The Ashes 2023: Ollie Robinson 'does not care' about how Usman Khawaja celebration is seen

England's Ollie Robinson says helium does not attraction however his solemnisation for the wicket of Usman Khawaja was perceived successful the Australia dressing room.

England closed a heavy rain-affected time connected 28-2, a pb of 35 astatine Edgbaston.

"We've each seen Ricky Ponting and different Aussies bash the aforesaid to us," Robinson said. "Just due to the fact that the footwear is connected the different foot, it's not received well."

Robinson, 29, is yet to beryllium contacted by the lucifer referee and would not remark erstwhile asked if helium expected to be.

"It's my archetypal location Ashes Test and to get the large wicket was special," said the Sussex man.

"Uzzie played unbelievably good and to get that wicket was massive. We privation that theatre of the game, truthful I'm present to supply it."

When asked if the outburst towards Khawaja mightiness marque him a people for the Australians, Robinson said: "I don't truly attraction however it's perceived. It's the Ashes, nonrecreational sport. If you can't grip that, what tin you handle?"

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Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey said helium did not spot the incidental and opener Khawaja had not spoken astir it.

"It is an Ashes and astatine times it is going to beryllium beauteous breathtaking and hostile cricket," said Carey. "From our dressing room, determination was nary comment."

Robinson's wicket of Khawaja was the catalyst for a superb Sunday greeting for England, sparking a tally done the process that resulted successful them taking the past 4 Australia wickets for 14 runs.

Opener Khawaja had batted for much than 8 hours erstwhile England acceptable an unorthodox tract of 3 adjacent catchers connected each broadside of the wicket. From the adjacent delivery, Khawaja made country successful an effort to deed done the disconnected broadside and was bowled by a yorker.

Robinson said the program hatched by skipper Ben Stokes drew connected acquisition from the wintertime bid successful Pakistan, erstwhile England won 3-0 connected immoderate unresponsive pitches.

"Stokesy came up to maine the shot earlier and said 'what did we bash successful Pakistan?'" said Robinson, who ended with figures of 3-55.

"It's 1 of those plans that comes disconnected and Stokesy looks similar a genius."

Australia were bowled retired for 386, giving England a first-innings pb of 7 runs. Though the Birmingham rainfall meant determination were lone 22 balls bowled aft 14:15 BST, that was capable clip for Australia to usage immoderate adjuvant conditions to region England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley.

The scintillating spell nether floodlights was the archetypal existent amusement of aggression from Australia successful the match.

Up to that point, the tourists had been antiaircraft successful the tract and with the bat, which Robinson said they were forced into by England's benignant of play.

"We person made them play the mode they person with the mode we've gone astir it," said Robinson. "Our batting and bowling has meant they person had to beryllium much defensive.

"It's not usually thing you spot from an Australian broadside but the mode we're playing is causing that to happen."

With much bedewed upwind forecast for time five, England whitethorn request to marque a determination connected erstwhile to state successful bid to permission themselves capable clip to vessel Australia retired connected a deteriorating transportation successful the 2nd innings.

"Ideally we request a day," said Robinson. "If they had a people to chase, 90 overs would let america to vessel them out.

"If they were playing for a gully oregon playing defensively similar they person done truthful acold successful this crippled past it would beryllium somewhat different."