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Robinson’s allsorts push Derbyshire to the brink
- Updated: May 30, 2016
Derbyshire 150 (Magoffin 4-23, Shahzad 3-34, Whittingham 3-52) and 195 for 6 (Thakor 58*, Robinson 3-70) trail Sussex 447 for 8 (Joyce 106, Wells 104, Nash 65, Brown 61, Taylor 54) by 102 runs Scorecard
At England’s northernmost county ground, Chester-le-Street, Paul Farbrace was celebrating a Test series victory for England. At England’s southernmost county ground, Hove, his stepson came close to bowling Sussex to a first victory of the season.
Ollie Robinson could easily have been lost to professional cricket, and he would only have had himself to blame. Even in a Yorkshire side brimming with pace-bowling prowess, Robinson’s talent was evident: tall and able to generate dangerous bounce, sharp without being express, and able to move the ball both ways at his best, as well as being a useful batsman to boot. He had also revealed an impressive big-match temperament by impressing in T20 cricket.
The snag lay in his attitude. Two summers ago Robinson was sacked by Yorkshire on account of “a number of unprofessional actions”. Robinson could not complain: he had missed too many training sessions, been too slapdash in his timekeeping and given the impression that he would sooner have a good time that be a professional cricketer. “Yeah, I liked to get away with a few things,” he later admitted. Once, selected for a T20 game at Chesterfield, he turned up at Derby instead.
After being cut off by Yorkshire, Robinson still determined to make a career in the county game. Nearer to home – he grew up in Margate – Robinson played second-team cricket for Essex and Hampshire. Then Sussex handed him a short-term deal at the start of the 2015 season.
It was his opportunity to make good on his promise, and how Robinson has seized it. On first-class debut, he thrashed a century, breaking a 107-year-old county record in the process. At times last year he was entrusted to bat at No.7, though that probably flattered him a little.
But it was Robinson’s bowling that proved his real worth to Sussex. Last season he got 46 Division One wickets at 24.71 apiece, an admirable debut season even if it wasn’t quite enough to preserve …
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