A fast bowler asserts At Edgbaston, England made all the running and will push harder at Lord’s.
Ollie Robinson’s On-Field Demeanor Under Scrutiny
Even though Australia has the series lead thanks to their two-wicket victory at Edgbaston this week, Ollie Robinson has escalated his verbal battle with Australia’s cricket establishment by asserting that the visitors will need to alter their strategies to keep up with England’s Bazballers in the second Test at Lord’s.
Robinson said in his first column for Wisden.com that he was surprised by Australia’s refusal “to go toe-to-toe with us,” and that England’s head coach, Brendon McCullum, had told his team in his post-game address that “it feels like we’ve won, lads,” because they had made all the running in the game.
He reportedly added, “Ladies, I’m really proud of the work that you’ve put in; together, we’ve made the game what it was. “We were so close to achieving an incredible triumph. We participated in every game of cricket. The Australians wouldn’t have had a chance to win at all if it weren’t for us.
We want to leave a lasting impression and be the squad that is still spoken about in 20 to 30 years. We have delighted the entire globe while embarrassing the Australians. That statement from him following a defeat is significant to us.
Robinson’s remarks follow a disagreement with Usman Khawaja during the Edgbaston Test, during which he urged the batsman to “f**k off, you f***ing prick” after bowling him for 141 in the first innings. James Anderson then had to pull Robinson away from another altercation when he was scoring 65 in the second inning.
The former opening bat for Australia, Matthew Hayden, reacted angrily to those incidents and Robinson’s mid-game comment that he “doesn’t care” what people think of his on-field demeanour. Hayden called Robinson a “forgettable cricketer” and suggested that his opinions contradict his abilities.
Hayden told SEN Radio in Australia, “He’s a fast bowler who is bowling 124kph nude nuts, and he’s got a mouth from the south.” “With a person like him, you can say, ‘Brother, I’m coming at you. You know Davey Warner can handle that. You’re bowling 120, he may say.
Ricky Ponting, who Robinson had used as an example of a past Ashes sledger, also criticised Robinson for his remarks.
“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,” stated Ponting on an ICC podcast. And Robinson is a slow learner if he has not realised that after last week.
Robinson said about the Khawaja incident to Wisden.com: “I didn’t think the Ussie send-off was such a huge deal until I walked off the ground and saw my phone blowing up with friends texting me and it all going off.
“I simply got caught up in the moment,” he continued. “I was anxious for a wicket since my bowling in the first innings wasn’t that good. Ussie was playing wonderfully, so it was clear that he was the big wicket. It wasn’t that I had anything against Ussie; it was just one of those instances where I got carried away. Taking Broady’s place as Australia’s top public adversary, Broad replied to the same tweet, saying: “No1 Villain?! Broad’s refusal to leave the Trent Bridge Test in 2013 was the key flashpoint of that year’s Ashes action. That tag must not have been gone already, right? Disappointing.”
Robinson stated that England “knows what’s at stake” in the upcoming second Test at Lord’s but assured that “you’re going to see us come harder and harder” in their attempt to reverse the score and regain the Ashes for the first time since 2015.
The confidence that we are asking the English audience to have in us for playing in this novel fashion is also on the line, he continued. “I believe in this team that, even if we fell behind 2-0, we could still win 3-2, due to the style of cricket we’re playing,” the coach said.
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