Quick stitched up by skipper and tailor mishap
Richo reveals his pants problem
Young quick Kane Richardson found himself at the centre of a comical team uniform mix-up as he and the rest of Australia’s touring parting headed to Zimbabwe for the upcoming tri-series with the host nation and South Africa.
With his hillbilly beard and what came to closely resemble a village yokel outfit, Richardson looked more like a character from a pantomime comedy rather than a feared opening bowler.
But he told cricket.com.au he has taken matters into his own hands in order to deal once and for all with the unfortunate costuming shortfall that led to his captain, Michael Clarke, posting this memorable image on his Twitter feed.
@KWRichardson23 went in to get his team suit fitted last week.. This is how it come back! pic.twitter.com/ACAM6hmqdR
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) August 21, 2014
“It was the morning of travel in Sydney so not much could be done,” Richardson smiled.
“I tried them on and they were above where my socks started, so there was a little bit of skin showing.
“I managed to get a knife out and cut the hemming and made them a little bit longer.
“I won’t name the tailor but (I’m) not very happy with the way the trousers turned out.
“I threw them in the bin last night so I don’t think they’ll be showing up any time soon.
“I might have to source another pair of trousers here in Harare.”
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Richardson said Australia’s preparation will step up noticeably this weekend in Harare, as the team prepares for the first stage of an ODI campaign that culminates in the 2015 ICC World Cup to be staged in Australia and New Zealand from next February.
“For a lot of the guys it’s good to get the Australian kit back on and to be finally playing games and be away from home,” said Richardson, who like Hughes has been in exciting touch during the Australian winter and is looking to add to the one ODI he played in Adelaide in 2013.
“I think a lot of the blokes were getting a bit of cabin fever sitting at home with their loved ones.
“It will be similar conditions to Australia I guess, with the sun out and good for batting.
“I don’t expect much grass (on the pitch) in these conditions.
“Towards the end of the tournament it will probably get a bit slow just because of the amount of cricket there will be on the (centre) square.
“It will probably be a nice cricket wicket and from there, and just get a little bit lower and slower each game.”
Richardson, who will be vying for new-ball honours with fellow quicks Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc, said that while South Africa loomed as the tournament’s obvious challenge, the home team had shown some spirited signs in their Test and ODI battles with the Proteas in recent weeks.
“(South Africa) are obviously a big rival of Australia’s (and) from those games they played against Zimbabwe they’ve looked really good,” Richardson said.
“They’ve rested a couple of their quicks (Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel from the one-dayers against Zimbabwe) but they’ve still managed to get the job done.
“They’ll be looking to win the series as well because it’s a springboard towards the World Cup and we play them in Australia in November.
“We’ve also seen the replays of the games (Zimbabwe) played against South Africa and they’ve been really competitive but probably just missed winning those key moments.
“They (Zimbabwe) have got a few really good class internationals in the middle-order that are really experienced, and we’re going to have to play well to beat them and in their home conditions as well.
“So there’s plenty at stake in this series and hopefully we can get the job done and get some momentum from that.”