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Ollie Robinson is not big on variety, but in the last over before lunch he rolled the dice.
Test selection has been earned by his passable impression of a metronome, by regarding line and length as a way of life. Now, from nowhere, he dropped short to Rohit Sharma.
It was England's only bouncer of an otherwise humdrum morning session. Moments later, as Sam Curran held on at fine leg, it turned out to be their only wicket. In just his second Test, Robinson was already thinking above his pay grade.
Ollie Robinson (right) impressed spectators against India at Trent Bridge on Thursday
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Meanwhile, matters were afoot off the field, too — just as they had been when he made his Test debut against New Zealand two months ago. Then the discovery of offensive tweets written by Robinson in his late teens meant the joy of removing Tom Latham and Ross Taylor at Lord's soon ceded to shame and despair.
Now, as he came to the end of a compelling six-over spell that troubled both India's openers, news broke that Jofra Archer's elbow would sideline him for the rest of 2021.
At Lord's, some felt England should have washed their hands of Robinson altogether, rather than merely suspend him pending an
