Ollie Robinson's comments set fire to ashes before the second test. Credit: Getty Images/Ryan Pierse
Australian batsman Travis Head warned Ollie Robinson he would need to back up his words when the Ashes continued at Lord's on Wednesday, after he mocked England's latest attempts hold the sled.
Australia ended a stunning first Test with two wickets, with Robinson taking on the role of «public enemy No. 1» at Down Under, following a swearing from centurion Ousmane Khawaja. He then held a relentless press conference and wrote a column for Wisden on Australia's «defensive» tactics.
Robinson's actions drew the ire of former Australian players such as Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting (whose own behavior Robinson drew attention to), while Zach Crawley and other England players made equally optimistic public statements, with the first player boldly stating that they will win with a score of 150. running.
But before the second test on Wednesday, Head and his teammates, the world test champion from Australia, laugh at it.
«Looks like we're only going out for lunch,» Head told 9News Sydney. “Yes, they have this mantra that they go for. Not only on the field, but also off the field, they have nice chats, but this team is really just worried about what we need to do to win the second test to go 2-0 and put some pressure on them.”
Head and Robinson were once teammates at Sussex, but the Aussie told him he needed to perform well to back up his claims. In the Edgbaston test, Robinson did so, scoring five out of 98, slightly detracting from his excellent international GPA of 21.
«I find it pretty funny,» Head said. “I said a few quiet words to him, cheerful words there. It's all a lot of fun and we'll see how the next four challenges pan out.
“He didn't make it in the first one, but he's very competitive and will want to move up. But if he doesn't, I think they have a few people at home who might want to stand on his back.» passions ran high during the first test of the long-awaited series.
Robinson's comments on Khawaja were widely criticized by former Australian players, and Robinson admitted in his column that he «got carried away» at that point and «learned his lesson» about how to go after Khawaja furiously when the pair cleared things up in the dressing room. after the match.
Ollie Robinson's pursuit of Usman Khawaja has been heavily criticized in the Australian media. Photo: PA Wire/David Davis
But that didn't stop him from hitting the tourists' style of play, which was taken notice of because of the way England fought them.
Of course it sounds weird because they won it, but I think that if they are honest, Australia will look at themselves and understand that they need to change their approach to keep up with how we are going to play,” Robinson wrote.
Team Head in response to this Nathan Lyon said Australia would try to ignore Robinson.
“It's business as usual for us,” Lyon said. «We can't control what they're doing, we'll sit down together as a team and we've identified areas where we think we need to improve.»
Meanwhile, Head's comrade hits Marnus. Labouchagne and Steve Smith returned to the Lords on Sunday after spending their Saturdays at the House of Cricket in the net due to their low results at Edgbaston.
Labouchegn suffered a painful blow to his right hand finger during his Saturday net session , but everything was fine after seeing the team doctor Lee Goulding.
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