Full Name

Oliver Edward Robinson

Born

December 01, 1993, Margate, Kent

Age

31y 248d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Education

King's School, Canterbury

The 2021 season was one Ollie Robinson will never forget - for reasons good and bad. It was the year he not only firmly established himself in the England Test side, but ended the summer as his country's leading fast bowler and the year he joined a 20-strong group of players on new ECB central contracts spanning all formats. It was also the year he saw his career flash before his eyes when some offensive social media posts he had made as a teenager in 2012 and 2013 surfaced as he was making his Test debut against New Zealand at Lord's. Robinson claimed seven wickets for the match and scored 42 in his maiden innings but was stood down at the conclusion pending a disciplinary hearing. He was banned for eight matches - five of those suspended for two years - and fined £3200.

Robinson apologised unreservedly and returned cricket-wise as though he had never been away, recalled for England's Tests against India where he bowled more overs than anyone else in the series and was leading wicket-taker with 21 at 21.55, including five-wicket hauls at Trent Bridge and Headingley.

After moving from his home in Kent to Yorkshire, where his stepfather - former England assistant coach Paul Farbrace - was then second-team coach, Robinson had his Yorkshire contract terminated in 2014 due to "a number of unprofessional actions", involving poor timekeeping and less than perfect attendance at training sessions. By the start of 2021 however, Robinson was a 27-year-old father in the frame for Test selection after an impressive Lions tour of Australia and 137 wickets - the most of any seamer - over the previous two Championship seasons, not to mention spending the best part of five months in England's bio-secure training bubbles during 2020.

A tall bowler who finds good bounce despite not being the quickest, Robinson has invited comparisons with Josh Hazlewood and cited Glenn McGrath as a source of inspiration. After Second XI stints for Hampshire and Essex, Robinson signed for Sussex on a short-term deal. In April 2015, some 10 months since leaving Yorkshire, he notched up his maiden first-class century while on debut. With No. 11 Matthew Hobden, on a sunny day at Chester-Le-Street, he put on 164 runs for the final wicket against Durham and surpassed a 107-year record for the best tenth-wicket partnership for Sussex.

Robinson quickly built a reputation at Sussex as an adaptable county player capable of occasional outstanding contributions. But his consistency under the guidance of new coach Jason Gillespie - who had also coached him at Yorkshire - in 2018 came as a surprise. Robinson took 74 Division Two wickets as Sussex narrowly missed promotion, second only to Kent's New Zealand international Matt Henry.

In 2019, he furthered his reputation as one of the leading new-ball bowlers in the county system, taking 63 Championship wickets including 8 for 34 (and 14 for 135 in the match) against Middlesex. His form on the England Lions' tour of Australia in early 2020 - he took seven wickets in a crushing win over Australia A at the MCG - earned him further attention and, ultimately entry to the England squad.
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Ollie Robinson Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests203737961742765/497/8122.922.7549.9430
FC1091952043299864599/7814/11721.752.9344.529236
List A1616672663193/313/3134.895.9135.3000
T20s767314402045714/154/1528.808.5220.2100

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests203354105814.6473555.780150280
FC10915830245411019.17395662.031833412350
List A161131223015.2513888.40009070
T20s7636152283110.85199114.5700221330

Ollie Robinson T20 Stats

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality Blast2 teams75721430201771 4/15 4/1528.408.4620.1100
Men's 100TR-M1110280 - --16.80-000

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality Blast2 teams7536152283110.85199114.5700221330
Men's 100TR-M1-----------00
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Recent Matches of Ollie Robinson

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sussex vs Gloucs--1/2617-Jul-2025CheltenhamT20
Sussex vs Essex20/2111-Jul-2025ChelmsfordT20
Sussex vs Kent271/3809-Jul-2025HoveT20
Sussex vs Hampshire90/2905-Jul-2025HoveT20
Sussex vs Kent7*0/5004-Jul-2025CanterburyT20

Photos of Ollie Robinson

Ollie Robinson is mobbed after taking the final wicket
Ollie Robinson celebrates a wicket for Sussex
John Simpson holds the Division Two trophy aloft
Ollie Robinson celebrates a wicket
Tymal Mills and Ollie Robinson have been key influences in Sussex's march to Finals Day
Ollie Robinson starred with the ball and in the field for Sussex