It seems like England pacer Ollie Robinson won’t be spared any time soon for his sledge against Usman Khawaja. Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke has jumped on the bandwagon of former Aussie cricketers having a go at him. The two-time World Cup winner said that if the likes of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood were fit, Robinson would have been playing club cricket.
Notably, Archer made his comeback in competitive cricket early this year, and played a few white-ball games for the Three Lions. However, during the IPL 2023, his old-elbow issues resurfaced which is why he was ruled out for the English summer. On the other hand, Wood didn’t play much games due to injury. Meanwhile, Clarke added that Robinson must concentrate on taking wickets.
“He needs to shoosh,” Clarke said on the Big Sports Breakfast.
“If England were fully fit you wouldn’t even get a game, Ollie. If Joffra Archer was playing, or if (Chris) Wood had been playing and was fully fit, old mate — I don’t know what town he plays for — he’d be back playing clubbies.
“… I actually don’t know what he’s doing. If James Anderson is saying all this, he’s got street cred. He’s played 180 Test matches , he’s got a lot of wickets. This dude has been around for five minutes.
“… He needs to concentrate on taking wickets .. Ollie, just keep taking five-fors and then you can say what you like.
This is how Twitter reacted
C'mon its Ashes! It needs Spice!
— Kriti Sharma (@Kriti_Sharma01) June 26, 2023
What ollie did? Can someone please explain?
— Akshayyyy (@AkshayyMahadik) June 26, 2023
The Aussies crying at sledging really makes me laugh. These guys invented sledging, these blokes used to sledge players when no one else did. I love the Aussies but that's too much of crying from them, Ollie is a new kid and I mean his stats are incredible too.
— Mahad Farrukh (@FarrukhMahad) June 26, 2023
Lol . I'm ollie robinson fan from now on. Go boy show them what you made of.
— Aladdin (@Aladdinjaeger3) June 26, 2023
This is the rivalry we need not that shaking hands with pakistan players before the match and hugging eachother
— Yash. (@yashhverse) June 26, 2023
Absolutely. We saw how he was bad mouthing in 2021 lords test, then got a nice warm welcome by virat and 9 others when he came to bat.
— Sagar Kumar Bal (@IamSagarBal11) June 26, 2023
It is ironic how all the Australian players, who have shown unnecessary aggression on the field and abused players under the name of "sledging", are taking a dig at Ollie
— N (@grim_genius228) June 26, 2023
@MClarke23 If you had not claimed that illegal catch of Saurav in Aus 2007-08, India would hv won that series. FairPlay is not your strength. So, quit lecturing other players, pls
— RR ?? (@libran0101) June 26, 2023
This is What Ashes should be like!!!!
India vs Pakistan rivalry can't relate…— Suyash Bafna (@7SUYASH_) June 26, 2023
Punter, Haydos & now Clarke. Missing warnie so much. ?
— StatsLance (@StatsLance) June 26, 2023
