Jhye Richardson

Jhye Avon Richardson is an Australian cricketer who was born on 20 September 1996 in Murdoch, Western Australia. He is a right arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman of the lower order. He primarily plays as a fast bowler in his team.

Jhye Richardson, a player with an agile arm action and the ability to swing the ball at speeds of 140kph, gives a distinct trajectory in all three formats, but his international career has been severely hampered by injuries.

Jhye Richardson: Along the Years

Jhye Richardson Records

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

• Took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket in the 2019 Ashes

Jhye Richardson Awards and Accolades

• Awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony by Cricket Australia in 2018.

• ICC named him as one of the five exciting talents making their Cricket World Cup debut in 2019.

Jhye Richardson Career

Jhye Avon Richardson born on 20, 1996, is an Australian pacer. He made his domestic cricket debut in October 2015, followed by his international debut for the Australian national cricket team in February 2017. Jhye Richardson is back in action after his injury for the IPL 2024 with Delhi Capitals. Despite a heel injury, he has 19 wickets in 18 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia.

Jhye Richardson Domestic Career

Jhye Richardson made his Class A debut against Queensland on 21 October 2015, at the age of 19 years in which he scored 4 runs and conceded 34 runs in his spell of 6 overs. Unlike his Class A debut, his performance in his First Class debut was notable enough when he took 3 wickets in the first innings and 1 wicket in the second innings against Queensland.

On 16 January 2016, he made his Twenty20 debut for the Perth Scorchers in the 2015-16 Big Bash League. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 15 March 2016, during the 2015-16 Sheffield Shield season.

In the 2016-17 Big Bash League, Richardson took 11 wickets for the Scorchers and was awarded player of the match in the final after collecting 3/30 as the Scorchers beat the Sydney Sixers.

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

Jhye Richardson IPL Career

Richardson was acquired by the Punjab Kings in the IPL auction in February 2021, ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League, as well as the Welsh Fire for the first season of The Hundred. He was purchased by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 auction.

Richardson underwent hamstring surgery in March 2023, and as a result, he missed the IPL season. He was brought in by Delhi Capitals at the 2024 IPL auction for a whopping INR 5 crores. Richardson has played 4 IPL matches till date and has grabbed 3 wickets. In the 2024, he played only a single match and gave away 40 runs in his 4 over spell

Jhye Richardson International Career

In February 2017, Richardson was called up to Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) team for the series against Sri Lanka. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 19 February 2017.

In January 2018, he was picked to Australia's One-Day International (ODI) team for the series against England. He made his ODI debut for Australia against England on 19th January 2018. He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on the 24th of January 2019, and took three wickets in the first innings.

Jhye Richardson ODI Career

Almost a year later, he made his ODI debut against England on 19 January 2018. Again, Australia lost the match by 4 wickets but he took 2 wickets after conceding 57 runs in 10 overs. In January 2019, Richardson was added to the ODI team against India. He played the opening game at the Sydney Cricket Ground and returned with career-best stats of 4/26, including the wicket of Indian captain Virat Kohli, to lead Australia to its 1,000th international victory in all formats of the game.

Richardson appeared in the final three matches of Australia's ODI series against India in March 2019, taking eight wickets as Australia recovered from a 0-2 series setback to win the series 3-2. Richardson injured his shoulder in the second match of the series against Pakistan in the UAE in March 2019, diving on the outfield. Regardless, in April 2019, he was nominated to Australia's team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup where he was ultimately ruled out due to his injury

Jhye Richardson Test Career

In his Test debut, which came against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2016, he took 5 wickets in the match which was instrumental in the Australian victory by an innings and 40 runs. In December 2021, in the second Ashes match against England, Richardson took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.

Jhye Richardson T20I Career

His T20I debut came against Sri Lanka on 19 February 2017 in which Australia lost the match by 2 wickets. His performance was very poor in that match with no runs or wickets coming from him.

Jhye Richardson Captaincy

As of 2024, Jhye Richardson has not captained his national team or domestic team in his career.

Jhye Richardson Under-19 Career

In 2015, Jhye made his First-Class debut against Queensland at the age of 19. A few months later, he was named vice-captain of the U-19 World Cup squad of Australia.

Following the Junior World Cup, the pacer was given a Big Bash League (BBL) rookie contract by the Perth Scorchers team for the fifth season of the league, however he only played one game. The young pacer had a breakthrough BBL season in 2016-17, when his team won their third title and Jhye was named 'Man of the Match' for his three wickets in the BBL final. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 15 March 2016, in the 2015-16 Sheffield Shield.

Jhye Richardson Family

Jim Richardson is the father of Jhye. Karen Richardson, his mother, is a hairdresser by profession. Jhye has an elder brother named Tory who is 5 years older than him

Jhye Richardson Net Worth

Jhye Richardson has an estimated net worth of INR 20 crores. Jhye Richardson is playing internationally since his contract from the board in 2018. The youngster received INR 5 crores from the DC for the 2024 Indian Premier League

Jhye Richardson House

There is no authentic information regarding his house and properties.

Jhye Richardson Cars

Jhye Richarson owns a BMW G-series car and is seen posting about the same on his instagram account.