- Jhye Richardson has had a lot of bad luck with injuries in recent years.
- The fast bowler returned to First-Class cricket for the first time in a year
- He took two wickets in successive balls before suffering the strange injury.
A bizarre moment unfolded at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday when Australian bowler Jhye Richardson appeared to suffer an injury while celebrating claiming a wicket.
The 28-year-old has suffered injuries over the years, and the Western Australian star has not played first-class cricket in over a year.
The fast bowler has not featured in WA’s first four games of the Sheffield Shield season following a hamstring injury that kept him sidelined in the run-up to this summer.
In 2019, the pacer admitted that he had been devastated to have to rule himself out of the Cricket World Cup due to a shoulder dislocation.
He underwent surgery for that shoulder injury in 2020 and subsequently also missed the 2023 World Cup due to injury.
In what was a fairly sensational return to first-class cricket, Richardson would dismiss Conor McInerney and Daniel Drew in consecutive deliveries.
Jhye Richardson marked his return to first-class cricket by taking two wickets in successive balls
But while celebrating the wicket, he appeared to hurt his shoulder after high-fiving a teammate.
After taking the second wicket, the 28-year-old headed towards his teammates, jubilant at their exploits.
But when he appeared to high-five the group of slippers who were running around to celebrate, he strangely appeared to suffer a shoulder injury.
He was seen crouching down and clutching the upper part of his right arm before leaving the field with a medic.
Fortunately, the WA pace bowler would return to the field to dismiss Thomas Kelly in the 12th over.
Richardson has played three Tests for Australia, 15 ODIs and 18 T20Is and was awarded a contract by Cricket Australia for the 2024-25 season.
After South Australia elected to field first, WA took the lead with a solid score of 373.
Jayden Goodwin was the standout, making 139 runs off 272, while captain Ashton Turner had WA’s next best score with 79.
At the close of play on the second day, South Australia trailed the visitors by 234 runs, having recorded a score of 139-4 in the second innings.