{"id":420440,"date":"2026-01-18T03:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420440\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:50:11","slug":"perth-scorchers-star-jhye-richardson-says-second-chasing-win-of-season-will-bolster-confidence-for-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420440\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Scorchers star Jhye Richardson says second chasing win of season will bolster confidence for finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perth Scorchers star Jhye Richardson says his side will draw huge confidence from what was just their second chasing victory of the season ahead of the Big Bash League finals.<\/p>\n

A competition-wide preference to bowl first combined with captain Ashton Turner\u2019s historically-unfortunate run of eight lost tosses in a row meant the Scorchers have found themselves fielding second in every game after their season-opening win over Sydney Sixers.<\/p>\n

After Turner was at last on the right side of the bat flip in a winner-takes-first clash with Melbourne Stars, Perth\u2019s bowlers routed the visitors for 130 before the batting group righted an early wobble to run down their target with six wickets in hand and secure hosting rights for Tuesday\u2019s Qualifier.<\/p>\n

Richardson joked he was as stunned as he was pleased to see the news his side had won the bat flip flash up on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us to lose eight (tosses) in a row and still have the results we\u2019ve had is a real credit to the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeams want to bowl first, but I think what comes with that is the power we have in our batting line-up, it gives them the freedom to go hard and really put a big score on the board.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe flipside of that from a bowling perspective is we then know teams are then going to come hard at us early, so it probably puts us under a little bit more pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo bowl first tonight, to get an understanding of what the wicket\u2019s going to do and how we want to go about our batting innings, I think was really advantageous for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson was the star of the Scorchers\u2019 bowling effort, finishing with figures of 4-16 from 3.2 overs in what was comfortably his best performance of a disjointed season.<\/p>\n

For the first time since returning from surgery in his troublesome bowling shoulder, he consistently operated at speeds around 140km\/h \u2014 and he said he was confident he could get back near 150km\/h in time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a process to go through with this shoulder,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly on, there was such an emphasis on making sure it was stable, making sure the strength was good and the range was good, but there\u2019s also an element of it that involves trying to create power quickly.<\/p>\n

\"JhyeCamera IconJhye Richardson consistently operated near 140km\/h. Credit: James Worsfold\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting up to speed again does take time, but to hit 140 again is a nice feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perth were in an early spot of bother against the Stars but a 94-run fourth-wicket stand between Finn Allen (69 from 39 balls) and Aaron Hardie (41 not out from 37 balls) put momentum back in their favour and took them all the way to the cusp of victory.<\/p>\n

Richardson said he was stoked to see Allen back up his all-out-attacking century against Melbourne Renegades with a different type of innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe power that he creates, it\u2019s unmatched. He\u2019s a force to be reckoned with, really,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n

\"JhyeCamera IconJhye Richardson called Finn Allen\u2019s power \u201cunmatched\u201d. Credit: James Worsfold\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cFinn, he can get out trying to play some big shots, but there were some elements in that innings (when) he really buckled down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know going at a 110 strike rate in traditionally in T20 cricket is probably frowned upon, but for (Hardie) to be able to support Finn like that . . . I think that was equally as good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth Scorchers star Jhye Richardson says his side will draw huge confidence from what was just their second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,22249,740,60180,588,85],"class_list":["post-420440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-bash-league","tag-cricket","tag-perth-scorchers","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}