Jhye Richardson has taken a significant step towards a potential Test recall after being named in the Cricket Australia XI squad to face England Lions at Lilac Hill in Perth next week.

Richardson has recently made his return to club cricket after undergoing shoulder surgery earlier this year in an attempt to fix long-standing problems which have curtailed his international career.

He has remained a centrally contracted player over the last two years and the selectors retain hope he could be ready to be parachuted into the Ashes later in the series if required.

Australia are already without Pat Cummins for at least the first Test while Sean Abbott has also been ruled out with a hamstring injury. There was a scare around Josh Hazlewood who reported some hamstring tightness but he has b

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