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It seems like the ‘send-off’ controversy that happened in the first Test involving Australia’s Usman Khawaja and England quick Ollie Robinson isn’t going to end too soon. After the brutal verbal attacks from former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting and ex-opener Matthew Hayden, now former skipper Michael Clarke has taken a ruthless dig at England pacer Ollie Robinson.
Clarke went on to say that Robinson wouldn’t have got a chance either if the regular players of England would be fit and available to play.
"He needs to shoosh. If England were fully fit you wouldn't even get a game, Ollie. If Joffra Archer was playing, or if (Chris) Wood had been playing and was fully fit, old mate - I don't know what town he plays for - he'd be back playing clubbies. I actually don't know what he's doing. If James Anderson is saying all this, he's got street cred. He's played 180 Test matches; he's got a lot of wickets. This dude has been around for five minutes,” said Clarke during an interview at the Big Sports Breakfast.
"He needs to concentrate on taking wickets. Ollie, just keep taking five-fors and then you can say what you like," he added later.
Subsequently, this statement from the former World Champion Aussie skipper for English quick, drew a lot of reactions from the cricket fans on social media. Fans immediately took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and reacted with a lot of amazing and interesting reactions to Michael Clarke’s statement for Robinson.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Clarke being the captain he was 😭😂
— Gaurav Jain (@gjain2525) June 26, 2023
I was missing that aggression from Australia..
— Ahmad Hassan Kayan! (@kayaniahmad4) June 26, 2023
It is ironic how all the Australian players, who have shown unnecessary aggression on the field and abused players under the name of "sledging", are taking a dig at Ollie
— N (@grim_genius228) June 26, 2023
C'mon its Ashes! It needs Spice!
— Kriti Sharma (@Kriti_Sharma01) June 26, 2023
The Aussies crying at sledging really makes me laugh. These guys invented sledging, these blokes used to sledge players when no one else did. I love the Aussies but that's too much of crying from them, Ollie is a new kid and I mean his stats are incredible too.
— Mahad Farrukh (@FarrukhMahad) June 26, 2023
Love these spices of Ashes.
— ¥^°%`~€¥™=® (@dhool009) June 26, 2023
There was a time when India Pak was also a spicy thing but Virat, Rohit and Babar nowadays are busy in creating wholesome moments . Wish we could get that Masala and phada back.
Shows how little he knows. Probably englands best bowler currently
— Steffan Hutton (@hutton_steffan) June 26, 2023
Good one from Clarke and a much needed one... Ollie Robinson must be taught a lesson or two on and off the field
— Anand Kumar (@AndyCNG) June 26, 2023
Oh come on aussies , need an absolute 5fer from robbie, fully with england
— Varun Menon (@Varun_bhaloo) June 26, 2023
It is ironic how all the Australian players, who have shown unnecessary aggression on the field and abused players under the name of "sledging", are taking a dig at Ollie
— N (@grim_genius228) June 26, 2023
Now, these Aussiea are going overboard now
— . (@175off66) June 26, 2023
Absolutely. We saw how he was bad mouthing in 2021 lords test, then got a nice warm welcome by virat and 9 others when he came to bat.
— Sagar Kumar Bal (@IamSagarBal11) June 26, 2023
Now, both teams will be in action in the upcoming second Test of The Ashes 2023 at the Lord’s London. The match will be played on Wednesday, the 28th of June this week. Currently, the visitors are leading the series by 1-0 with an impressive and thrilling win in the Ashes 2023 opener played at the Edgbaston in Birmingham.