Jhye Richardson, a gifted fast bowler from Australia, hopes to participate in the forthcoming Ashes, which kicks off on November 21. But since he only recently started bowling again after undergoing a third operation on his right bowling shoulder in January, his prospects of playing are slim.
To stop his recurrent dislocations, 28-year-old Jhye Richardson had surgery. Since the final Ashes match in Australia in 2021–2022, he has not participated in Test cricket. Richardson has taken 11 wickets at an average of 22.09 in three Test matches.
Since his last Test, he has only participated in four first-class games; he last played in November of last year, when he dislocated his shoulder while giving a teammate a high five. Richardson said he had just started bowling again and that he will have to put in a lot of effort to earn a berth in Australia’s Ashes team.
“Some struck the side net and other stuff, while others were terrible. Although I was a little rusty, this is encouraging. from a function in Perth on Wednesday to commemorate the 100th day before the Perth Ashes Test, Jhye Richardson stated, “Even though it has been extremely slow, things are looking good. We’re hitting the milestones that we planned out at the beginning.”
Even if playing in the Ashes would be wonderful, there are many things that need to be resolved before then. There is a lengthy process that has begun and been going on, and there is a lot to go through before then, but we are not ruling out Ashes cricket. “I should be up and ready to go, and things are looking good for the summer,” Jhye Richardson continued.
Undoubtedly, shield cricket is being considered: Jhye Richardson
In order to prepare for the demands of Test cricket, Richardson intends to participate in the upcoming Sheffield Shield competition. He did not, however, provide a timeline for his return to Australia’s top domestic first-class competition. However, the Murdoch native believed that playing white-ball cricket would help him get ready for red-ball cricket over time.
“Shield cricket is definitely on the radar, whether it’s game one, two, three, four, five, six, whichever it is, I’m hoping there will be some Shield cricket at some stage and hopefully some cricket for Fremantle and some second XI cricket amongst that as well,” Jhye Richardson stated.
White-ball cricket, in my opinion, is always a fantastic approach to increase the workload for red-ball cricket. We are aware that bowling ten overs with great energy is really beneficial. Additionally, you can’t always obtain match time in the nets. I’d think there would be some white-ball cricket because we know that intensity will be crucial,” he continued.
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