Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1998)

Oliver George Robinson (born 1 December 1998), known as Ollie Robinson, is a professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. Robinson plays as a wicket-keeper or as a specialist batsman.

For the Sussex cricketer, see Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1993).
Ollie Robinson
Robinson playing for Kent at Beckenham in 2019
Personal information
Full nameOliver George Robinson[1][upper-alpha 1]
Born (1998-12-01) 1 December 1998
Sidcup, Kent
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–Kent (squad no. 21)
LA debut12 February 2017 Kent v West Indies U19
FC debut19 August 2018 Kent v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 23 8 14
Runs scored 983 132 140
Batting average 28.91 26.40 14.00
100s/50s 2/4 0/0 0/1
Top score 143 49 53
Catches/stumpings 77/0 4/0 8/2
Source: CricInfo, 8 September 2020

Early life

Robinson was born in Sidcup and attended Hurstmere School before studying for A Levels at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School.[2][3][4] He played age group cricket for Kent, scoring 251 for the under-17 side during 2016, and plays club cricket for Beckenham, having previously played for Bexley and Sidcup.[2][5][6][7] He was awarded a place in Kent's cricket academy in 2014[4] and won the John Aitken Grey Trophy, awarded to the most promising academy scholar of the year, in both 2016 and 2017.[8][9]

Senior cricket career

Robinson made his debut for Kent's Second XI in June 2015[10] and had made six appearances before being drafted into the Kent squad for the 2016–17 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies in January and February 2017 as cover for Adam Rouse with Sam Billings on England duty.[5][6] He made his debut for the senior Kent team in their final match of the tournament against West Indies under-19s on 12 February 2017.[11]

More Second XI appearances followed in the 2017 domestic season and Robinson scored his maiden century for the Second XI against Sussex Second XI in May 2017.[12] Fielding as a replacement for Rouse who had injured his thumb earlier in the match, Robinson claimed his first catch in first-class cricket on the final day of a County Championship match against Leicestershire later in the same month.[13] In July 2017 he was named in the England under-19 squad for a series of matches against India under-19s during July and August.[14]

At the end of the 2017 season Robinson was named as the Kent Cricket League Young Cricketer of the Year and signed his first professional contract with Kent.[1][15][16] Robinson was selected for Kent's squad for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 competition ahead of the 2018 English season but did not play as the county advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament. Good scores for the Second XI at the start of the season, including a double century,[17] saw him selected again by England under-19s in June for a series of Test matches against South Africa under-19s.[18] After being involved on the fringes of the First XI in a number of matches, Robinson made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in August 2018 in the County Championship at Leicester.

Following an injury to Kent's first-choice wicket-keeper Sam Billings, Robinson took over as the county's wicket-keeper in County Championship matches during the 2019 season.[19][20] He scored his maiden first-class century against Warwickshire in April[21] and signed a contract extension in June 2019, following interest from other counties during the early part of the season.[19][22] He made his Twenty20 debut in Kent's first match of the 2019 t20 Blast, scoring a half century and making a stumping on debut.[23] He finished the season as the leading wicketkeeper in the County Championship with 54 dismissals.[24]

After playing in all of Kent's Bob Willis Trophy matches during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, Robinson signed a contract extension in December 2020, extending his contract to the end of the 2023 season.[24][25]

Notes
  1. Robinson's middle name was given as Graham on both CricInfo and CricketArchive and, as of December 2020, is still shown as such by CricInfo. It is given, correctly, as George in Kent publications.

References
  1. 'Men's squad 2018' in Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2018, pp.25–30. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  2. Reid J (ed) (2016) 'Academy Profiles' in 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual pp.60–63, Kent County Cricket Club
  3. Oliver Robinson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  4. Bexley cricket duo land Academy role, News Shopper, 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  5. Academy scholar in FGS Plant Tour squad, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  6. Kent Cricket Academy scholar Ollie Robinson named in Kent Cricket’s 17-man squad for the FGS Plant Tour to the West Indies, Kent Online, 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  7. Pyman T (2017) Teenage Beckenham batsman Ollie Robinson ‘delighted’ to be named in 17-man Kent squad heading for West Indies tour Kent News, 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  8. Trio pick up Kent Reliance Academy awards, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  9. 'Promising academy players recognised with awards', Kentish Gazette, 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  10. Second eleven championship matches played by Oliver Robinson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  11. Dickson and Rouse stand sees Kent to FGS Plant Tour win, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  12. Academy scholar Robinson shows potential, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  13. Stevens century helps Kent to full bonus points, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  14. Hoad A (2017) Kent wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson called into England under-19 squad, Kent Online, 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  15. Robinson signs first pro contract, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  16. Pyman T (2017) Academy scholar Ollie Robinson signs first pro contract with Kent, Kent News, 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  17. Robinson keen to replicate form, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  18. Ollie Robinson in England Under-19 squad, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  19. Ollie Robinson: Kent wicketkeeper agrees contract extension, BBC Sport, 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  20. Hogwood C (2019) Kent wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson signs new contract, Kent Online, 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  21. Hogwood C (2019) Kent's Ollie Robinson sees maiden first-class century as reward for hard work, kent Online, 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  22. Hogwood C (2019) Ollie Robinson: Matt Walker reveals interest in Kent star prior to contract extension, Kent Online, 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  23. Hopps D (2019) Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset, CricInfo, 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  24. Panting M (2020) Kent's Ollie Robinson signs new contract to stay at the club until 2023, Kent Online, 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  25. Ollie Robinson: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman agrees contract extension until 2023, BBC Sport, 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
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