Australian cricketer (born 1996)
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]
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
^ a b "Meet Jhye Richardson: Australia's new speed demon with a chip on his shoulder" , Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^ "Jhye Richardson" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2015 .
^ "Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 21st Match: Queensland v Western Australia at Sydney, Oct 21, 2015" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2015 .
^ "Wes Agar, Clinton Hinchliffe in Australia U-19 World Cup squad" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2015 .
^ "Big Bash League, 31st Match: Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars at Perth, Jan 16, 2016" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016 .
^ "Sheffield Shield, 28th Match: Queensland v Western Australia at Brisbane, Mar 15–18, 2016" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
^ "Jhye justifies JL's meditative judgement" . cricket.com.au . Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
^ Chadwick, Justin (27 November 2018). "WA's Richardson stars in Shield with eight wickets" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
^ "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 18 February 2021 .
^ "The Hundred 2021: Full squad list" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 24 February 2021 .
^ Ramanujam, Srinidhi (23 December 2022). "2023 IPL auction: The list of sold and unsold players" .
^ "Jhye Richardson out of IPL 2023, likely to miss Ashes too" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .
^ "Delhi Capitals Bolster Squad With Sensational Talents at IPL Mini-Auction 2024" . Delhi Capitals . 20 December 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024 .
^ "Klinger, Paine in Australia's T20 squad" . ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017 .
^ "Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2nd T20I: Australia v Sri Lanka at Geelong, Feb 19, 2017" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017 .
^ "Lynn replaces Maxwell in Australia ODI squad" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
^ "2nd ODI (D/N), England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane, Jan 19 2018" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2018 .
^ "Richardson, Holland in Australia squad for South Africa Tests" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 22 January 2018 .
^ "Carey, Richardson gain contracts as Australia look towards World Cup" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2018 .
^ "Five new faces on CA contract list" . Cricket Australia . Retrieved 11 April 2018 .
^ "Richardson turns tables on India in morale-boosting win for Australia" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 12 January 2019.
^ "Hazlewood out of Sri Lanka Tests with back injury; Richardson called up" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2019 .
^ "1st Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Brisbane, Jan 24–28 2019" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2019 .
^ "Australian Cricket Awards. Cricket Australia" .
^ "Aussies complete historic comeback win over India" . wwos.nine.com.au . Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
^ "Injury disaster strikes young Aussie paceman" . wwos.nine.com.au . Retrieved 11 April 2020 .
^ "Smith and Warner make World Cup return; Handscomb and Hazlewood out" . ESPNcricinfo. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019 .
^ "Smith, Warner named in Australia World Cup squad" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 15 April 2019 .
^ "Cricket World Cup 2019: Debutant watch" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
^ "Jhye Richardson out of World Cup, Kane called up" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2019 .
^ "Australia overcome epic Jos Buttler rearguard to seal hefty win" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2021 .
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Kane Richardson was not initially in the squad, but named as replacements for
Jhye Richardson in the final squad.