Former England skipper Nasser Hussain urged the England pacer Ollie Robinson to show his skillset on the field rather than involving himself too much in the media to keep him focused for the next four games of the high-octane Ashes Series.
The England pacer could not control his emotions as he gave Khawaja an abusive send-off after ending his brilliant knock of 141 runs and also had a go-to Australian opener during the final day of the 1st match, where Australia fought back to win the game by 2 wickets.
Speaking On the ICC.tv, Cricketer-turned-commentator Nasser Hussain said that these kinds of thing usually happens in the Ashes series, stating that the Australian player had given some fiery send-offs to England over the years and revealed that the commentators were enjoying when Ollie Robinson mentioned Ricky Ponting’s aggressive behaviour on the field.
“He’s not the first cricketer to give someone a send-off in an Ashes battle and there’s a few Aussies that have given send-offs over the years,” Nasser Hussain said.
“I’ve sort of enjoyed the to-ing and fro-ing from Ricky. We had Ricky working with us at Sky (Sky Sports) and the WhatsApp group was going ballistic that night… of all the Australians Ollie Robinson could mention, he mentioned Ricky”.
The England pacer had singled out the name of former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting for his sledging during the Ashes series when defending the send-off for which he gave a befitting reply in return.
We Have 10 Other Cricketers That Can Do The Press And The Media – Nasser Hussain
Nasser Hussain said that if he is the England skipper then he would advise the pacer to show his skills on the field to take on the mighty Australia and believes that 10 other cricketers in the team to address the media at the end of the day play and added that these kinds spread even more due to emergence various media outlets and social media platforms.
“I wouldn’t be saying anything to Ollie Robinson (if I was England captain), apart from which end would you like to bowl and show us your skills, But I might be having a word with the media guy and saying I’m hearing too much from Ollie Robinson off the field and we have 10 other cricketers that can do the press and the media”.
“The problem nowadays is the various outlets he might be writing or doing one of the websites…you get asked by various media outlets and then that’s magnified on social media,” Nasser Hussain added
Ben Stokes-led side dominated the 1st match from the start of the game, as they performed brilliantly well to reduce Australia to 227-8 in the chase 280 runs before the Australian skipper batted with a lot of grit alongside Nathan Lyon to win the game for his side.
England’s team will look to make a comeback in the favourite hunting ground in the 2nd test to level the series.