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Ollie Robinson is English cricket’s biggest enigma who could make an unlikely Test comeback | Ali Martin

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Seamer has been given the cold shoulder since February 2024 but is back in the conversation this summerPop quiz: in the last five years, who is the only England seamer to have sent down 50 overs in a Test match more than once?The answer, if the headline and picture haven’t given the game away, is a certain Ollie Robinson. Yep, the same seamer who has been overlooked by England since February 2024 on account of not being fit enough for the demands of the job. Continue reading...

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