Ricky Ponting gets Angry at the Trash Talk of England. Star says, "Even Brought My Name into..."
Ollie Robinson, who is the pacer for England, is getting a lot of attention for his antics in the first Ashes Test. His duels with Usman Khawaja were well noted by the cricketing fraternity, and the pacer was even asked about the same in the press conference. After Robinson gave the examples of Ricky Ponting and other former Australian cricketers over the Khawaja sledging episode, the former captain of Australia has given a sharp response, calling him a 'slow learner' while questioning his bowling too.
Robinson had said, "We've all seen Ricky Ponting and other Aussies do the same to us, and just because the shoe is on the other foot, it's not received well."
Ponting, unimpressed by Robinson's choice of words and by the fact that he dragged him into the controversy, hit out at the English pacer.
Ponting said, "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."
He further said that, "And if Ollie Robinson hasn't learned that already after last week, then he's a slow learner."
Ponting even targeted the bowling of Robinson at the Edgbaston Test, saying if he wants to talk to Australian cricketers in the Ashes, he should better back it up with his performances.