Ollie Robinson

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Ollie Robinson
INTL CAREER: 2021 - 2024
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Full Name

Oliver Edward Robinson

Born

December 01, 1993, Margate, Kent

Age

30y 109d

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
FC901611697882733969/7814/11720.892.9242.826236
List A1515626623163/313/3138.935.9739.1000
T20s49468841306454/154/1529.028.8619.6100

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests203354105814.6473555.780150280
FC9013422219511019.59364860.16183009290
List A151131223015.2513888.40009060
T20s49231092317.079596.840061200
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Recent Matches of Ollie Robinson

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
England vs India58 & 00/5423-Feb-2024RanchiTest # 2531
England vs Australia5*0/3806-Jul-2023LeedsTest # 2509
England vs Australia9 & 13/100 & 2/4828-Jun-2023Lord'sTest # 2508
England vs Australia17* & 273/55 & 2/4316-Jun-2023BirminghamTest # 2507
Sussex vs Glamorgan134/29 & 1/4618-May-2023HoveFC

Photos of Ollie Robinson

Ollie Pope and Ollie Robinson pose in Dharamsala ahead of the fifth Test
Ollie Robinson suffered a back strain while batting in Ranchi
Ollie Robinson attacked on the second morning to reach fifty
Ollie Robinson played a crucial hand from No. 9
Ollie Robinson could be in line to play in the fourth Test
Ollie Robinson and Rehan Ahmed in conversation