Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1993)

Ollie Robinson
Personal information
Full name Oliver Edward Robinson
Born (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993
Margate, Kent
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2014 Yorkshire
2014 Hampshire
2015–present Sussex (squad no. 25)
FC debut 26 April 2015 Sussex v Durham
LA debut 11 August 2013 Yorkshire v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 42 14 24
Runs scored 1,094 122 34
Batting average 21.45 17.42 5.66
100s/50s 1/4 0/0 0/0
Top score 110 30 10
Balls bowled 7,517 576 416
Wickets 165 14 20
Bowling average 23.70 40.57 31.50
5 wickets in innings 7 0 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 7/23 3/31 3/16
Catches/stumpings 14/– 6/– 10/–
Source: CricInfo, 29 September 2018

Oliver "Ollie" Edward Robinson (born 1 December 1993) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. He made his first-class cricket debut in 2015 and is a right-arm medium pace bowler and a right-handed batsman. Robinson is the step-son of Paul Farbrace who has worked as a coach with international teams.[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 1,282 runs in Second XI cricket, and 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]

After making seven T20 Blast appearances for Yorkshire during the 2014 season Robinson was sacked by Yorkshire in July for "unprofessional actions"..[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 one 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][6] 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.[6][8] In the match Robinson, batting at number nine, scored a century in a Sussex record-breaking tenth-wicket partnership with Matt Hobden of 164.[9] In doing so, he became the first Sussex player in 95 years to score a century on their County Championship debut.[lower-alpha 1][9] Robinson took his first five-wicket haul in May 2015 against Warwickshire.[10] In the 2015 season, Robinson took 46 Championship wickets at an average of 24.71, and was nominated for the LV= Breakthrough Player Award[11] and won the Sussex Young Player of the Year award.[12] In October 2015, Robinson signed a new three-year contract with Sussex.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ollie Rayner scored a century on debut in a tour match against Sri Lanka in 2006.

References

  1. ↑ "Robinson debut century completes amazing Sussex last stand". Cricinfo.
  2. 1 2 "Former Kent cricketer Oliver Robinson joins Yorkshire". Thanet Gazette.
  3. ↑ "Yorkshire sack fast bowler Oliver Robinson for 'unprofessional actions'". Telegraph.co.uk. 30 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Yorkshire Country Cricket Club: Gillespie's tough call to axe Robinson". York Press.
  5. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  6. 1 2 3 "Robinson handed Sussex chance".
  7. 1 2 "Sussex sign former Yorkshire seamer". The Argus.
  8. ↑ Daivanayagam, Srihari (26 April 2015). "Robinson debut century completes amazing Sussex last stand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  9. 1 2 "County Championship: Robinson hits debut ton in Sussex rescue". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "LV=CC: Ollie Robinson records career-best figures foor Sussex".
  11. ↑ "Ollie Robinson has slotted seamlessly into life at Sussex after Yorkshire sacking".
  12. 1 2 "Sussex's Ollie Robinson signs new three-year contract". Sky Sports.
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