Robinson acquired widespread criticism from former Australian cricketers, together with Allan Border, Matthew Hayden, and Ian Healy, for his expletive-laden sendoff directed at Usman Khawaja after dismissing him for 141 within the first innings.
However, within the second innings, Robinson was unable to disrupt the partnership between tail-enders Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon. The duo efficiently chased down the goal on the fifth day, resulting in Australia taking a 1-0 lead within the sequence.
“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 instructed The ICC Review podcast.
“And if Ollie Robinson hasn’t learned that already after last week, then he’s a slow learner,” he added.
While defending his act, Robinson made a reference to Ponting’s sledging in his enjoying days. The two-time World Cup-winning captain took be aware of it.
“Some of the things he had to say – I mean he even brought my name into it, which I felt was a little bit unusual but for me it’s water off a duck’s back – if he is sitting back thinking about me, then no wonder he bowled like the way that he did in that game, if he’s worried about what I did 15 years ago.
“He’ll be taught fairly rapidly that if you are going to speak to Australian cricketers in an Ashes sequence, then you definitely need to have the ability to again it up along with your expertise.”
Ponting also believed that Jonny Bairstow’s wicket-keeping errors were one of the main reasons behind’s England defeat in the opener.
“Jonny Bairstow really had a really abnormal recreation behind the stumps, there’s about 4 probabilities that he put down. And on flat wickets, if they need flat wickets, you can not afford your keeper to be making errors.
“If you look at those mistakes by themselves, some people might say those mistakes could have cost him the Test match. Those are things they have to answer. Whereas Australia, because they’ve won the game, they’ll have to answer a lot fewer questions,” Ponting mentioned.
England’s ‘Bazball’ fashion of play didn’t end in a victory at Edgbaston and Ponting mentioned the end result will put the hosts below strain going into the second Test.
“I think it’s going to be a really, really good test for England. Actually, I think it’s going to be a good test for their style of play. I think it’s going to be a good test for their leadership and their coaching,” Ponting mentioned.
“One thing that I was looking forward to seeing most was how this style of play actually stood up against Australia. They’ve played Pakistan in Pakistan on flat wickets. I think they played New Zealand in six (five) of those 11 Test matches that they’ve won. And that was why I was so intrigued by what was going to happen.
“I mentioned on commentary final night time that, after day one, everybody was saying that Australia have been damaging, Australia had plenty of inquiries to reply, how have Australia acquired to fight what England are doing? But Australia received the sport.”
(With PTI Inputs)
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