Robert Timothy Robinson (born 21 November 1958) is a former English

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er, and current cricket

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who played in 29 Test matches and 26 One Day Internationals for

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from 1984 to 1989. Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Robinson played for

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from 1978 to 1999, receiving his first team

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in 1983. Robinson was

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between 1988 and 1995, and was made one of the

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in 1986. Robinson was educated at High Pavement Grammar School in

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International career

Robinson was an opener who modelled his batting style upon

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's. He made a promising start to his England career, with 160 in the second Test in 1984–85 against

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, and two big centuries against Australia in the 1985 Ashes series. However, he was found out, as were many other England batsmen, by the

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pace attack in the 1985–86 series, when he managed just 72 runs in eight innings. Robinson returned to form with 166 against

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the following year. He toured with England in 1987–88 playing in the

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and tours of Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand. It was a disappointing season for Robinson, whose World Cup is probably most memorable for being out lbw first ball to

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in the final. In Australia for the

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at Sydney, Robinson was again found out for his inability to handle short balls that he could not hook, when Tony Dodemaide dismissed him. He played one undistinguished Test match against Sri Lanka at the end of the 1988 English summer, where his inability against pace bowling was evident, as he was bounced out by Sri Lanka's medium pace attack. By now, it was apparent that his temperament for facing short pitched fast bowling had waned. England did not tour in 1988–89, due to a row between the Indian and English cricket boards over

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's South African connections. Robinson played in his final Test match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1989. Before the game had concluded, it was announced that Robinson was in a proposed party of sixteen players to join that coming winter's rebel tour to South Africa.

Domestic career

Robinson continued to play county cricket until 1999. He played a total of 425 first-class matches, scoring 27,571 runs at an average of 42.15, and amassing 63 centuries. He also bowled a

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in a Test match (his only outing at that level with ball in hand). He was Nottinghamshire's captain when they won the

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in 1989, making his team's top score in the final.

Umpiring career

Robinson was appointed to the ECB First-Class Umpires List in 2007. His first international match was England vs New Zealand in 2013. In January 2018, he was named as one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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International career

Domestic career

Umpiring career

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