During the just-completed first Ashes Test in Birmingham, Ollie Robinson garnered headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Usman Khawaja, the Australian player who opened the game, was given a cursing send-off by him in the first inning.
After finishing off Khawaja with a precise yorker, the England pacer was heard yelling, “F*** off, you f***ing p***k”.
The Sussex bowler received widespread criticism for his combative celebrations.
Ollie Robinson isn't backing down from his aggressive send-off of Usman Khawaja yesterday. 👀
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— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) June 19, 2023
Ollie Robinson countered that he didn’t care how Khawaja was received and defended his send-off.
Stuart Broad hopes to take 600 Test wickets during the Ashes
In the first Ashes match, Stuart Broad took six wickets for 132 runs.
The Australian ex-captain Ricky Ponting’s obnoxious slurs during Ashes Tests during his playing days were also highlighted by the England speedster.
The final day’s first session saw a verbal altercation between Robinson and Khawaja as the visitors chased 281.
Before things got nasty, England veteran James Anderson took his teammate aside to separate the two.
Robinson allegedly avoided receiving harsh punishment for his verbal abuse of Khawaja.
Match official Andy Pycroft decided against fining the England pacer, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Australia’s likely opponents for the second Test were discussed in a tweet from the Australian media outlet Fox Cricket.
No. 1 villain Ollie Robinson has learned his fate over an expletive-laden send-off for Usman Khawaja 👀
ASHES DAILY 👉 https://t.co/DWrwo5P2on pic.twitter.com/cZ84wH9cUn
— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) June 22, 2023
“No. Ollie Robinson, a villain from Game 1, was informed of his fate following Usman Khawaja’s obscene send-off”, according to the tweet.
Stuart Broad replied to the tweet by pointing out that he has frequently been regarded as the No. By foreign media, cricket’s No. 1 villain.
“No. 1 Villain?! I can’t have lost that tag already can I? Disappointing”, Broad wrote.
In the first innings, the England pacer dismissed David Warner for the fifteenth time in Test cricket before removing Marnus Labuschagne with the very next delivery.
He also eliminated Scott Boland, giving England a seven-run advantage in the opening innings.
At the conclusion of Day 4, Broad struck out Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the second innings to put the visitors in trouble.
The Australian night watchman Boland was then expelled by the 36-year-old early on the final day.
He was asked to bowl with the second new ball. But he wasn’t as successful as Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins. He helped Australia win the match with an unbroken 55-run stand.
20 five-wicket hauls and 588 wickets at an average of 27.6 have been claimed by Stuart Broad in 163 Test matches.
The Nottinghamshire pacer needs 12 more victories to pass the 600-test dismissal mark and join the exclusive club of bowlers.
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