Ollie Robinson Was 'Joy-Riding Drunk' At Time Of Racist And Sexist Tweets

England seamer Ollie Robinson has gotten serious about the historic racist and sexist tweets which arose during his Test debut the previous summer.

Robinson appeared against New Zealand at Lord’s and dazzled, getting nine wickets in the match. In any case, old tweets which reemerged during the very first moment of the match eclipsed his performance, with Robinson perusing out a pre-arranged expression of remorse after play.

“When the tweets resurfaced. I felt like I was different already”: Ollie Robinson

He was subsequently fined £3,200 and given an eight-match suspension, five of which were suspended for 2 years by the Cricket Discipline Committee. The tweets were posted somewhere in the range of 2012 and 2014, when Robinson was aged between 18 and 20, and were depicted as “racist, sexist, disablist, Islamophobic and offensive” by the committe.

Talking to the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac,Robinson said: “When the tweets resurfaced. I felt like I was different already. But I looked at myself and thought: ‘Do I still have those views? Am I still that person?’

“I might have turned a corner four or five years ago, but have I really got better? Are there bits of those tweets that are still in me?

“I was living a bit of a drunk life back then. My parents had divorced, and I was going out three or four times a week with my mates, joy-riding at night, living a different life to that person I feel I am now. I understand why people were shocked.”

It Was Nice I Had Their Support: Ollie Robinson Remembers The Support He Got From His Teammates

The 28-year-old got support from his teammates, with then skipper Joe Root denouncing the tweets as “unacceptable” yet expressing: “He’s fronted up to the dressing room and the world.

“I think the most important thing is that Ollie is a part of this dressing room and we had to support him. Give him an opportunity to learn and to understand that he has to do better.”

Robinson added: “It was nice I had their support. They told me that’s not who I am. I was having doubts – that I was the worst human ever.”

Ollie Robinson got back to the side for the first Test against India and finished the summer as England’s highest wicket taker, having gotten 28 at an sverage of 19.60. His performance on the field saw him named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year along with  Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Devon Conway and Dane van Niekerk.

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