Dale Steyn Jhye Richardson’s inspiration

Richardson pinpointed South Africa’s Dale Steyn as a strong influence upon his bowling.

He said “He’s a similar sort of build, the untraditional I guess you could say, fast bowler, quite skinny and not as tall as everybody else. He proved that he could be a class bowler with that sort of build and bowl at some extreme pace. Breaking the stereotype of fast bowlers is what I’ve been trying to do.”

It was a day to remember for the speedster, who after being presented his Baggy Green by former Australia bowler Damien Fleming, finished with figures of 3/26 to help his side bowl Sri Lanka out for just 144.

Despite collecting his maiden scalp in the twelfth over of the opening session Richardson explained that it took some time to truly find his rhythm with the ball in hand.

Richardson and Pat Cummins put a dominant Australia firmly in charge after the first day of the day-night Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.

Australia lost opener Joe Burns on 15 during the difficult night session to a fine outswinger from Suranga Lakmal, while Usman Khawaja (11) chopped on a ball from off-spinner Dilruwan Perera 10 minutes before the close.

Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal earlier won the toss and elected to bat first on a hot and humid Brisbane afternoon but the visitors were forced to battle hard against the Australian attack.

Courtesy : newsradio