England pacer Ollie Robinson will return to the cricket pitch to play for Sussex’s second workforce within the T20 sport in opposition to Hampshire, his county confirmed on Monday. “Mitch Claydon is added to the Sharks squad as cowl for the journey to Chelmsford. Henry Crocombe is not going to journey and can play in Sussex’s behind-closed-doors Second XI T20 matches in opposition to Hampshire at The first Central County Floor as an alternative,” Sussex mentioned in an official assertion. “Henry can be joined by Ollie Robinson within the second workforce. Ollie makes his return to cricket after taking a brief break final week,” it added.
Final week, Robinson had determined to take a brief break from cricket after he was suspended from worldwide cricket by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
“After a troublesome week, Ollie has determined to take a brief break from the sport to spend time along with his younger household,” mentioned Sussex in an official assertion.
“Participant and employees welfare, together with psychological well being and wellbeing, is a precedence for the membership and, as such, Sussex Cricket totally helps Ollie in his determination,” the assertion mentioned.
“When he is able to return, Ollie can be welcomed again to the membership, the place discussions with the rest of the squad over the past week have made clear that he retains the assist of all his Sussex teammates,” it mentioned.
“We stay in shut contact with Ollie from a welfare perspective and can challenge additional updates on his availability on the related instances,” it added.
Final week, Sussex bowler Robinson was suspended from all worldwide cricket by ECB pending the end result of a disciplinary investigation following the tweets he posted in 2012 and 2013.
Robinson left the England camp instantly and he returned to his county.
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Robinson had “unreservedly apologised” for the “racist and sexist” tweets he posted over eight years in the past as an adolescent.
Robinson additionally admitted that he’s “ashamed” of constructing racist remarks as his tweets from 2012-2013 resurfaced on social media.
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