Jhye Richardson throws unplayable yorker: The Australian fast bowler picked a wicket on his first stint at the Oval Hagley.
During the first T20I of the ongoing Australian tour of New Zealand in Christchurch, Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson only picked a wicket as the second delivery he threw after being introduced into the attack as the bowler first change in third.
Playing his first T20I after almost two years, Richardson let the ball do the talking against New Zealand wicket batsman Tim Seifert (1). In what was a one-time yorker, Seifert was judged insufficient due to the express pace of the ball.
With the bat dropping a bit late, Seifert could do nothing to stop the ball from hitting the stumps. In what is Richardson’s first T20I against New Zealand, the 24-year-old started off on a high note giving 22 points in his first three overs.
Opening the baton with Martin Guptill (0), Seifert added to the hosts’ woes by losing their opening batsman in the first three overs after Aussie captain Aaron Finch won the draw and chose to play. After Captain Kane Williamson (12) was sacked in the sequel, a quick 74-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips brought them back into the game.
Richardson, who was bought by the Punjab Kings at the 2021 Indian Premier League auction for a whopping INR 14 crore last week, wowed his Punjabi fans who turned to the media platform Twitter social to congratulate the right arm melon.
Jhye Richardson throws unplayable Yorker at Tim Seifert
Jhye Richardson is coming to pick up Tim Seifert now, what a delivery from him. The two forerunners are now gone.
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 22, 2021
Sams and Jhye Richardson completed the first New Zealand order – 2 for Sams and 1 for Jhye – Jhye with a yorker beauty to cleanse Seifert. #NZvAUS
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 22, 2021
Cracked delivery of #jhyerichardson. It should be a shoo-in for the test team! @CricketAus
– Sulaiman T (@sulaimani_t) February 22, 2021
Jhye Richardson is coming to pick up Tim Seifert now, what a delivery from him. The two forerunners are now gone.
– Naam me kYa rakha hai❤️ (@manchibaba) February 22, 2021
Absolutely brilliant Yorker JHYE RICHARDSON, Punjab fans must be very happy #NZvAUS
– Rukhster (@ Ashish515) February 22, 2021
Jhye Richardson cleans Siefert on his first pass.
Great Yorker .. Lethal weapon. #NZvAUS @PunjabKingsIPL #SaddaPunjab @IPL # IPL2021
– Straight Drive Podcast (@StraightDrive_) February 22, 2021
The perfect yorker:
Jhye Richardson to Tim Seifert. #NZvAUS
– bet365 AUS (@ bet365_aus) February 22, 2021
It’s BOWLED!
Perfect Yorker for Seifert.
Jhye Richardson hits#NZvAUS– (@iam_DrJZK) February 22, 2021
Jhye Richardson justifies his # IPLAuctions2021 tag with a corker of a yorker.
A Starc line to Ben Stokes reflected.# Locust #Australia #New Zealand #AusvsNZ #NZvsAus
– Broken Cricket Dreams Blog (@cricket_broken) February 22, 2021
Jhye Richardson, what a ball! #NZvAUS
– Bradley (@BradSabbath) February 22, 2021
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