Speaking after the third day of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, Ollie Robinson defended his sweary dismissal of Usman Khawaja, whose innings was finally ended when Robinson produced a yorker that took out off-stump. Robinson said: ‘I don’t really care how it was perceived – it’s the Ashes, it’s professional sport, if you can’t handle that what can you handle?’
Asked about his celebration after the Khawaja wicket, Robinson invoked the ghosts of Ashes past. ‘I think we’ve all seen Ricky Ponting, other Aussies, do the same to us. So just because the shoe is on the other foot, it’s not received well,’ he said. Asked about the incident, Australia’s wicketkeeper Alex Carey said he didn’t notice it and that Khawaja ‘hasn’t said anything’
Ollie Robinson defends outburst after Usman Khawaja dismissal
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