Jhye Richardson has almost recovered fully, bowling really well, states Adam Voges
Western Australia coach Adam Voges has updated that young pacer Jhye Richardson is ready to make a comeback as 'he's tracking really well'. The Australian paceman was ruled out of the World Cup due to a shoulder injury and will now make a comeback, after six long months, in the Marsh One-Day Cup.
Jhye Richardson showed a lot of promise when he played the home series against India early in 2019, dismissing Virat Kohli multiple times in the series. The pacer became an automatic choice in Australia's 15-man World Cup squad but was unfortunately replaced by Kane Richardson after the former was ruled out of the mega event due to a shoulder injury.
After six months of hiatus, he is set to play his first senior match, on Saturday, in the Marsh One-Day Cup opener, which will be his road back to the national team.
The first step towards achieving that goal will come on Saturday when Richardson turns out for WA against Victoria in their domestic 50-over clash at the WACA Ground in Perth, where he’ll come up against the likes of Australia limited overs stars Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb.
Western Australia coach Adam Voges has attested that liked what he has seen from Richardson at the training sessions in the past few weeks and expects full efficiency from the bowler.
“He’s tracking really well," Voges told cricket.com.au, "The throwing side of things, he's still got a bit of work to do, but he bowled really nicely in our intra-squad game.
"He's getting that zip back again. He's around 90-95 per cent fitness so it's just a matter of getting that last little bit. He's done all he could possibly do to make sure he's right to go so I fully expect him to be available for that first game," he added.
While Richardson was away, Australia established themselves as a team with an incredible pace bowling unit throughout the English summer and especially in the Ashes. So the 22-year-old will have to prove himself to make it back to the national squad and Voges believes that he can.
"A World Cup and an Ashes tour is probably the pinnacle in terms of Australian cricket, so he's disappointed he's missed out on that," Voges said.
"But he's still so young. He's had a really rapid rise in a short period of time so he just needs to get back to playing some good cricket and I'm sure if he can do that, there's a big summer ahead."
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