Twenty-four hours after being handed his England cap, Ollie Robinson embarked on the second phase of his Test career. Robinson will always be the guy whose Test debut was marred by the discovery of racist and sexist tweets from his teenage past. Ollie Robinson showed resilience to make a positive impact on Day 2 against New ZealandBut it was a test of resilience, in a very modern, rolling-news kind of way. For Robinson, it must have felt like a small box ticked, a moment when his Test debut did not get obviously worse. Test captains prefer making cricketing judgments to moral ones, and Robinson had given him a helping hand.

Source: Daily Mail June 03, 2021 21:32 UTC