Robinson working on emulating Shami’s ‘dead-straight seam’ in Test series

Abu Dhabi: Mohammed Shami touchdown his deliveries on good seam place is a murals and no marvel England’s deadly weapon Ollie Robinson is hellbent on replicating the Indian maestro in the course of the upcoming Test series beginning 25 January.

The England workforce is doing a simulation of Indian circumstances in Abu Dhabi and can attain Hyderabad on 21 January for the opening Test and Robinson, who was a internet bowler in the course of the 2021 series held in a bio-bubble, is anticipated to play a giant function in the absence of the now retired Stuart Broad.

“I’ve actually been practising Mohammed Shami’s dead-straight seam,” he revealed.

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“He’s one of the best bowlers for India. I was looking at Ishant (Sharma) as well — he played at Sussex for a bit and he’s done really well in India for quite a while. He’s tall, similar to me,” Robinson advised ESPNCricinfo in an interview.

Robinson took 21 wickets in the primary 4 Tests in opposition to India in England however the Indian tracks will pose a special problem.

“You feel like you don’t know what you’re preparing for, which is a challenge I’ve not really had yet,” Robinson stated.

The secret’s adaptability on sub-continental tracks.

“On this tour, it’ll be about being adaptable; look at the pitch a day or two before and assess how it’ll play, or try to get clues from the nets on the square. It’ll be a different challenge but one that I’m looking forward to because it’ll engage my cricket-nuffy brain.”

The ‘Kohli challenge’

Robinson dismissed Virat Kohli thrice in England and he’s once more wanting ahead to difficult the Indian nice’s “ego”.

“You always want to play against the best players, don’t you? And you always want to get the best players out. Kohli is one of those. He’s got a big ego and I think playing on that, especially in India, where he is going to want to dominate and score runs, playing on the fact we’ve had battles in the past, is exciting.”

For him, a profitable tour of India would possibly catapult him into a special league.

“If I can have a big tour in India, then it should set me up for a while. If I do well, I can cement myself back in the team.”