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<b>England in West Indies: Ollie Robinson ruled out of first Test with back injury</b>
England seam bowler Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of the first Test against West Indies with a back injury.
Robinson, 28, left the field because of a back spasm on the third morning of England's warm-up against a Cricket West Indies President's XI in Antigua.
He did not return to bowl on the fourth and final day on Friday and will now miss the first Test in Antigua, which starts on Tuesday.
Saqib Mahmood has taken Robinson's spot in a 12-man England squad.
"Ollie is a talented bowler. Naturally he'll be a big miss," said Woakes.
"He's shown in his short Test career so far that he's certainly got the skills and the ability to do good things in the format. At the same time, it gives people opportunities.
"We're trying to win games cricket here, but it does give that chance to someone to potentially make their Test debut who's been waiting in the wings for quite a while to show what they can can do at this level."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60617043
England seam bowler Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of the first Test against West Indies with a back injury.
Robinson, 28, left the field because of a back spasm on the third morning of England's warm-up against a Cricket West Indies President's XI in Antigua.
He did not return to bowl on the fourth and final day on Friday and will now miss the first Test in Antigua, which starts on Tuesday.
Saqib Mahmood has taken Robinson's spot in a 12-man England squad.
"Ollie is a talented bowler. Naturally he'll be a big miss," said Woakes.
"He's shown in his short Test career so far that he's certainly got the skills and the ability to do good things in the format. At the same time, it gives people opportunities.
"We're trying to win games cricket here, but it does give that chance to someone to potentially make their Test debut who's been waiting in the wings for quite a while to show what they can can do at this level."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60617043
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Out of the second Test as well.
Still injured.
Still injured.
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Ollie Robinson should be fully fit and available for the third Test in Grenada, according to England interim Head Coach, Paul Collingwood.
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Return of the Robbo!
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Out of 3rd test as well .
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He bowls at mid 120's,even a gully cricketer can play him well.
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Ollie’s fitness is a big letdown at the moment. I am aware that there have already been some tough conversations held with him behind the scenes, and he absolutely will get sidelined long term if he can’t prove that he is fit enough to play back to back Tests.
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<b>County Championship: Ollie Robinson takes three wickets on Sussex return</b>
England seamer Ollie Robinson made an impressive return to action with three wickets on the second day of Sussex's County Championship match against Middlesex at Hove.
The 28-year-old is playing his first match of the season having suffered from back problems during England's tour to the West Indies before a tooth infection delayed his return to domestic action.
However, he wasted little time in making his presence felt by bowling Sam Robson with his fifth ball before striking again in the first over of both his second and third spells.
Robinson sent down two five-over spells and had another three-over burst after tea to finish with 3-37 from 13 overs as Middlesex replied to Sussex's 392 with 284-6 before bad light ended play seven overs early.
He made an inauspicious start - his first delivery was a no ball - but after bowling an away-swinger at Robson he moved one back off the seam to knock out off stump as the former England opener, who made 235 when the teams last met in September, offered no shot.
Robinson returned after lunch to remove Middlesex captain Peter Handscomb, who left a ball which tailed in to hit leg stump, before ending a fifth-wicket stand of 130 in 36 overs between Max Holden and John Simpson when an inswinger took out Simpson's middle stump after he had made 71, his fourth fifty of the season.
It was an impressive effort by Robinson who was well backed up by the rest of the Sussex attack.
George Garton is also making his first appearance of the season after suffering from long Covid and he picked up a wicket when Mark Stoneman chased a ball he could have ignored and was caught behind.
Left-armer Sean Hunt removed Robbie White with his sixth delivery and Handscomb's dismissal in the next over left Middlesex in trouble 45-4.
But Simpson and Holden prospered during the afternoon, although the Middlesex wicketkeeper was dropped at extra cover on 31 by Cheteshwar Pujara off leg-spinner Mason Crane's first ball.
It took a fine delivery from Robinson to separate the two left-handers, but Holden reached his second half-century of the summer which included an upper-cut six off Garton that smashed a window in one of the flats overlooking the ground.
Holden (58) lost his off stump sweeping Crane from outside off stump but Martin Andersson made the most of a reprieve when Hunt dropped him on the mid-wicket boundary on 19. With Luke Hollman he added an unbroken 71 for the seventh wicket, the aggressive Hollman going to his fifty just before the close.
Earlier, Sussex's last four wickets had fallen in 31 balls for the addition of 29 runs as their first innings ended on 392, which would have been a disappointment after they had been 246-2 on the first day.
Garton reached a 75-ball fifty before he thick-edged to second slip, the first of two wickets for Andersson whose slower ball foxed Robinson, who drove to long on.
Shaheen Shah Afridi also picked up two wickets to finish with 3-97. A searing yorker took out Aaron Beard's middle and leg stumps while Crane top-edged a hook and was caught at deep mid-wicket to end the innings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61347430
England seamer Ollie Robinson made an impressive return to action with three wickets on the second day of Sussex's County Championship match against Middlesex at Hove.
The 28-year-old is playing his first match of the season having suffered from back problems during England's tour to the West Indies before a tooth infection delayed his return to domestic action.
However, he wasted little time in making his presence felt by bowling Sam Robson with his fifth ball before striking again in the first over of both his second and third spells.
Robinson sent down two five-over spells and had another three-over burst after tea to finish with 3-37 from 13 overs as Middlesex replied to Sussex's 392 with 284-6 before bad light ended play seven overs early.
He made an inauspicious start - his first delivery was a no ball - but after bowling an away-swinger at Robson he moved one back off the seam to knock out off stump as the former England opener, who made 235 when the teams last met in September, offered no shot.
Robinson returned after lunch to remove Middlesex captain Peter Handscomb, who left a ball which tailed in to hit leg stump, before ending a fifth-wicket stand of 130 in 36 overs between Max Holden and John Simpson when an inswinger took out Simpson's middle stump after he had made 71, his fourth fifty of the season.
It was an impressive effort by Robinson who was well backed up by the rest of the Sussex attack.
George Garton is also making his first appearance of the season after suffering from long Covid and he picked up a wicket when Mark Stoneman chased a ball he could have ignored and was caught behind.
Left-armer Sean Hunt removed Robbie White with his sixth delivery and Handscomb's dismissal in the next over left Middlesex in trouble 45-4.
But Simpson and Holden prospered during the afternoon, although the Middlesex wicketkeeper was dropped at extra cover on 31 by Cheteshwar Pujara off leg-spinner Mason Crane's first ball.
It took a fine delivery from Robinson to separate the two left-handers, but Holden reached his second half-century of the summer which included an upper-cut six off Garton that smashed a window in one of the flats overlooking the ground.
Holden (58) lost his off stump sweeping Crane from outside off stump but Martin Andersson made the most of a reprieve when Hunt dropped him on the mid-wicket boundary on 19. With Luke Hollman he added an unbroken 71 for the seventh wicket, the aggressive Hollman going to his fifty just before the close.
Earlier, Sussex's last four wickets had fallen in 31 balls for the addition of 29 runs as their first innings ended on 392, which would have been a disappointment after they had been 246-2 on the first day.
Garton reached a 75-ball fifty before he thick-edged to second slip, the first of two wickets for Andersson whose slower ball foxed Robinson, who drove to long on.
Shaheen Shah Afridi also picked up two wickets to finish with 3-97. A searing yorker took out Aaron Beard's middle and leg stumps while Crane top-edged a hook and was caught at deep mid-wicket to end the innings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61347430
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7 wickets for Ollie in the match.
Couldn’t do it all on his own, but a good comeback game for him.
Couldn’t do it all on his own, but a good comeback game for him.
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“Ollie Robinson has been withdrawn from the County Select XI match against New Zealand as a precaution after he felt stiffness in his back during the warm-up this morning. Middlesex seamer Ethan Bamber has been called up as a replacement for the match.”
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Oh dear me, Ollie Robinson.
Poor fitness letting him down once again.
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Ollie Robinson Update
England and Sussex seamer Ollie Robinson tested positive for COVID-19 last Thursday.
With respect to the low back symptoms which prevented him playing in the four-day tour match for the FCC Select XI against the New Zealand tourists at Chelmsford last week, he will be assessed after his isolation period later this week.
Further information will be confirmed in due course.
England and Sussex seamer Ollie Robinson tested positive for COVID-19 last Thursday.
With respect to the low back symptoms which prevented him playing in the four-day tour match for the FCC Select XI against the New Zealand tourists at Chelmsford last week, he will be assessed after his isolation period later this week.
Further information will be confirmed in due course.
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Pace bowler Ollie Robinson is unlikely to play for England until the Test series against South Africa in August because of an ongoing back issue.
The 28-year-old has had a scan, which proved inconclusive, and an injection, meaning he is likely to have at least three more weeks out.
He will miss the rest of the series against New Zealand and the rescheduled fifth Test with India in July.
The three-Test series against South Africa begins on 17 August.
Robinson has not played for England since the fifth Ashes Test in Australia in January.
He travelled to the West Indies for the series in March, but missed all three Tests, then was not selected for the first Test against New Zealand after a number of fitness issues restricted his bowling for Sussex in the early part of the summer.
The right-armer was due to play for a County XI against New Zealand, but pulled out on the morning of the match because of stiffness in his back.
Meanwhile, left-arm spinner Jack Leach took part in England training on Wednesday before the second Test against New Zealand, which begins on Friday.
Leach was withdrawn on the first day of the first Test with a concussion following a heavy tumble in the field. He was replaced by leg-spinner Matt Parkinson, who made his Test debut.
England won the first Test by five wickets, ending a run which had seen them win only one of their previous 17 matches.
It also gave victory to captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum in their first Test in charge.
"We're obviously super positive," opener Alex Lees told BBC Sport.
"The result was what we wanted, but the more pleasing thing was the manner in which we did it."
The Lord's Test was Lees' first on home soil and his first taste of victory in four attempts.
The left-hander has yet to pass 31 in Test cricket, but skipper Stokes said the 20 he made in the second innings was Lees' best knock in an England shirt.
"He's probably right," added Lees. "I want to make a big contribution and I'm confident that if I play like that consistently, I should be alright.
"I said to Baz [McCullum], tongue in cheek, 'The openers are like the Volvos, then you've got the supercars coming in in the middle order'. We might get through an hour or an hour and half and only get a 20 or 30, but sometimes that is invaluable."
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The 28-year-old has had a scan, which proved inconclusive, and an injection, meaning he is likely to have at least three more weeks out.
He will miss the rest of the series against New Zealand and the rescheduled fifth Test with India in July.
The three-Test series against South Africa begins on 17 August.
Robinson has not played for England since the fifth Ashes Test in Australia in January.
He travelled to the West Indies for the series in March, but missed all three Tests, then was not selected for the first Test against New Zealand after a number of fitness issues restricted his bowling for Sussex in the early part of the summer.
The right-armer was due to play for a County XI against New Zealand, but pulled out on the morning of the match because of stiffness in his back.
Meanwhile, left-arm spinner Jack Leach took part in England training on Wednesday before the second Test against New Zealand, which begins on Friday.
Leach was withdrawn on the first day of the first Test with a concussion following a heavy tumble in the field. He was replaced by leg-spinner Matt Parkinson, who made his Test debut.
England won the first Test by five wickets, ending a run which had seen them win only one of their previous 17 matches.
It also gave victory to captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum in their first Test in charge.
"We're obviously super positive," opener Alex Lees told BBC Sport.
"The result was what we wanted, but the more pleasing thing was the manner in which we did it."
The Lord's Test was Lees' first on home soil and his first taste of victory in four attempts.
The left-hander has yet to pass 31 in Test cricket, but skipper Stokes said the 20 he made in the second innings was Lees' best knock in an England shirt.
"He's probably right," added Lees. "I want to make a big contribution and I'm confident that if I play like that consistently, I should be alright.
"I said to Baz [McCullum], tongue in cheek, 'The openers are like the Volvos, then you've got the supercars coming in in the middle order'. We might get through an hour or an hour and half and only get a 20 or 30, but sometimes that is invaluable."
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Ollie’s is talented and definitely has something about him out on the field, but his promising Test career could be over before it’s properly started if he does not improve his fitness. IMO he has a lot of work to do if he wants to mostly evade injury through an extended Test match career. Amongst the Ashes squad that travelled to Australia I would estimate that Ollie was comfortably England’s heaviest player.
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Frustrating. Stylistically and effectually he is another Gus Fraser, but he gets injured as often as…. Gus Fraser.
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Been a good comeback since the last match for him.
1.4 Robinson to Elgar, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! He beat the South African captain's outside edge off the very first ball, now he beats the left-hander's inside edge as the off-stump gets uprooted. 133kph, length ball that comes in off the deck, Elgar b Robinson 1(7)
1.4 Robinson to Elgar, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! He beat the South African captain's outside edge off the very first ball, now he beats the left-hander's inside edge as the off-stump gets uprooted. 133kph, length ball that comes in off the deck, Elgar b Robinson 1(7)
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He's a very good bowler on helpful surfaces. This Oval pitch has offered historic levels of seam movement but only someone with that extreme high release can exploit it he way he did. Has increased his pace as well.
Very interesting to see how he will go on a flat deck.
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Robinson is the real deal, and I've not said that about a new England bowler for a long time. He has Gus Fraser's bounce and movement off the deck, but unlike Fraser he swings it both ways too.
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Kid just needs to stay fit and he is going to take a lot of Test wickets. Can try him in ODIs too.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ollie Robinson claims a five-for! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvSA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvSA</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WTC23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WTC23</a> | <a href="https://t.co/LEUGG6zouK">https://t.co/LEUGG6zouK</a> <a href="https://t.co/FoVn0am866">pic.twitter.com/FoVn0am866</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1568593673826467847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Ollie Robinson takes his 50th Test wicket in 11 Tests.
Three 5 wicket hauls.
Average of 19.96.
— brilliant!
Three 5 wicket hauls.
Average of 19.96.
— brilliant!
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Looking forward to seeing him in Pakistan.
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What a bowler he is turning out to be!
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That increased pace and ability to bowl longer spells has made him very effective . Even 2mph increase in average speed makes quite a difference. Done well on a flat track now.
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5-122 for Robbo on a PKN pancake. Ace!
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Excellent figures on a road. He is bit like Australian, very consistent and relentless.
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Ollie Robinson struggled badly in that fourth test match against England in 2021 when the pitch went flat in the second innings where Bhumra managed to get the ball to reverse in the second innings but here in Pakistan he was getting tremendous reverse swing.
It tells you how much the English players learn from their mistakes and want to improve and develop
It tells you how much the English players learn from their mistakes and want to improve and develop
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A newer, leaner, fitter, and faster Robinson.
He looks every inch a Test bowler now.
Excellent display on a flat pitch.
He looks every inch a Test bowler now.
Excellent display on a flat pitch.
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Bowling average is just 20.
What a find he could be.
What a find he could be.
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Fraser Plus.
He’s got the Middlesex man’s height, accuracy, persistence, and “heavy” ball.
Unlike Fraser, he also swings it, both ways.
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Better than every bowler in existence in Pakistan be it domestics or in the team, save for Shaheen. Harsh truth.
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<b>Pakistan v England: Ollie Robinson says tourists can win in all conditions</b>
Ollie Robinson says captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum are giving England the belief they can win in all conditions.
England pulled off one of their all-time greatest victories by beating Pakistan by 74 runs on an incredibly flat pitch in Rawalpindi.
"The belief that we've got is unrivalled," pace bowler Robinson said.
"The belief is that we can win on any pitch. We can score 1,000 runs and we can take 20 wickets."
England's rapid run-scoring in Rawalpindi broke a host of records.
The 506-4 they piled up on day one was the highest in Test history and their match run-rate of 6.73 is the quickest any team batting twice has ever scored.
But perhaps more impressive was the creativity and persistence England showed to bowl Pakistan out on a pitch Robinson called the flattest he had seen.
Robinson took four wickets in Pakistan's second innings as he and James Anderson gave a masterful exhibition of reverse-swing bowling on the final afternoon.
It is the latest performance in a successful return to Test cricket for 29-year-old Robinson, who missed most of the first half of the year with a number of fitness issues.
After his fitness was publicly criticised by former England bowling coach Jon Lewis during the Ashes in January, Robinson altered his training habits, saying he turned himself into a "gym freak".
The result was a relentless display in Rawalpindi, for which he was named player of the match.
"All the hard work I've put in over the last 18 months, the dark places that I've been, to come here to Pakistan and take 20 wickets on that wicket is my proudest moment as an England cricketer," said Robinson.
"I'm very proud of the work that I've done and how good the England backroom staff have been to get me to this place."
England will now look to seal their first series win against Pakistan outside of the UK for 22 years in the second Test in Multan.
Despite having only a three-day gap before the match begins on Friday, Robinson believes he will be fit to play again.
"I'll get a couple of ice baths and a bit of treatment from the physio, a few rubdowns, and hopefully be ready to go," he said.
"I feel like a couple of days of rest and a little training session before the second Test and I'll be OK."
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Ollie Robinson says captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum are giving England the belief they can win in all conditions.
England pulled off one of their all-time greatest victories by beating Pakistan by 74 runs on an incredibly flat pitch in Rawalpindi.
"The belief that we've got is unrivalled," pace bowler Robinson said.
"The belief is that we can win on any pitch. We can score 1,000 runs and we can take 20 wickets."
England's rapid run-scoring in Rawalpindi broke a host of records.
The 506-4 they piled up on day one was the highest in Test history and their match run-rate of 6.73 is the quickest any team batting twice has ever scored.
But perhaps more impressive was the creativity and persistence England showed to bowl Pakistan out on a pitch Robinson called the flattest he had seen.
Robinson took four wickets in Pakistan's second innings as he and James Anderson gave a masterful exhibition of reverse-swing bowling on the final afternoon.
It is the latest performance in a successful return to Test cricket for 29-year-old Robinson, who missed most of the first half of the year with a number of fitness issues.
After his fitness was publicly criticised by former England bowling coach Jon Lewis during the Ashes in January, Robinson altered his training habits, saying he turned himself into a "gym freak".
The result was a relentless display in Rawalpindi, for which he was named player of the match.
"All the hard work I've put in over the last 18 months, the dark places that I've been, to come here to Pakistan and take 20 wickets on that wicket is my proudest moment as an England cricketer," said Robinson.
"I'm very proud of the work that I've done and how good the England backroom staff have been to get me to this place."
England will now look to seal their first series win against Pakistan outside of the UK for 22 years in the second Test in Multan.
Despite having only a three-day gap before the match begins on Friday, Robinson believes he will be fit to play again.
"I'll get a couple of ice baths and a bit of treatment from the physio, a few rubdowns, and hopefully be ready to go," he said.
"I feel like a couple of days of rest and a little training session before the second Test and I'll be OK."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63876913
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Angus Fraser? If Ollie maintains that 82 mph average speed and continues to be this accurate, he is miles ahead of Angus Fraser.
The 90's were a bowling decade and Angus Fraser was somewhere between decent to terrible everywhere except on those broken Caribbean wickets.
The 90's were a bowling decade and Angus Fraser was somewhere between decent to terrible everywhere except on those broken Caribbean wickets.
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That’s doing Fraser a massive disservice.
He averaged 27 in tests, compared to 26 by Anderson and 28 by Broad.
He took thirteen test 5fers and two tenfers in 46 tests. He took two 8fers in WI against Lara and Chanderpaul.
Trouble was that he came up in the time where it was impossible for England bowlers to stay fit due to the Country workload. Had he played in the central contracts era I have no doubt that he would have 500+ test wickets.
Robinson is very like him in style and accuracy, but can swing it while Big Gus couldn’t. If he stays fit he will go far.
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Fraser record is extremely skewed due to his performances in the Caribbean. His record is pretty average even in England and he didn't even tour Asia.
Many international bowlers had severe workloads in that era - Walsh, Ambrose, Wasim and they have much better, balanced records in Test cricket.
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Look past stats and into historical context.
I wouldn’t call an equivalent average to Anderson and Broad “pretty average”. Fraser was outstanding because he was so economical. I recall the 1998 tour of WI when the England opening bowlers kept getting clobbered, then Gus came on and the scoring stopped.
That’s not applicable to English bowlers of the period. They frequently had to go straight from a County Championship match into a test match with no days off inbetween, including driving time to the test ground, play a Sunday League match on the test match rest day, then straight into another three-day match without a rest. It was relentless, so they all broke down. Dilley, Foster, Cowans, Fraser, DeFreitas, Lewis all played less than half the internationals they should have done, because the TCCB schedule broke them. If they had been protected by ECB central contracts they would all have taken far more test wickets.
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Ollie didn’t bowl today.
Think he is being kept back for a bit later on when the ball will start to reverse.
Think he is being kept back for a bit later on when the ball will start to reverse.
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Ollie Robinson current bowling average against selected Pakistan batters —
Azhar Ali: 16
Abdullah Shafique: 16
Babar Azam: 12
Azhar Ali: 16
Abdullah Shafique: 16
Babar Azam: 12
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Should bowl straight away tomorrow…
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Ollie Robinson feared he would never play for England again due to injury concerns as the fast bowler reflected on the hardest year he has experienced in cricket.
England’s seam attack, which includes Robinson, played a crucial role as the side stormed to an historic 2-0 series lead on their first tour of Pakistan for 17 years, with one Test remaining.
Despite docile, low-bouncing pitches, the England bowlers managed to take 20 wickets at both Rawalpindi and Multan.
However, for Robinson, the year as a whole has been far from straightforward. The 29-year-old was dropped from the squad following a disappointing winter in Australia and the West Indies, which alongside a back injury raised serious fitness concerns.
Robinson was left out for England’s series against New Zealand and only recalled for the final two Tests of the summer against South Africa, but he worked hard to win back his place in the side and has excelled in Pakistan.
He admits at times he has questioned whether he would return to the Test team.
“It’s probably the toughest 12 months I’ve had as a professional cricketer,” Robinson told the BBC’s Test Match Special.
“There were points when I didn’t think I was going to play for England again, or play cricket again.
“I kept coming back to full fitness, then getting an injury or illness, then another injury.
“There was a point in June time when I thought, ‘I might have to look at what else I can do here, I don’t think I’m going to be able to carry on playing cricket’.
“It’s been tough and there have been some dark days, but tours and series wins like this make it all worthwhile.”
Robinson nursed a series of back injuries and also spent time out with Covid-19 during the domestic summer. However, he impressed for the England Lions against South Africa at Canterbury and was rewarded with a Test recall.
When asked about the nature of the injuries, he explained: “I had different types of scans.
“MRIs, X-rays. It was just a bit of wear and tear. Because there was so much inflammation, every time I got back to full fitness, the inflammation was there.
“It was jarring again and giving me another back spasm. I ended up having five injections, which took the inflammation away and allowed me to train a bit harder. Then it settled down.
“It was a strange one, because I felt it was career-ending, the way it felt. Luckily I got through it and it was OK.”
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England’s seam attack, which includes Robinson, played a crucial role as the side stormed to an historic 2-0 series lead on their first tour of Pakistan for 17 years, with one Test remaining.
Despite docile, low-bouncing pitches, the England bowlers managed to take 20 wickets at both Rawalpindi and Multan.
However, for Robinson, the year as a whole has been far from straightforward. The 29-year-old was dropped from the squad following a disappointing winter in Australia and the West Indies, which alongside a back injury raised serious fitness concerns.
Robinson was left out for England’s series against New Zealand and only recalled for the final two Tests of the summer against South Africa, but he worked hard to win back his place in the side and has excelled in Pakistan.
He admits at times he has questioned whether he would return to the Test team.
“It’s probably the toughest 12 months I’ve had as a professional cricketer,” Robinson told the BBC’s Test Match Special.
“There were points when I didn’t think I was going to play for England again, or play cricket again.
“I kept coming back to full fitness, then getting an injury or illness, then another injury.
“There was a point in June time when I thought, ‘I might have to look at what else I can do here, I don’t think I’m going to be able to carry on playing cricket’.
“It’s been tough and there have been some dark days, but tours and series wins like this make it all worthwhile.”
Robinson nursed a series of back injuries and also spent time out with Covid-19 during the domestic summer. However, he impressed for the England Lions against South Africa at Canterbury and was rewarded with a Test recall.
When asked about the nature of the injuries, he explained: “I had different types of scans.
“MRIs, X-rays. It was just a bit of wear and tear. Because there was so much inflammation, every time I got back to full fitness, the inflammation was there.
“It was jarring again and giving me another back spasm. I ended up having five injections, which took the inflammation away and allowed me to train a bit harder. Then it settled down.
“It was a strange one, because I felt it was career-ending, the way it felt. Luckily I got through it and it was OK.”
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In Australia with Kookaburra: average 25, s/r 58
In Pakistan with Kookaburra: average 21, s/r 51.
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The performance in Australia was poor considering the extremely bowler friendly conditions.
He has subsequently increased his pace and gotten much fitter. At his current pace and skillset, he can definitely offer more threat.
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To me “extremely bowler friendly” means Headingly in the eighties - swing, seam and variable bounce too. The Australian wickets offered more help through the air than usual for the bowlers due to El Niño, but there was still predictable bounce.
Robbo is very accurate, gets a lot of lift and swings it both ways. He will take wickets everywhere and be England’s ace for the next five years.
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Last year, the OZ wickets were much more helpful than Headungley. There was plenty of seam movement off the pitch as well.
Robinsons performance there was average compared to the other quicks in the series.
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Do you remember Headingley in the eighties?
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Apologies. Didn't read the 80's part. Anyway the point stands. These were tough wickets for batting. Bowlers in the last Ashes who had better averages than Robinson
Boland
Starc
Hazelwood
Cummins
Richardson
Green
Jimmy
Given the context, that wasn't a particularly impressive performance.
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Just noticed this was your OP post.
Another world class prediction to add to the list.
Ollie’s efforts in Pakistan were a bit special, not sure he’ll go past Anderson or Broad wickets total but his average & strike rate around the world will likely be superior to both.
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Apart from Anderson, those guys were on their home tracks and several have 200+ test wickets. They were up against probably the weakest top order England have ever fielded.
I think Robbo did very well on his first tour to average 25. As [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] says he has had a much better start in tests than Anderson and Broad, better than anyone I can think of playing for England since Botham’s pomp in the 1970s.
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Ollie’s performance in Australia was pretty good. A 25 average over there for a touring bowler is solid.
Aside from the one tour in 2010 where Anderson, Bresnan and Tremlett filled their boots, as far as I can remember our seamers have pretty much always got pummelled in Oz.
Aside from the one tour in 2010 where Anderson, Bresnan and Tremlett filled their boots, as far as I can remember our seamers have pretty much always got pummelled in Oz.
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I've made plenty of accurate predictions ' WT20 2021, 2022, Ashes last year to name a few.
Ollie was not impressive in the Ashes. He was trundling at 115 kph and resorted to bowling offspin. I don't care what his stats say . I watched that series and he was inferior to all the OZ bowlers on some of the friendliest bowling surfaces ever served up in Australia.
To Ollie's credit he has gotten leaner and quicker, on average , and that will help him bowl on all kinds of surfaces. The version of Ollie that we saw in the Ashes was nothing special.
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[MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] Not sure if you were taking the mick by calling my prediction a world class
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Ollir Robinson in an interview:
Azam was batting on 75 runs in the first innings when he was clean bowled by Robinson.
“It clipped the crack. Beautiful. And, I mean it is probably the first shot he [Babar] has played in the series of any aggression against me. He had been quite defensive against the short stuff. If he had played it defensively, he might have got half an edge on it, but he played that big drive,” Robinson said.
“I remember it hitting the wickets and the whole ground just went dead silent. I looked up and saw Babar’s face. We were both, like, ‘How has this just happened?’ And I put my tongue out at him. When I saw it after, I was thinking, ‘What are you doing? Putting your tongue out at Babar Azam?’ We were both in that much disbelief. We didn’t’ know what to do,” he added.
Azam was batting on 75 runs in the first innings when he was clean bowled by Robinson.
“It clipped the crack. Beautiful. And, I mean it is probably the first shot he [Babar] has played in the series of any aggression against me. He had been quite defensive against the short stuff. If he had played it defensively, he might have got half an edge on it, but he played that big drive,” Robinson said.
“I remember it hitting the wickets and the whole ground just went dead silent. I looked up and saw Babar’s face. We were both, like, ‘How has this just happened?’ And I put my tongue out at him. When I saw it after, I was thinking, ‘What are you doing? Putting your tongue out at Babar Azam?’ We were both in that much disbelief. We didn’t’ know what to do,” he added.
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England pacer Ollie Robinson said that he does not care about how his aggressive send-off to Australian batter and centurion Usman Khawaja is perceived by the Australian dressing room, since it is part of the "passion of the Ashes" and he is here to provide the "theatre of the game" to everyone who wants it. England managed to survive Day-3 with a lot of help from the heavens, as persistent rain brought an early halt to play for the day. In Australia's first innings, after Ollie took the big wicket of Usman for 141, he gave a loud and aggressive send-off to the batter while celebrating, which might have involved some abusive words.
Robinson however lauded Usman for his knock and said that getting his wicket during his first home Ashes was special for him.
"It is my first home Ashes and to get the big wicket at the time was special for me. I think Uzzie played unbelievably well. To get that wicket for us as a team at the time was massive. We all want that theatre of the game, don't we? So I am here to provide it," said Robinson
He added that Australian players have historically shown the same aggression to the England players.
"But I think when you are in the heat of the moment and you have the passion of the Ashes, that can happen. We have all seen Ricky Ponting, other Aussies do the same to us. Just because the shoe is on the other foot, it is not received well," said Robinson.
"I do not really care how it's perceived, to be honest. It is the Ashes. It is professional sport. If you can not handle that, what can you handle?" he said.
Robinson also said that getting their opponents' lower order throughout the series is important, calling them "three number 11s".
Though the number eight and skipper Pat Cummins scored a useful 38, Australia's last four wickets fell for 14 runs following Khawaja's dismissal.
"It is something we spoke about as a group. We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they have got three No. 11s. It is something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings," said Robinson.
Australia won the ICC World Test Championship and has enjoyed plenty of success in red-ball cricket, their tail has been their weakest aspect. Mitchell Starc, who had made 41 in the WTC final against India was omitted from the first Ashes Test, making the lower-order weaker.
England dismissed the lower-order players with the short ball, which proved to be effective despite slowness on the pitch.
"I think it's pitch dependent, really," Robinson said of the tactic. "Obviously Pat Cummins is a really good player and I think we felt like bowling full to their tail would give them a chance to maybe score some more runs, so it is a wicket ploy, but also it is harder to score when it is two-paced," he concluded.
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Robinson however lauded Usman for his knock and said that getting his wicket during his first home Ashes was special for him.
"It is my first home Ashes and to get the big wicket at the time was special for me. I think Uzzie played unbelievably well. To get that wicket for us as a team at the time was massive. We all want that theatre of the game, don't we? So I am here to provide it," said Robinson
He added that Australian players have historically shown the same aggression to the England players.
"But I think when you are in the heat of the moment and you have the passion of the Ashes, that can happen. We have all seen Ricky Ponting, other Aussies do the same to us. Just because the shoe is on the other foot, it is not received well," said Robinson.
"I do not really care how it's perceived, to be honest. It is the Ashes. It is professional sport. If you can not handle that, what can you handle?" he said.
Robinson also said that getting their opponents' lower order throughout the series is important, calling them "three number 11s".
Though the number eight and skipper Pat Cummins scored a useful 38, Australia's last four wickets fell for 14 runs following Khawaja's dismissal.
"It is something we spoke about as a group. We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they have got three No. 11s. It is something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings," said Robinson.
Australia won the ICC World Test Championship and has enjoyed plenty of success in red-ball cricket, their tail has been their weakest aspect. Mitchell Starc, who had made 41 in the WTC final against India was omitted from the first Ashes Test, making the lower-order weaker.
England dismissed the lower-order players with the short ball, which proved to be effective despite slowness on the pitch.
"I think it's pitch dependent, really," Robinson said of the tactic. "Obviously Pat Cummins is a really good player and I think we felt like bowling full to their tail would give them a chance to maybe score some more runs, so it is a wicket ploy, but also it is harder to score when it is two-paced," he concluded.
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Summer of 2022 was peak Ollie. 83 mph, extreme accuracy(2nd only to Boland) and among top 3 in terms of release points.
But this season he has looked a fair bit slower and could only take wickets after the damage was done. He should get that pace back upto 83 mph. With his other attributes, he will be a nightmare for any Test batsman
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Legendary Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy believes England pacer Ollie Robinson should have been punished with a fine as he was trying to incite a reaction from left-handed batter Usman Khawaja through a fiery send-off on day three of first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
Robinson removed Khawaja for 141 on day three's play on Sunday, knocking back his off stump as he came down the pitch looking to force the ball through the off side. The pacer appeared to swear towards a departing Khawaja during his wicket-taking celebrations.
"It is a lack of class like he's been criticised for, but that's ok, it happens in the heat of the moment. I think he should have been punished because it was shown so closely on TV and it does incite retaliation.
If Khawaja retaliated to that and said something back to him, he'd probably get in trouble. He (Robinson) was trying to incite that, it was rude and it was rugged. There probably should have been a little fine handed down to Ollie," said Healy to SEN Radio.
On the other hand, former Australia captain Allan Border suggested Pat Cummins & Co. may now verbally target Robinson when he comes out to bat in England's second innings.
"I have heard some send-offs and have given some send-offs myself. It is sort of heat of the moment sort of stuff. Generally, I think Robinson is a pretty fair bloke from what I gather.
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Robinson removed Khawaja for 141 on day three's play on Sunday, knocking back his off stump as he came down the pitch looking to force the ball through the off side. The pacer appeared to swear towards a departing Khawaja during his wicket-taking celebrations.
"It is a lack of class like he's been criticised for, but that's ok, it happens in the heat of the moment. I think he should have been punished because it was shown so closely on TV and it does incite retaliation.
If Khawaja retaliated to that and said something back to him, he'd probably get in trouble. He (Robinson) was trying to incite that, it was rude and it was rugged. There probably should have been a little fine handed down to Ollie," said Healy to SEN Radio.
On the other hand, former Australia captain Allan Border suggested Pat Cummins & Co. may now verbally target Robinson when he comes out to bat in England's second innings.
"I have heard some send-offs and have given some send-offs myself. It is sort of heat of the moment sort of stuff. Generally, I think Robinson is a pretty fair bloke from what I gather.
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Robinson speaking after Day 3 of 1st Test:
"It's something we spoke about as a group. We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they've got three No. 11s. It's something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings."
Lyon and Cummins miscued short balls while attempting big hits off Robinson, while Boland meekly fended Stuart Broad to silly point. The absence of Mitchell Starc, who scored a handy 41 in the second innings of the World Test Championship 2023 final against India, weakened Australia’s lower-order batting.
Elaborating on England’s short ball ploy against Australia’s tailenders, Robinson said:
"I think it's pitch dependent, really. Obviously Pat Cummins is a really good player, and I think we felt like bowling full to their tail would give them a chance to maybe score some more runs, so it's a wicket ploy, but also it's harder to score when it's two-paced."
"It's something we spoke about as a group. We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they've got three No. 11s. It's something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings."
Lyon and Cummins miscued short balls while attempting big hits off Robinson, while Boland meekly fended Stuart Broad to silly point. The absence of Mitchell Starc, who scored a handy 41 in the second innings of the World Test Championship 2023 final against India, weakened Australia’s lower-order batting.
Elaborating on England’s short ball ploy against Australia’s tailenders, Robinson said:
"I think it's pitch dependent, really. Obviously Pat Cummins is a really good player, and I think we felt like bowling full to their tail would give them a chance to maybe score some more runs, so it's a wicket ploy, but also it's harder to score when it's two-paced."
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Usman Khawaja on Ollie Robinson's tirades targetted at him
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Robinson, who had given Khawaja a hearty send-off in the first innings for which he could yet face the wrath of the match referee, was spoken to by umpires during a drinks break before the paceman appeared to share a smile with the Australian.
"The other day, the crowd was so loud I had no idea," Khawaja said of the send-off that Robinson suggested was merely an evening of the ledger following years of similar tirades directed at England players from Australians of previous generations.
"Today there was nothing much in it. Just a bit of friendly banter. This game was played in pretty good spirits for most of it.
"It’s not just about winning, it’s about how we win, which has changed a lot from past years I played cricket.
"I think the game was played in pretty good spirit … There wasn’t much in it."
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Robinson, who had given Khawaja a hearty send-off in the first innings for which he could yet face the wrath of the match referee, was spoken to by umpires during a drinks break before the paceman appeared to share a smile with the Australian.
"The other day, the crowd was so loud I had no idea," Khawaja said of the send-off that Robinson suggested was merely an evening of the ledger following years of similar tirades directed at England players from Australians of previous generations.
"Today there was nothing much in it. Just a bit of friendly banter. This game was played in pretty good spirits for most of it.
"It’s not just about winning, it’s about how we win, which has changed a lot from past years I played cricket.
"I think the game was played in pretty good spirit … There wasn’t much in it."
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technically sound and unflappable batting. And very classy off the pitch as well.
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The first Test of the Ashes series saw drama unfolding on the final day as Australia skipper Pat Cummins put out a solid performance with the bat, remaining unbeaten on 44 to steer the side to a famous two-wicket win in Edgbaston. The match, however, also drew significant attention for a verbal altercation between England's pacer Ollie Robinson and star Aussie batter Usman Khawaja; the duo was at loggerheads on two different occasions in the Test, and the incident was discussed at length on social media and even by former cricketers.
Robinson seemed to verbally abuse Khawaja after he dismissed the batter in the first innings, and the Australia star returned the favour as he sledged Robinson on the final day of the Test. Robinson faced criticism for his conduct but defended his actions, namedropping former Australia captain Ricky Ponting in his rather interesting remark.
“We've all seen Ricky Ponting and other Aussies do the same to us, and just because the shoe is on the other foot it's not received well,” Robinson had said.
And Ponting, now, has responded to the statement, insisting that he found it “unusual” that Robinson felt the need to mention him, and that the England pacer should focus on the present.
"As I said after Ollie Robinson said what he said, this England cricket team hasn't played against Australia and they'll find out pretty quickly what playing Ashes cricket and playing against a good Australian cricket team is all about," Ponting told the ICC Review podcast.
"And if Ollie Robinson hasn't learned that already after last week, then he's a slow learner. Some of the things he had to say – I mean he even brought my name into it, which I felt was a little bit unusual, but for me it's water off a duck's back.
“If he is sitting back thinking about me, then no wonder he bowled like the way that he did in that game, if he's worried about what I did 15 years ago. He'll learn pretty quickly that if you're going to talk to Australian cricketers in an Ashes series, then you want to be able to back it up with your skills.”
On Day 5, Khawaja and Robinson had a war of words which was only diffused when veteran England bowler James Anderson intervened between the two.
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Robinson seemed to verbally abuse Khawaja after he dismissed the batter in the first innings, and the Australia star returned the favour as he sledged Robinson on the final day of the Test. Robinson faced criticism for his conduct but defended his actions, namedropping former Australia captain Ricky Ponting in his rather interesting remark.
“We've all seen Ricky Ponting and other Aussies do the same to us, and just because the shoe is on the other foot it's not received well,” Robinson had said.
And Ponting, now, has responded to the statement, insisting that he found it “unusual” that Robinson felt the need to mention him, and that the England pacer should focus on the present.
"As I said after Ollie Robinson said what he said, this England cricket team hasn't played against Australia and they'll find out pretty quickly what playing Ashes cricket and playing against a good Australian cricket team is all about," Ponting told the ICC Review podcast.
"And if Ollie Robinson hasn't learned that already after last week, then he's a slow learner. Some of the things he had to say – I mean he even brought my name into it, which I felt was a little bit unusual, but for me it's water off a duck's back.
“If he is sitting back thinking about me, then no wonder he bowled like the way that he did in that game, if he's worried about what I did 15 years ago. He'll learn pretty quickly that if you're going to talk to Australian cricketers in an Ashes series, then you want to be able to back it up with your skills.”
On Day 5, Khawaja and Robinson had a war of words which was only diffused when veteran England bowler James Anderson intervened between the two.
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England quick Ollie Robinson was reportedly let off with a stern warning for his expletive-laden send off of Usman Khawaja during Australia’s first innings at Edgbaston.
In the midst of his celebrations after snaring Khawaja for 141, Robinson said: “F** off, you f*ing p**k.”
Although no action was taken at the time or after the first Test had concluded, the Sydney Morning Herald reports match officials considered Robinson’s send-off was a “borderline case.”
According to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) code of conduct, any kind of “send-off” is prohibited, including “verbally abusing the dismissed batter.”
If a player is charged and is found guilty, they can be fined up to 50 per cent of their match fee.
In the midst of his celebrations after snaring Khawaja for 141, Robinson said: “F** off, you f*ing p**k.”
Although no action was taken at the time or after the first Test had concluded, the Sydney Morning Herald reports match officials considered Robinson’s send-off was a “borderline case.”
According to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) code of conduct, any kind of “send-off” is prohibited, including “verbally abusing the dismissed batter.”
If a player is charged and is found guilty, they can be fined up to 50 per cent of their match fee.
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The former Australian greats Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting have rounded on England’s Ollie Robinson after the seamer’s provocative display in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston.
Robinson was happy to offer Australia some verbals on and off the pitch during England’s tense two-wicket defeat, delivering an expletive-laden send off to the centurion Usman Khawaja and then defending his behaviour in a press conference where he asked: “If you can’t handle that, what can you handle?”
The combative seamer took match figures of five for 98 in the first Test and was not sanctioned by the match referee, but his conduct appeared to rile two men who were far from shrinking violets in their own playing days.
Speaking on SEN Radio in Australia, Hayden took aim at Robinson’s lack of express pace and suggested the tourists should be looking to hammer him out of the attack.
Declining to use Robinson’s name, Hayden said: “The other bloke, he’s a forgettable cricketer. A fast bowler that is bowling 124km/h nude nuts, and he’s got a mouth from the south. Someone like him, you can just go: ‘Brother, I’m coming at ya.’ Davey Warner can do that, right. He can just say: ‘You’re bowling 120.’”
Ponting, who was name-checked by Robinson as someone who had sledged England in the past, also rose to the bait. “If he is sitting back thinking about me, then no wonder he bowled like the way that he did in that game, if he’s worried about what I did 15 years ago,” he told the ICC Review Podcast.
“This England cricket team hasn’t played against Australia and they’ll find out pretty quickly what playing Ashes cricket, and playing against a good Australian cricket team, is all about. If Ollie Robinson hasn’t learned that already after last week, then he’s a slow learner.”
“He’ll learn pretty quickly that if you’re going to talk to Australian cricketers in an Ashes series, then you want to be able to back it up with your skills,” Ponting added.
Robinson is sure to have a target on his back when the series resumes at Lord’s next week, but his fellow seamer Stuart Broad may be reluctant to pass on the baton. Broad has long been the preferred target for Australian fans, dating back to an incident in 2013 when he declined to walk after his outside edge was parried to slip.
Replying to a Twitter post from the Australian broadcaster Fox Sports, which referred to Robinson as the “No 1 Villain”, Broad wrote: “I can’t have lost that tag already can I?! Disappointing.”
Robinson, meanwhile, said it had been interesting to take Broad’s place as “public enemy no 1” and said the team were surprised their opponents did not try to take them on sooner at Edgbaston.
Robinson, writing in a new column for Wisden, said: “Baz spoke first. He always goes first when we lose. He just said, “Lads, I’m immensely proud of the efforts that you’ve put in, we’ve made the game what it was. We played all the cricket in the game. If it wasn’t for us, the Australians wouldn’t have even had a chance to win.”
I think if they’re honest, Australia will look at themselves and realise they need to change their approach to keep up with how we’re going to play...
“I have faith in this team that even if we went 2-0 down we could still win 3-2, because of the style of cricket that we’re playing.”
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Robinson was happy to offer Australia some verbals on and off the pitch during England’s tense two-wicket defeat, delivering an expletive-laden send off to the centurion Usman Khawaja and then defending his behaviour in a press conference where he asked: “If you can’t handle that, what can you handle?”
The combative seamer took match figures of five for 98 in the first Test and was not sanctioned by the match referee, but his conduct appeared to rile two men who were far from shrinking violets in their own playing days.
Speaking on SEN Radio in Australia, Hayden took aim at Robinson’s lack of express pace and suggested the tourists should be looking to hammer him out of the attack.
Declining to use Robinson’s name, Hayden said: “The other bloke, he’s a forgettable cricketer. A fast bowler that is bowling 124km/h nude nuts, and he’s got a mouth from the south. Someone like him, you can just go: ‘Brother, I’m coming at ya.’ Davey Warner can do that, right. He can just say: ‘You’re bowling 120.’”
Ponting, who was name-checked by Robinson as someone who had sledged England in the past, also rose to the bait. “If he is sitting back thinking about me, then no wonder he bowled like the way that he did in that game, if he’s worried about what I did 15 years ago,” he told the ICC Review Podcast.
“This England cricket team hasn’t played against Australia and they’ll find out pretty quickly what playing Ashes cricket, and playing against a good Australian cricket team, is all about. If Ollie Robinson hasn’t learned that already after last week, then he’s a slow learner.”
“He’ll learn pretty quickly that if you’re going to talk to Australian cricketers in an Ashes series, then you want to be able to back it up with your skills,” Ponting added.
Robinson is sure to have a target on his back when the series resumes at Lord’s next week, but his fellow seamer Stuart Broad may be reluctant to pass on the baton. Broad has long been the preferred target for Australian fans, dating back to an incident in 2013 when he declined to walk after his outside edge was parried to slip.
Replying to a Twitter post from the Australian broadcaster Fox Sports, which referred to Robinson as the “No 1 Villain”, Broad wrote: “I can’t have lost that tag already can I?! Disappointing.”
Robinson, meanwhile, said it had been interesting to take Broad’s place as “public enemy no 1” and said the team were surprised their opponents did not try to take them on sooner at Edgbaston.
Robinson, writing in a new column for Wisden, said: “Baz spoke first. He always goes first when we lose. He just said, “Lads, I’m immensely proud of the efforts that you’ve put in, we’ve made the game what it was. We played all the cricket in the game. If it wasn’t for us, the Australians wouldn’t have even had a chance to win.”
I think if they’re honest, Australia will look at themselves and realise they need to change their approach to keep up with how we’re going to play...
“I have faith in this team that even if we went 2-0 down we could still win 3-2, because of the style of cricket that we’re playing.”
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Robinson like many before him is playing to the gallery. The Ashes has a long history of cricketers making brash / bombastic statements, and it sometimes coming off for them but also backfiring on other occasions. The most famous one with Glenn McGrath predicting a 5-0 Australian win (in a series where he got injured and they lost) has become legendary and is now rolled out every series as a fresh prediction for humour and tradition purposes. It’s just a bit of banter and theatrics that we see in different forms every Ashes series, which makes for good column inches and adds spice to the rivalry. I generally take it with a pinch of salt and quite like it most of the time.
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I don't find Robinson unlikely. If that's what fuels him up, it's all good. But you'll look silly if you can't back up your words.
Healy's comments sound immature cause Australians are usually known for sledging and being fowl mouthed.
Border's comments pretty spot on.
However I think that, Australia will now go real hard at Robinson and in a pressure cooker environment of Ashes, they may well succeed in breaking Robinson apart. Australians are masters of that.
Healy's comments sound immature cause Australians are usually known for sledging and being fowl mouthed.
Border's comments pretty spot on.
However I think that, Australia will now go real hard at Robinson and in a pressure cooker environment of Ashes, they may well succeed in breaking Robinson apart. Australians are masters of that.
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In a series in Australia — 100%.
Whereas in a series in England, Robinson will enjoy strong backing from his home crowds.
Interesting little sub plot either way.
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Yup will be interesting to see what happens now. Will test Robinson's mental strength too. Another thing is, there's Wood, Woakes, Potts and Stone who would be raring to go as well.
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Robinson has talent but I agree with Ponting and Hayden.
Cricket is still a gentleman's game, sledging should be intelligent and funny. Using the F word is childish and disrespectful esp with many young kids watching.
I think Ollie will be taken to the cleaners next test. Pretty stupid to wake up the Aussie beast, when you are no real quick pacer.
Cricket is still a gentleman's game, sledging should be intelligent and funny. Using the F word is childish and disrespectful esp with many young kids watching.
I think Ollie will be taken to the cleaners next test. Pretty stupid to wake up the Aussie beast, when you are no real quick pacer.
Who's the match referee? Chris Broad or someone of same group? Won't be surprised after seeing that he was let off after just a warning.
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I think Robinson is an idiot, arrogant and highly unlikeable, but it's an Ashes series. It's high stakes, it's emotional, it's nasty at times.
Hayden and Ponting themselves are no strangers to that, in fact quite the opposite. The Aussies wrote the playbook on this stuff. But when these guys retire, they want to act holier than thou. Give me a break.
There's barely been a peep out of the actual Aussie dressing room about this, it's all just media and outside figures drumming it up. Besides, it's makes it more entertaining for me when Robinson can't walk the walk after talking the talk. All part of the fun
Hayden and Ponting themselves are no strangers to that, in fact quite the opposite. The Aussies wrote the playbook on this stuff. But when these guys retire, they want to act holier than thou. Give me a break.
There's barely been a peep out of the actual Aussie dressing room about this, it's all just media and outside figures drumming it up. Besides, it's makes it more entertaining for me when Robinson can't walk the walk after talking the talk. All part of the fun
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain has urged under-fire fast bowler Ollie Robinson to let his actions on the field do the talking and keep the off-field distractions to a minimum for the remainder of the Ashes series against Australia.
Robinson picked up five wickets for the match in England's narrow loss to Australia during an enthralling series opener in Birmingham earlier this month, but received some criticism for celebrating the wicket of centurion Usman Khawaja excessively during Australia's first innings.
While the celebration on its own raised some eyebrows, the fact the England quick doubled down on his antics and even attempted to pass the blame over to the Australian team and their former skipper Ricky Ponting drew further criticism.
Hussain spoke in depth about Robinson with host Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review and the former England skipper believes the right-armer only made an error in judgement by bringing Ponting's name into the discussions when asked about the issue at the end of day's play.
"He's not the first cricketer to give someone a send-off in an Ashes battle and there's a few Aussies that have given send-offs over the years," Hussain said.
"I've sort of enjoyed the to-ing and fro-ing from Ricky. We had Ricky working with us at Sky (Sky Sports) and the WhatsApp group was going ballistic that night... of all the Australians Ollie Robinson could mention, he mentioned Ricky.
"Our WhatsApp group was very, very funny that night and I can't tell you some of Ricky's responses."
Hussain is now interested to see how Robinson responds for the remainder of the series and wants the ongoing war of words to be kept to a minimum.
"I wouldn't be saying anything to Ollie Robinson (if I was England captain), apart from which end would you like to bowl and show us your skills," Hussain said.
"But I might be having a word with the media guy and saying I'm hearing too much from Ollie Robinson off the field and we have 10 other cricketers that can do the press and the media.
"The problem nowadays are the various outlets he might be writing or doing one of the websites…you get asked by various media outlets and then that's magnified on social media.
"Just whoever is in charge, I don't want to be hearing about Ollie Robinson off the field, so can we just keep him away from the press just for the next four Ashes games as it builds through the series and it becomes the centre of attention."
Hussain knows how emotional cricketers can get in the heat of the battle and thinks it can often bring the best out of players if handled well.
The former England skipper pointed to the emotion that India stalwart Virat Kohli displays on the field and even raised the incident that saw South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada suspended for one match for his over the top celebration when dismissing Joe Root back in 2020.
"It's the emotion of a cricketer and especially a fast bowler bowling on a turgid pitch in an Ashes battle," Hussain noted.
"The emotion of a moment, like Kagiso Rabada in the face of Joe Root in Port Elizabeth, and I backed him up for that very reason because it's an emotional game and people want to see your emotion as it matters and you should care.
"Look at Kohli in India and the way he reacts, and there is emotion to the sport.
"He (Robinson) gave someone a send-off and I'm never a big fan of send-offs as when you get someone out, that's enough. You've done it. You've got him out and you don't have to tell him where the pavilion is."
Robinson picked up five wickets for the match in England's narrow loss to Australia during an enthralling series opener in Birmingham earlier this month, but received some criticism for celebrating the wicket of centurion Usman Khawaja excessively during Australia's first innings.
While the celebration on its own raised some eyebrows, the fact the England quick doubled down on his antics and even attempted to pass the blame over to the Australian team and their former skipper Ricky Ponting drew further criticism.
Hussain spoke in depth about Robinson with host Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review and the former England skipper believes the right-armer only made an error in judgement by bringing Ponting's name into the discussions when asked about the issue at the end of day's play.
"He's not the first cricketer to give someone a send-off in an Ashes battle and there's a few Aussies that have given send-offs over the years," Hussain said.
"I've sort of enjoyed the to-ing and fro-ing from Ricky. We had Ricky working with us at Sky (Sky Sports) and the WhatsApp group was going ballistic that night... of all the Australians Ollie Robinson could mention, he mentioned Ricky.
"Our WhatsApp group was very, very funny that night and I can't tell you some of Ricky's responses."
Hussain is now interested to see how Robinson responds for the remainder of the series and wants the ongoing war of words to be kept to a minimum.
"I wouldn't be saying anything to Ollie Robinson (if I was England captain), apart from which end would you like to bowl and show us your skills," Hussain said.
"But I might be having a word with the media guy and saying I'm hearing too much from Ollie Robinson off the field and we have 10 other cricketers that can do the press and the media.
"The problem nowadays are the various outlets he might be writing or doing one of the websites…you get asked by various media outlets and then that's magnified on social media.
"Just whoever is in charge, I don't want to be hearing about Ollie Robinson off the field, so can we just keep him away from the press just for the next four Ashes games as it builds through the series and it becomes the centre of attention."
Hussain knows how emotional cricketers can get in the heat of the battle and thinks it can often bring the best out of players if handled well.
The former England skipper pointed to the emotion that India stalwart Virat Kohli displays on the field and even raised the incident that saw South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada suspended for one match for his over the top celebration when dismissing Joe Root back in 2020.
"It's the emotion of a cricketer and especially a fast bowler bowling on a turgid pitch in an Ashes battle," Hussain noted.
"The emotion of a moment, like Kagiso Rabada in the face of Joe Root in Port Elizabeth, and I backed him up for that very reason because it's an emotional game and people want to see your emotion as it matters and you should care.
"Look at Kohli in India and the way he reacts, and there is emotion to the sport.
"He (Robinson) gave someone a send-off and I'm never a big fan of send-offs as when you get someone out, that's enough. You've done it. You've got him out and you don't have to tell him where the pavilion is."
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Knives out for Ollie Robinson....
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Michael Clarke is the latest Australia legend to take aim at Ollie Robinson, telling the England bowler he is lucky to be getting a game in the Ashes.
Robinson received criticism from Aussie greats Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting after a somewhat bizarre send-off during the first Ashes Test.
Usman Khawaja scored a superb century to rescue Australia in the first innings but Robinson still opted to send an expletive-ridden send-off his way, saying: ‘F*** off, you f*****g p***k’.
At the end of day three, Robinson defended his outburst and said England had received brutal sledging from the Australians for years.
Several Baggy Green heroes did not take too kindly to Robinson’s antics at Edgbaston and ex-captain Clarke has now piled on, telling Big Sports Breakfast: ‘He needs to shush.
‘If England were fully fit you wouldn’t even get a game, Ollie. If Jofra Archer was fit or if Mark Wood was fully fit, Robinson would be back playing clubbies.
‘I actually don’t know what he’s doing. If James Anderson is saying all this, he’s got street cred. He’s played 180 Test matches, he’s got a lot of wickets.
‘This dude has been around for five minutes. He needs to concentrate on taking wickets. Ollie, just keep taking five-fors and then you can say what you like.’
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Michael Clarke is the latest Australia legend to take aim at Ollie Robinson, telling the England bowler he is lucky to be getting a game in the Ashes.
Robinson received criticism from Aussie greats Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting after a somewhat bizarre send-off during the first Ashes Test.
Usman Khawaja scored a superb century to rescue Australia in the first innings but Robinson still opted to send an expletive-ridden send-off his way, saying: ‘F*** off, you f*****g p***k’.
At the end of day three, Robinson defended his outburst and said England had received brutal sledging from the Australians for years.
Several Baggy Green heroes did not take too kindly to Robinson’s antics at Edgbaston and ex-captain Clarke has now piled on, telling Big Sports Breakfast: ‘He needs to shush.
‘If England were fully fit you wouldn’t even get a game, Ollie. If Jofra Archer was fit or if Mark Wood was fully fit, Robinson would be back playing clubbies.
‘I actually don’t know what he’s doing. If James Anderson is saying all this, he’s got street cred. He’s played 180 Test matches, he’s got a lot of wickets.
‘This dude has been around for five minutes. He needs to concentrate on taking wickets. Ollie, just keep taking five-fors and then you can say what you like.’
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