Jhye Richardson

Jhye Richardson
Richardson in December 2025
Personal information
Full name
Jhye Avon Richardson
Born (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996
Murdoch, Western Australia
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 458)24 January 2019 v Sri Lanka
Last Test26 December 2025 v England
ODI debut (cap 224)19 January 2018 v England
Last ODI19 June 2022 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.60
T20I debut (cap 87)19 February 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I11 June 2022 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.60
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16–Western Australia
2015/16–Perth Scorchers
2021Punjab Kings
2024Delhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 4 15 18 28
Runs scored 25 93 45 701
Batting average 6.25 18.60 15.00 21.24
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top score 9 29 11 71
Balls bowled 591 810 396 5,451
Wickets 13 27 19 117
Bowling average 21.00 29.37 29.26 20.60
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 4
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, 27 December 2025

Jhye Avon Richardson (born 20 September 1996) is an Australian cricketer who has represented the Australia national cricket team in all three formats.[2] A right-arm fast bowler, Richardson plays for Western Australia and Perth Scorchers at domestic level.

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 heavier 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 T20 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 entire of the 2023 IPL season.[12]

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

In February 2026, Richardson signed a short-term contract with Yorkshire County Cricket Club to play in the opening two months of that year's County Championship season.[14][15]

International career

In February 2017, Richardson was named in Australia's T20I squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[16] He made his T20I debut for Australia against Sri Lanka at Kardinia Park, Geelong on 19 February 2017.[17]

In January 2018, he was named in Australia's ODI squad for their series against England.[18] He made his ODI debut for Australia against England on 19 January 2018.[19] Later in the same month, he was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against South Africa in March 2018, albeit, was not selected to play.[20] In April 2018, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season.[21][22]

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, returning with 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.[23] Later the same month, Richardson was added to Australia's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Josh Hazlewood.[24] He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2019, taking three wickets in the first innings.[25]

He was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony by Cricket Australia in 2018.[26]

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.[27]

In the subsequent series against Pakistan in the UAE in March 2019, Richardson dislocated his shoulder in the second match diving in the outfield.[28] Despite this, in April 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[29][30] The International Cricket Council named him as one of the five exciting talents making their Cricket World Cup debut.[31] However, he was later ruled out of the tournament, and was replaced in the squad by Kane Richardson.[32]

In December 2021, in the second Ashes Test match against England, Richardson took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[33]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Richardson joins Yorkshire for red-ball campaign". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Jhye Richardson joins Yorkshire for start of County Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  16. ^ "Klinger, Paine in Australia's T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2nd T20I: Australia v Sri Lanka at Geelong, Feb 19, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Lynn replaces Maxwell in Australia ODI squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  19. ^ "2nd ODI (D/N), England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane, Jan 19 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Richardson, Holland in Australia squad for South Africa Tests". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Carey, Richardson gain contracts as Australia look towards World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  22. ^ "Five new faces on CA contract list". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Richardson turns tables on India in morale-boosting win for Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 2019.
  24. ^ "Hazlewood out of Sri Lanka Tests with back injury; Richardson called up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  25. ^ "1st Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Brisbane, Jan 24–28 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  26. ^ "Australian Cricket Awards. Cricket Australia". Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  27. ^ "Aussies complete historic comeback win over India". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  28. ^ "Injury disaster strikes young Aussie paceman". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  29. ^ "Smith and Warner make World Cup return; Handscomb and Hazlewood out". ESPNcricinfo. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  30. ^ "Smith, Warner named in Australia World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  31. ^ "Cricket World Cup 2019: Debutant watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  32. ^ "Jhye Richardson out of World Cup, Kane called up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  33. ^ "Australia overcome epic Jos Buttler rearguard to seal hefty win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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