Ashes 2023: Nasser Hussain advises Robinson to minimise off-field distractions for remainder of series

New Delhi:  Former England captain Nasser Hussain has advised the under-fire fast bowler Ollie Robinson to let his actions on the field do the talking and keep the off-field distractions to a minimum for the remainder of the Ashes 2023 Test series against Australia.

Robinson picked up five wickets for the match in England’s narrow loss to Australia during an enthralling series opener in Birmingham earlier this month, but he received some criticism for celebrating the wicket of centurion Usman Khawaja excessively during Australia’s first innings.

While the celebration on its own raised some eyebrows, the fact that England pacer doubled down on his antics and even attempted to pass the blame over to the Australian team and their former skipper Ricky Ponting drew further criticism.

The former England skipper believes the right-armer only made an error in judgement by bringing Ponting’s name into the discussions when asked about the issue at the end of day’s play.

“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,” Hussain said in the latest episode of The ICC Review.
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“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.

Our WhatsApp group was very, very funny that night and I can’t tell you some of Ricky’s responses,” he added.

IANS