Richardson stands out with four wickets as England Lions collapse
Opener Campbell Kellaway also impressed for Australia A on a dominant day for the hosts
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05-Dec-2025 • 7 hrs ago
Jhye Richardson put together a significant performance against England Lions (file photo) • Getty Images
Australia A 155 for 2 (Kellaway 71) trail England Lions 166 (Richardson 4-35) by 11 runs
Jhye Richardson has announced his triumphant return to bowling, taking four wickets in his second game back from injury as Australia A punished a hapless England Lions.
The hosts went to stumps on day one of their four-day match in Brisbane at 155 for 2, after Richardson had taken 4 for 35 to help bowl the Lions out for 166.
Richardson would almost certainly have figured in Test contention for this summer, had he not been recovering from shoulder surgery. He went wicketless during 20 overs for a CA XI against the Lions late last month, but was back bowling at pace at Allan Border Field on Friday.
Richardson had Ben McKinney dropped at first slip in his third over of the day, before running through the tourists in the second session. He bowled James Rew for 7 when the left-hander inside-edged a ball that angled across him onto his stumps, before Richardson's pace had Ben Kellaway playing on.
In almost comical fashion, Kellaway defended a delivery from the quick before he was unable to stop the ball rolling back onto his stumps.
Richardson then had both Matthew Fisher and Nathan Gilchrist edging behind the wicket, as the Lions fell from 72 for 1 to all out for 166 in 50 overs.
Richardson played his last Test in December 2022, but has battled constant shoulder and hamstring injuries since then. His recovery from last season's dislocated shoulder ruled him out of contention for the start of the Ashes, with Brendan Doggett debuting in Perth.
Todd Murphy and Xavier Bartlett also took two wickets each for Australia A, before Campbell Kellaway flew to 71 off 75 balls in the final session.
Earmarked as a Test opener of the future, Kellaway's runs came after he also hit a half-century for the Prime Minister's XI against England last weekend.
Kellaway produced one of the shots of the day with a cracking pull shot off Gilchrist, before he later pulled the quick straight to mid on.
England spinner Shoaib Bashir meanwhile had an unhappy afternoon, taking 0 for 22 from three overs after being overlooked for the Gabba Test.
Nathan McSweeney (40 not out) pulled Bashir's first two balls for four, before Kellaway also took to him in the next over and he was dragged out of the attack.
