Jhye Richardson is painfully aware that the depth in Australian fast bowling means his five-wicket haul in the second Ashes test is far from a guarantee that he will take the field in the third.
Richardson came into the side for the Adelaide Oval clash with Michael Neser to replace the injured Josh Hazlewood and skipper Pat Cummins, who was ruled out after being adjudged a close contact of a COVID-19 case.
The personnel changes made no difference to Australia's utter dominance of the series and Richardson took 5-42 in the final innings as the hosts romped to a victory by 275 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the series on Monday. Cummins and Hazlewood, ranked first and fourth in the world rankings, will return to the squad on Thursday ahead of the Boxing Day test and Richardson was philosophical about retaining his place in the side at Melbourne Cricket Ground.