Fiery England fast Ollie Robinson says he doesn’t care how Australia take his expletive-laden send-off of Usman Khawaja, justifying it as a part of the Ashes theatre.
Robinson raised eyebrows on Sunday when he appeared to yell, “f*** off, you f***ing prick” when he bowled Khawaja for 141 on third morning of the Ashes sequence opener.
Fresh off bouncing Australia’s tail within the rain-affected day, Robinson then landed a number of photographs on the vacationers in a dramatic seven-minute post-play press convention.
The fast accused his rivals of being un-Australian with their defensive method, and claimed Australia had three No.11s with Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland.
But it’s the Khawaja send-off which is able to draw essentially the most consideration, after the 29-year-old bowled the left-hander to finish his near-on eight-hour keep on the wicket.
“It’s my first home Ashes. To get the big wicket at the time was special for me,” he mentioned.
“We all want that theatre of the game, so I am here to provide it.”
Asked if it could have put a goal on his head in Australia’s camp, Robinson was unfazed.
“I don’t really care how it is perceived to be honest, it’s the Ashes, it’s professional sport,” he mentioned.
“If you can’t handle that, what can you handle?”
The paceman wouldn’t remark when pressed on whether or not he thought he could be sanctioned by match officers.
“When you’re in the heat of the moment and you have the passion of the Ashes, that can happen,” Robinson mentioned.
“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 isn’t any stranger to controversy.
He attracted consideration on the day of his Test debut when historic racial and sexist slurs posted on social media by him surfaced, prompting an apology and suspension.
Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey mentioned he didn’t see the Khawaja incident on Sunday, after England went to stumps 2-28 and main by 35 of their second innings.
But Robinson is unlikely to have endeared himself to Australia, after additionally stating within the lead up England have been going to provide the guests a “hiding’ in the series.
Robinson said he believed England could win the Test if they had 90 overs to bowl Australia out, provided the tourists were interested in trying to chase down a target to win the game.
“If they have been enjoying for the draw and defensively like they’ve completed up to now on this recreation, then it could be barely totally different,” he mentioned.
“We’ve made them play the way in which they’ve. The aggressive nature of the way in which we’ve gone about it, our batting and bowling, means they needed to go extra defensive.
“It’s not something you normally see from an Australian side, but the way we are playing under Ben (Stokes) and Baz (coach Brendon McCullum) is causing that to happen.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
