Ricky Ponting instructed him to tug his head in and Australian batting star Usman Khawaja stated he wanted to ‘watch out’ what he says, however Ashes villain Ollie Robinson will not be muzzled by his captain within the second Check at Lord’s.
Robinson copped it from Ponting, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden and others after his verbal exchanges with Khawaja within the opening Check at Edgbaston got here again to chunk him because the vacationers went on to win.
Hayden was notably savage, calling Robinson a ‘forgettable cricketer’, however the 29-year-old England bowler has been unaffected by the fallout based on his captain Ben Stokes.
Robinson’s expletive-laden send-off to Khawaja within the first innings, which sparked the back-and-forth, went unpunished by the ICC and Stokes stated he had no intention of reining in his bowler at Lord’s.
‘What’s Ashes cricket with no little little bit of feedback from previous gamers?’ Stokes stated.

Ben Stokes has backed Ollie Robinson to stay aggressive all through this Ashes collection

The England quick bowler sparked controversy in first Check for his foul-mouthed send-off at Usman Khawaja after he bowled the Australian within the first innings

Robinson has maintained verbal aggression is solely a part of Ashes cricket
‘It is not the one time the place feelings of professional sport have come out in that type.
‘Ollie Robinson is the sixth finest bowler on the earth, he’s averaging 21 with the ball. That is all I have to say on that.’
Robinson returned match figures of 5 for 98 at Edgbaston and may very well be extra suited by a far greener Lord’s wicket.
Stokes is assured Robinson’s outward character will likely be on present once more, and it brings out his finest.
‘He has been a top quality performer each time he has walked on the sphere for England. His performances have confirmed that,’ he stated.
‘I will not be having a phrase with him to rein it in since you do not wish to take one thing out of a participant that will get one of the best out of them. He loves the competitors.
‘It’s skilled sport. It is the Ashes. There was a second the place we wanted a determined breakthrough [of Khawaja], and he was the one to get that.’
Australian captain Pat Cummins stated his gamers would not observe go well with and would go away the sledging to Robinson.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was considered one of a number of former Aussie gamers to criticise Robinson for his behaviour at Edgbaston
‘5 years in the past Australian cricket meant you have been meant to play powerful and get within the face of the opposition and throw your arms about and issues like that,’ he stated.
‘Whereas you’ve gotten seen our crew fairly mellow over the previous few years, which I feel displays our personalities.
‘Little doubt there are moments the place everybody desires to get right into a battle or a scrap or tit-for-tat, however in the mean time everyone seems to be fairly relaxed and cozy simply being us.’

Joe Root stole the scene within the first Check with various extravagant pictures
In the meantime, Joe Root confirmed within the nets he stays desirous to play the spectacular ramp pictures he used so successfully at Edgbaston.
The No.1-ranked Check batter on the earth, Root reverse scooped Cummins off the primary ball of the fourth day in Birmingham earlier than he aimed two extra at Scott Boland within the subsequent over and hit him for six and 4.
‘I don’t really feel like Superman,’ Root instructed Mail Sport final week when requested about his extravagant shot choice.
‘I’m completely bricking it when he’s working in to bowl more often than not. The primary time I did it on this Check it was fairly clear he was bowling large and it didn’t really feel like there was a variety of threat to it.
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