England pacer Ollie Robinson lavished praise on his teammate Mark Wood for his staggering performance in the third Test of the Ashes 2023 at the Headingley in Leeds. Robinson said that he has never seen a spell like his on the first morning of the game.
Writing in his column for Wisden, Robinson said –
“I’ve never seen a spell like Woody’s on that first morning. I was at mid-off to start with, and first few balls, I thought, ‘Jeez, that looks pretty quick…’. After the first over I went to fine leg, and I was standing no more than 15 yards behind Johnny, thinking, literally, ‘This is the fastest thing I’ve ever seen’.
Robinson added – “It was crazy. It was just amazing to watch and be a part of. Though not so amazing for the batters, ‘I’d imagine…’. Against pace like that, you pick up little quirks from batters that you don’t normally get, and as bowlers, I think we pick up on it more.”
Robinson further added –
“There was one ball that Marnus [Labuschagne] played, and after it he had a sort of wry, awkward smile on his face. And he was trying to give off the persona that everything’s fine, when it’s really not, because someone’s bowling 95 miles per hour! You knew it was too quick for him after that.”
