After getting the prized wicket of dismissed Steve Smith in his first spell on Day 4 of the ongoing second Ashes Test in Adelaide, the English right-arm fast bowler, Ollie Robinson was seen bowling gentle off-spin with sunglasses on. The switch although didn’t yield any results for his side but it did manage to create a buzz online, as videos of him bowling off-spin flooded the social media platforms.
Legendary Australian cricketer, Shane Warne, while on-air, likened Robinson’s style of bowling to that of former Australia off-spinner Colin Miller. The incident took place in Australia’s second innings on Day 4 as the hosts took complete control of the proceedings.
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Here is the video of the incident:
— Lodu_Lalit (@LoduLal02410635) December 19, 2021
Meanwhile, after resuming action from the overnight score of 45/1 England had a brilliant start to the day. Stuart Broad and James Anderson provided early breakthroughs for the tourists but a solid 89-run stand between Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head helped the hosts regain control.
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Both the batters completed their respective half-centuries before getting dismissed. Following their dismissal, Australia decided to change gears and raced to 230-9, before Steve Smith deiced to declare the innings setting England a giant 468-run target.
Among the English bowlers, Robinson, captain Joe Root and Dawid Malan scalped two wickets each. Broad and Anderson shared a wicket each. Here is how the fans reacted to the spin bowling of Ollie Robinson:
Robinson needs to chop & change between fast & off spin in the same over now. #Ashes
— Johnny (@GEGENPREDS) December 19, 2021
Always had this in my mind that why do bowlers still try and swing the ball on dead pitches?
Robinson knows he can do someone the way bumrah did him🤣 https://t.co/fLnV3PnxdB— Mr Jerry santos (@ggmu4231) December 19, 2021
Robinson bowling spin. Pure village that 😂😂 #Ashes
— T (@TanH130) December 19, 2021
Ollie Robinson is bowling off spin, now… 😂
Is this #Ashes or mohalla 🏏?— Sumit Sundriyal 🇮🇳 (@SumitSun14) December 19, 2021
Bring Ollie Robinson from both ends
Fast bowler and Spinner#Ashes— Rishabh Jain 🇮🇳 (@ImRish_rj07) December 19, 2021
What could be the reason behind Robinson bowling off spin?
1. Slow over rate.
2.Absence of Joe Root.
3.Lack of intent.#Ashes #cricket— SportsForAll (@msudh98) December 19, 2021
Meanwhile English paceman Ollie Robinson just bowled an over of spin, in sunglasses 🕶️🏏#Ashes
— Priyanshu Pande (@priyanshupande) December 19, 2021
Australia Playing XI: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Lyon
England Playing XI: Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
