Ollie Robinson
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| Full name | Oliver Edward Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 December 1993 Margate, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style |
Right-arm medium Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 26 April 2015 Sussex v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 11 August 2013 Yorkshire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 8 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oliver "Ollie" Edward Robinson (born 1 December 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler, and a right-handed batsman. Robinson is also the step-son of Paul Farbrace.[1]
Career
Robinson began his career playing for Kent Second XI; after one match of the 2013 season, he left Kent for Leicestershire, before playing for Yorkshire Second XI. He finished the 2013 season with 59 wickets and 1282 runs in Second XI cricket, and also made his first-team List A debut for Yorkshire in July 2013 against Leicestershire.[2] In October 2013, Robinson signed a professional contract with Yorkshire.[2]
In July 2014, Robinson, was sacked by Yorkshire for "unprofessional actions"; in the 2014 season, he had made 7 T20 Blast appearances for Yorkshire, taking 6 wickets.[3] Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie said of the situation that "When a player consistently displays behaviour that isn’t professional, there has to be a point in time when you say ‘look, this isn’t really working, you’re obviously not that bothered about playing for the club’. That point came, and it was tough." and that "He’s got to learn about his game and about being a professional sportsman. I think there will be a future for him in the professional game, but I think he needs to learn a lot, and I think he can do it."[4] Later in the 2014 season, Robinson made 1 List A appearance for Hampshire.[5][6]
In April 2015, Sussex signed Robinson on a short-term deal, after an injury crisis with bowlers Tymal Mills, James Anyon and Lewis Hatchett all unavailable.[7][8] Robinson had played a Second XI match for Sussex,[7] and was named in the squad for a County Championship match the next day against Durham, where he made his first-class debut.[8][9] In the match, Robinson batted at number 9, and scored a century in a Sussex record-breaking tenth-wicket partnership with Matt Hobden of 164.[10] In doing so, he became the first Sussex player in 95 years to score a century on a County Championship debut.[lower-alpha 1][10] Robinson took his first five-wicket haul, and as of January 2016 his best bowling figures, in May 2015 against Warwickshire.[11] In the 2015 season, Robinson took 46 Championship wickets at an average of 24.71, and was nominated for the LV= Breakthrough Player Award (which was won by Somerset's Tom Abell),[12] and won the Sussex Young Player of the Year award.[13] In October 2015, Robinson signed a new three-year contract with Sussex.[13]
Notes
- ↑ Ollie Rayner scored a century on debut in a tour match against Sri Lanka in 2006.
References
- ↑ "Robinson debut century completes amazing Sussex last stand". Cricinfo.
- 1 2 "Former Kent cricketer Oliver Robinson joins Yorkshire". Thanet Gazette.
- ↑ "Yorkshire sack fast bowler Oliver Robinson for 'unprofessional actions'". Telegraph.co.uk. 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Yorkshire Country Cricket Club: Gillespie's tough call to axe Robinson". York Press.
- ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive".
- ↑ "Robinson handed Sussex chance".
- 1 2 "Sussex sign former Yorkshire seamer". The Argus.
- 1 2 "Robinson handed Sussex chance".
- ↑ Daivanayagam, Srihari (26 April 2015). "Robinson debut century completes amazing Sussex last stand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- 1 2 "County Championship: Robinson hits debut ton in Sussex rescue". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "LV=CC: Ollie Robinson records career-best figures foor Sussex".
- ↑ "Ollie Robinson has slotted seamlessly into life at Sussex after Yorkshire sacking".
- 1 2 "Sussex's Ollie Robinson signs new three-year contract". Sky Sports.