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Tim Robinson
England
Player profile
Full name Robert Timothy Robinson
Born November 21, 1958, Skegby, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Current age 49 years 363 days
Major teams England, Nottinghamshire
Nickname Robbo, Chop
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Umpire
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Dunstable High School; Sheffield University
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
29 |
49 |
5 |
1601 |
175 |
36.38 |
3846 |
41.62 |
4 |
6 |
182 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
| ODIs |
26 |
26 |
0 |
597 |
83 |
22.96 |
1026 |
58.18 |
0 |
3 |
63 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| First-class |
425 |
739 |
85 |
27571 |
220* |
42.15 |
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63 |
141 |
|
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257 |
0 |
| List A |
397 |
386 |
40 |
11879 |
139 |
34.33 |
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9 |
75 |
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120 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
29 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
26 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
425 |
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259 |
289 |
4 |
1/22 |
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72.25 |
6.69 |
64.7 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
397 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
India v England at Mumbai, Nov 28-Dec 3, 1984 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 27-Aug 1, 1989 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
India v England at Pune, Dec 5, 1984 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Sep 4, 1988 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1978 - 1999 |
| List A span |
1978 - 1999 |
Tim Robinson trained as an accountant, often batted like one and eventually captained Nottinghamshire like one. But in his early days in Test cricket, he showed promise of being much more: he scored a match-winning 160 in his second Test, at Delhi in 1984-85, and looked an opening bat of true courage and class. He was immortalised in song at the tour Christmas party as "Old man Robbo, he just keeps batting along". After making two more big hundreds against Australia the next summer, anything looked possible. But he was blown away spectacularly in 1985-86 by Malcolm Marshall and Joel Garner; his reputation - and maybe his nerve - never recovered. He played on in county cricket till he really was old man Robbo and scored 63 first-class centuries.
Matthew Engel
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1986
Jul 29, 2007 |
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Tim Robinson looks happy with his new profession, that of an umpire at the first-class level
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Apr 11, 2006 |
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Portrait of Tim Robinson
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Tim Robinson plays the flick during a Sharjah ODI
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