Ollie Robinson, the England pacer who grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul in his comeback Test (2nd Test) after being suspended for his offensive old racist tweets, said that he has grown as a person since then.
Ollie Robinson was banned after his racist and sexist tweets as an 18-year-old were discovered on the opening day of his Test debut against New Zealand at the Lord’s in June.
Ollie Robinson Termed Suspension Period Was The Toughest Period In His Life
The 27-year-old played only two T20 games for Sussex since his suspension from International cricket as he bounced back to grab 5/85 to dismiss India for 278 on day three of the opening Test here.
“I was young 18-19 years old. I made a lot of mistakes, not just those tweets. I’ve grown as a person a lot in that time. Obviously, I’ve learnt a lot try to develop as a person in the last 10 years. I try to make myself the best person I can be,” he said at the end of the day’s play.
The 27-year-old played only two T20 games for Sussex since his suspension from International cricket as he bounced back to grab 5/85 to dismiss India for 278 on day three of the opening Test here.
Terming the phase as the toughest period of his life, he said: “It was the toughest period in my life. It affected myself and my family but I’ve learnt a lot since then. It was quite tough and to get the rewards, in the end, was pleasing,” he said about his performance as he revelled alongside the master class of veteran England pacer James Anderson (4/54).
Ollie Robinson, who made his Test debut against New Zealand in June, was removed from the squad for the next match-the 2nd and final Test of the series after his historic offensive social media posts resurfaced during the first -his debut Test.
The initial one-game suspension was imposed by the England and Wales Cricket Board before Ollie Robinson withdrew himself from selection for his county side Sussex for the T20 games. Ollie Robinson admitted to breaching two ECB directives in relation to a number of offensive comments he made on Twitter in 2012-14.
Ollie Robinson issued an apology for the posts he sent in 2012 and 2013 when he was in his late teens, which were unearthed and shared online on the day he made his Test debut against the Black Caps. Ollie Robinson led England’s attack in his debut Test vs Kiwis with 4-75 in the first innings at Lord’s and followed up with 3-26 in the second while making a useful 42 with the bat as England fought hard to earn a draw in the 1st Lord’s Test against New Zealand.
James Anderson Goes Past Anil Kumble’s 619 Scalps
Meanwhile, James Anderson has gone past Anil Kumble to become the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket’s history. James Anderson went past former Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble’s 619 wickets with the dismissal of KL Rahul, who was caught behind for 84 in India’s first innings of the first Test against England. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708) are ahead of James Anderson at the moment.
