Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has opened up in regards to the on-field face-off between England’s Ollie Robinson and Australia’s Usman Khwaja which transpired throughout the first Ashes Check at Edgbaston.

Notably, Robinson and Khawaja exchanged verbal jabs after the English pacer dismissed the Aussie opener for 141 runs throughout Australia’s first-innings batting and gave him a foul-mouthed send-off.

The 2 cricketers as soon as extra discovered themselves locked in a verbal battle on the sport’s fifth day, however the senior pacer, James Anderson was fast to intervene to calm the scenario and escort Robinson away.

Within the post-match convention, Robinson defended the send-off he gave to Usman Khawaja and seemed unapologetic about it, highlighting the truth that famend former Australian cricketers, together with Ricky Ponting, used to do the identical with the English gamers up to now.

Right here’s what Robinson stated:

“All of us have seen Ricky Ponting and different Aussies do the identical to us. And simply because the shoe is on the opposite foot, it’s not acquired properly.”

The assertion made by Robinson, particularly his reference to Ricky Ponting, sparked a robust response from the previous Australia captain, who lashed out at Robinson for dragging his title into the argument.

Ponting went on to say that the English pacer ought to concentrate on the current because it was fairly “uncommon” to dig out what occurred up to now. Right here’s what Ponting informed the ICC Overview podcast:

“As I stated after Ollie Robinson stated what he stated, this England cricket workforce hasn’t performed towards Australia, they usually’ll discover out fairly rapidly what enjoying Ashes cricket and enjoying towards a great Australian cricket workforce is all about.”

“And if Ollie Robinson hasn’t discovered that already after final week, then he’s a gradual learner. A few of the issues he needed to say – I imply he even introduced my title into it, which I felt was slightly bit uncommon, however for me it’s water off a duck’s again.”

“No surprise he bowled like that within the first Check”: Ricky Ponting

Moreover, Ponting supplied his evaluation of Robinson’s efficiency within the first Check, stating that if the pacer’s focus was on him and what Ponting did ‘15-years-ago’ quite than the sport, it was no shock that he delivered a lacklustre efficiency.

“If he’s sitting again occupied with me, then no surprise he bowled like the best way that he did in that recreation, if he’s frightened about what I did 15 years in the past. He’ll study fairly rapidly that should you’re going to speak to Australian cricketers in an Ashes collection, then you definately need to have the ability to again it up along with your expertise.”