Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said that Ollie Robinson has not been a threat to the opposition in the ongoing Ashes series despite his stunning skill. The England pace bowler has picked up eight wickets across three innings so far as well. Robinson took the crucial wicket of Marnus Labuschagne in the ongoing Test as well.

Ponting said in the latest edition of the ICC Review: “I don’t think he’s looked dangerous in the series at all. I mean, if you look at the wickets, he’s got the tailenders out in each game. Yes he got Marnus (Labuschagne) in this innings here. But then he got (Nathan) Lyon and then he got (Josh) Hazlewood. So if he didn’t get the 10 and 11 out, then he finishes his innings with one wicket at over four runs an over.”

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He continued: “He’s a very skilful bowler, no doubt about that, and no one would’ve said a word about Ollie Robinson if he hadn’t have sort of instigated this whole tit-for-tat that’s been happening over the last couple of weeks. And to be honest, I think the whole thing’s been blown completely out of proportion.”

However, Ollie Robinson had brought up Ricky Ponting’s name while defending his aggressive send-off to Usman Khawaja during the first Test in Edgbaston as well.

“It’s something that’s everyone’s enjoyed talking about, and some of the ex-players have enjoyed hopping in and having a bit of a crack, but at the end of the day he’s a skilled bowler and, as you say, his numbers so far in the series are actually okay,” Ricky Ponting further said.