Jhye Richardson

Jhye Avon Richardson (born 20 September 1996) is an Australian cricketer. He made his debut in domestic cricket in October 2015, and made his international debut for the Australia national cricket team in February 2017.^[2]

Jhye Richardson

Personal information
Full name	Jhye Avon Richardson
Born	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28) Murdoch, Western Australia
Height	178[1] cm (5 ft 10 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2017–present)
Test debut (cap 458)	24 January 2019 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	16 December 2021 v England
ODI debut (cap 224)	19 January 2018 v England
Last ODI	19 June 2022 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	60
T20I debut (cap 87)	19 February 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	11 June 2022 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	60
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2015/16–	Western Australia
2015/16–	Perth Scorchers
2021	Punjab Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 3 15 18 25 Runs scored 18 93 45 646 Batting average 6.00 18.60 15.00 21.53 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/4 Top score 9 29 11 71 Balls bowled 535 810 396 5,065 Wickets 11 27 19 106 Bowling average 22.09 29.37 29.26 20.94 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 5 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1 Best bowling 5/42 4/26 3/26 8/47 Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/– 10/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 November 2024

Domestic and franchise career

Richardson is a right-arm fast bowler, and says that, due to his height (178 cm) and frame ("70 odd kilos"), he was initially discouraged by coaches to become a pace bowler, a role generally associated with taller and weightier cricketers.^[1] He made his List A debut for Western Australia on 21 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup.^[3] In December 2015 he was named in Australia's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[4] On 16 January 2016 he made his Twenty20 debut for the Perth Scorchers in the 2015–16 Big Bash League.^[5] He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 15 March 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield.^[6]

In the 2016–17 Big Bash League Richardson claimed 11 wickets for the Scorchers and was named player of the match in the final after taking 3/30 as the Scorchers defeated the Sydney Sixers.^[7]

In November 2018, Richardson took a career best 8/47 in the first innings against New South Wales at Optus Stadium.^[8]

In February 2021, Richardson was bought by the Punjab Kings in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League,^[9] and also the Welsh Fire for the inaugural 2021 season of The Hundred tournament.^[10] He was bought by Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 auction.^[11]

In March 2023, Richardson underwent surgery to address hamstring issues, and, as a result, missed the 2023 IPL season.^[12]

He was bought by Delhi Capitals in the 2024 IPL auction.^[13]

International career

In February 2017 Richardson was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.^[14] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Australia against Sri Lanka at Kardinia Park, Geelong on 19 February 2017.^[15]

In January 2018, he was named in Australia's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.^[16] He made his ODI debut for Australia against England on 19 January 2018.^[17] Later in the same month, he was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against South Africa in March 2018, however, he did not play.^[18] In April 2018, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season.^[19][20]

In January 2019, Richardson was named in the squad for the ODI series against India. He played the first game at the Sydney Cricket Ground and returned with his career best figures of 4/26, including the wicket of the Indian captain Virat Kohli, to help Australia to its 1,000th international win across all formats.^[21] Later the same month, Richardson was added to Australia's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Josh Hazlewood.^[22] He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2019, taking three wickets in the first innings.^[23]

He was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony by Cricket Australia in 2018.^[24]

Richardson played in the final three matches of Australia's ODI series against India in March 2019, claiming 8 wickets as Australia came back from an 0–2 series deficit to eventually win the series 3–2.^[25]

In the subsequent series against Pakistan in the UAE in March 2019, Richardson dislocated his shoulder in the second match diving in the outfield.^[26] Despite this, in April 2019 he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.^[27][28] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as one of the five exciting talents making their Cricket World Cup debut.^[29] However, he was later ruled out of the tournament and was replaced in the squad by Kane Richardson.^[30]

In December 2021, in the second Ashes match against England, Richardson took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.^[31]

References

1. "Meet Jhye Richardson: Australia's new speed demon with a chip on his shoulder", Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
2. "Jhye Richardson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
3. "Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 21st Match: Queensland v Western Australia at Sydney, Oct 21, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
4. "Wes Agar, Clinton Hinchliffe in Australia U-19 World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
5. "Big Bash League, 31st Match: Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars at Perth, Jan 16, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
6. "Sheffield Shield, 28th Match: Queensland v Western Australia at Brisbane, Mar 15–18, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
7. "Jhye justifies JL's meditative judgement". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
8. Chadwick, Justin (27 November 2018). "WA's Richardson stars in Shield with eight wickets". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
9. "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
10. "The Hundred 2021: Full squad list". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
11. Ramanujam, Srinidhi (23 December 2022). "2023 IPL auction: The list of sold and unsold players".
12. "Jhye Richardson out of IPL 2023, likely to miss Ashes too". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
13. "Delhi Capitals Bolster Squad With Sensational Talents at IPL Mini-Auction 2024". Delhi Capitals. 20 December 2023. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
14. "Klinger, Paine in Australia's T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
15. "Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2nd T20I: Australia v Sri Lanka at Geelong, Feb 19, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
16. "Lynn replaces Maxwell in Australia ODI squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
17. "2nd ODI (D/N), England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane, Jan 19 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
18. "Richardson, Holland in Australia squad for South Africa Tests". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
19. "Carey, Richardson gain contracts as Australia look towards World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
20. "Five new faces on CA contract list". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
21. "Richardson turns tables on India in morale-boosting win for Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 2019.
22. "Hazlewood out of Sri Lanka Tests with back injury; Richardson called up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
23. "1st Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Brisbane, Jan 24–28 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
24. "Australian Cricket Awards. Cricket Australia". Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
25. "Aussies complete historic comeback win over India". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
26. "Injury disaster strikes young Aussie paceman". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
27. "Smith and Warner make World Cup return; Handscomb and Hazlewood out". ESPNcricinfo. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
28. "Smith, Warner named in Australia World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
29. "Cricket World Cup 2019: Debutant watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
30. "Jhye Richardson out of World Cup, Kane called up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
31. "Australia overcome epic Jos Buttler rearguard to seal hefty win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

External links

• Jhye Richardson at ESPNcricinfo