Kane Richardson

At 33 years old, Kane Richardson has this physical status:

Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for South Australia and the Melbourne Renegades.

Richardson is the leading wicket-taker for the Adelaide Strikers, who he played with for six years before changing clubs to the Renegades in 2017.

Since 2013 he has also played international cricket for Australia in both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, and as a teenager he played for Australia's Under-19 team, winning the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup with them. Richardson is a right-arm fast bowler from country South Australia.

He has struggled over the years for consistency in first-class matches, but is widely regarded as a white ball specialist due to his successes in the shorter forms of the game.

In addition to being a skilled bowler he is a competent batsman and an athletic fielder.

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Career

Richardson was born in Eudunda, South Australia, but he spent a large portion of his childhood in Darwin, Northern Territory. He returned to South Australia to play for the Southern Redbacks in the 2008-09 Big Bash, making his Twenty20 debut in the 2008–09 Ford Ranger Cup and his one-day debut.

Richardson was selected in Australia's under-19 squad for their tour of India in 2009 ahead of the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. During a youth test against India, he managed a five-wicket haul. He followed the tour around Kenya to compete in the World Cup with the team. He appeared in three matches and impressed with both bat and ball. Australia won by 209 runs against Ireland after his first standout effort came against Ireland. He scored 23 runs from 14 runs and took three wickets with the new ball and helped Australia to a dramatic 209-run win. He was brought into the team for the final of the World Cup against Pakistan, top-scoring with 44 runs to help Australia win their third Under-19 World Cup title. Richardson appeared in two youth Test matches and ten youth One Day Internationals during his youth career (ODI).

Richardson continued to play for the Redbacks in the 2010–11 Big Bash, taking three key wickets against New South Wales in the tournament's final. His form continued into other aspects of the game this season, with a man-of-match bowling effort against Queensland in the Ryobi Cup being followed by his first-class debut for South Australia in the upcoming Sheffield Shield fixture. He was unbeaten on his debut, taking a wicket in each of his first three overs of first-class cricket. He was promoted from a rookie job with South Australia to a full length for the first time, and when the Big Bash was renamed with the Big Bash League, he stayed in Adelaide, playing for the new Adelaide Strikers.

Richardson had a breakout season in 2012–13, particularly in the Ryobi Cup, where he took 21 wickets in just five matches with a very good average of 13.8, with a six-wicket haul against Queensland. Richardson made his international debut in the 2nd One Day international against Sri Lanka on January 13, 2013, following his good results for South Australia and the Adelaide Strikers. He was bowled out to Lasith Malinga with a first ball duck lbw, 3 maidens, and no wickets for 15 runs when he was bowled out by umpire Marais Erasmus for repeatedly running on the field in his first One Day International debut. During the rest of the season, he was forced to resurrect his follow-through, but he continued to excel in domestic cricket, with a five wicket haul against Victoria and six wickets against New South Wales.

Despite the fact that Richardson appeared in only six first-class games before that point, he made international news when he was purchased by the Pune Warriors in the 2013 IPL player's auction for $700,000, the third-highest price paid for any player this season. In the 2013 season, he appeared in just three games for the Warriors. He was acquired by the Rajasthan Royals and had more success with them before the 2014 season, playing 7 games and taking 11 wickets. This was his first season with the Royals, but he dropped out of the tournament due to personal reasons.

Richardson made up ground in Australia's national squad in 2014 while playing for Australia A in a series of matches in Darwin. For the 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series, he was in excellent form, taking 13 wickets at an average of 11.30 and making his return to Australia's ODI team. He impressed Australian selectors enough to be included in both the ODI and T20I squads for Australia's matches against Pakistan in the UAE. In the United Arab Emirates in October 2014, he made his Twenty20 International debut against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. Despite his successes in 2014, Richardson was unable to secure his spot in the national team and was not included in the Australia A squad in 2015.

Richardson made another comeback in the 2015–16 Australian summer, winning the title of South Australia's player of the tournament for the Matador Cup. In January 2016, he rejoined the national team after being accepted into the ODI squad against India. He took five wickets in a match at Manuka Oval, bringing the Indian batting order to a halt and transforming Australia from a losing proposition to a thrilling victory. Richardson went with the Australian team to New Zealand but he was forced to cancel due to a back injury. Later scans ruled him out of the remainder of the season, implying he missed the final four rounds of the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield season.

Richardson went from back-to-first-class cricket for Australia A in northern Queensland in the 2016 winter, but injuries also affected him in the 2016–17 season. Richardson's Matador Cup debut was interrupted by a hamstring injury, and he missed the majority of BBL|06. Despite these injuries, he had his best Sheffield Shield season of his career, playing in eight matches for the Redbacks.

Although Richardson began to return from his injury, he was unable to secure a permanent spot in Australia's national team because Australia already had four world-class fast bowlers in Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and James Pattinson. Richardson's international exposure was limited to instances where one or two other fast bowlers was injured. As a result, Richardson was then included in the Australia A Team Tri-Series in 2017, but Australia had to pull out of the series due to a wage dispute. Despite the series's cancellation, Richardson was chosen for Australia's ODI and T20I series when Hazlewood, Cummins, and Pattinson were all injured simultaneously. He took seven wickets in three ODIs in India.

Richardson, the club's all-time leading wicket taker in 402020 matches for the Strikers and South Australia combined, after spending the first six seasons of the Big Bash League with the Adelaide Strikers, getting the club's all-time leading wicket taker in 4220 matches in 402020 matches, before going into BBL|07.

Richardson was given a national contract by Cricket Australia in April 2018. In May 2019, he was drafted into Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, replacing Jhye Richardson, who had been ruled out of the tournament due to a dislocated shoulder.

Richardson was named in Australia's ODI squad in February 2020 for their series against New Zealand. He missed the first match due to COVID-19 signs, but the team re-joined after testing negative and rejoined it. Richardson was granted a central contract in April 2020 ahead of the 2020-21 season. Richardson was selected in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a potential tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic. Cricket Australia announced on August 14th that the fixtures would be played, with Richardson playing in the touring party.

Richardson was selected in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in August 2021.

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