kez’ (Carey) that if I hit my normal length, and if the ball does go above the stumps, he’s got amazing hands.”
“We speak every couple of overs … if he’s feeling that he’s better off being back, then I trust him. If he’s like, ‘No, I want to come up, I think we can shut them on the crease,’ then I back his judgment there as well.
“The Gabba was pretty bouncy and he was up to the stumps for a fair bit of it, and catching balls above waist high. I bowled a bouncer and he caught that. So I’ve got full trust in him up there.”