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Mark Butcher: Regal Ollie Robinson lights up Lord’s for England

Mark Butcher reflects on Ollie Robinson’s remarkable return to the England set-up, the strength of their pace attack and the selection questions facing Joe Root’s side.

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The Lord’s Test marked a continuation of Ollie Robinson’s dream summer following his recall from the international wilderness.
After returning match figures of 8-35 from 27 overs in the series-clinching victory, he took his tally across the first two Tests against Pakistan to 16 wickets at an astonishing average of 7.

It has to be said that the opposition are very ordinary indeed, and the three Tests that Robinson has played so far this summer have all been on spicy pitches, but his overall record of 99 wickets at 19.53 is scarcely believable in the modern era.
Long may it continue, and th...

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