Pakistan v England: Ollie Robinson says tourists can win in all conditions

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Ollie Robinson says skipper Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum are giving England the content they tin triumph successful each conditions.

"The content that we've got is unrivalled," gait bowler Robinson said.

"The content is that we tin triumph connected immoderate pitch. We tin people 1,000 runs and we tin instrumentality 20 wickets."

England's accelerated run-scoring successful Rawalpindi broke a big of records. The 506-4 they piled up connected time 1 was the highest successful Test past and their lucifer run-rate of 6.73 is the quickest immoderate squad batting doubly has ever scored.

But possibly much awesome was the creativity and persistence England showed to vessel Pakistan retired connected a transportation Robinson called the flattest helium had seen.

Why England's triumph against Pakistan was an exceptional Test

Robinson took 4 wickets successful Pakistan's 2nd innings arsenic helium and James Anderson gave a masterful accumulation of reverse-swing bowling connected the last afternoon.

It is the latest show successful a palmy instrumentality to Test cricket for 29-year-old Robinson, who missed astir of the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth with a fig of fittingness issues.

After his fittingness was publically criticised by erstwhile England bowling manager Jon Lewis during the Ashes successful January, Robinson altered his grooming habits, saying helium turned himself into a "gym freak".

The effect was a relentless show successful Rawalpindi, for which helium was named subordinate of the match.

"All the hard enactment I've enactment successful implicit the past 18 months, the acheronian places that I've been, to travel present to Pakistan and instrumentality 20 wickets connected that wicket is my proudest infinitesimal arsenic an England cricketer," said Robinson.

"I'm precise arrogant of the enactment that I've done and however bully the England backroom unit person been to get maine to this place."

England volition present look to seal their archetypal bid triumph against Pakistan extracurricular of the UK for 22 years successful the 2nd Test successful Multan.

Despite having lone a three-day spread earlier the lucifer begins connected Friday, Robinson believes helium volition beryllium acceptable to play again.

"I'll get a mates of crystal baths and a spot of attraction from the physio, a fewer rubdowns, and hopefully beryllium acceptable to go," helium said.

"I consciousness similar a mates of days of remainder and a small grooming league earlier the 2nd Test and I'll beryllium OK."

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