London, Jun 22 (PTI) : Australian batting great Ricky Ponting has asked England pacer Ollie Robinson, who tried riling up Usman Khawaja with his expletive-laden sendoff during the Ashes opener at Edgbaston, to “back it up with your skills.” Robinson was heavily criticised by former Australian cricketers, including Allan Border, Matthew Hayden and Ian Healy, for abusing Khawaja after he dismissed the Australian opener for 141 in the first innings.
However in the second essay, he could not break the partnership between tail-enders Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, who chased down the target on the fifth day to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the series.
“As I said after Ollie Robinson said what he said, this England cricket team hasn’t played against Australia and they’ll find out pretty quickly what playing Ashes cricket and playing against a good Australian cricket team is all about,” Ponting told The ICC Review podcast.
