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England will give Australia a ‘good hiding’ in Ashes 2023: Ollie Robinson

Written by Toshi Pawar

England fast-bowler Ollie Robinson predicted that England will give Australia a “good hiding” in the upcoming Ashes Test series which is to be held in England later this year in June.

Speaking to BBC Radio Sussex this week Robinson said, “But with the team and the squad we’ve got at the moment, it’s such an exciting time to play Australia at home. I really feel like we could get one over on them, and give them a good hiding.”

The 29-year-old also acknowledged that representing England in the Ashes series was the pinnacle. “It doesn’t get much better than that,” he said.

“It’s a dream come true to be involved in a home Ashes. When we went to Australia, we weren’t quite at our best,” he added.

England lost the five-match Test series 4-0 in Australia in the last Ashes series in 2021/22 Australian summer. The three lions have not been able to take back the urn to England since 2015.

However, England this time will be going into the series in good form playing aggressive cricket. Under the new Brendon McCullum-Ben Stokes regime, the side has won 10 of their last 12 Test matches.

Speaking of which Robinson said, “Brendon McCullum and Stokesy have just changed the game for us (with) the confidence that they’ve given the players — the batters especially,”

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