Robinson sets sights on Ashes tour next year

Sussex's Ollie Robinson has his sights group connected a return to Test cricket for England and to execute his lifelong dream of an Ashes bid triumph successful Australia adjacent year.

The 30-year-old has 20 Test caps but has not featured for nan nationalist squad since February against India.

Pace bowler Robinson took 39 wickets astatine an mean of 25.53 arsenic Sussex won nan County Championship Division Two title this play and secured a spot backmost successful nan apical tier.

In nan short-term he is aiming to play T20 and T10 cricket complete nan wintertime but his semipermanent target is to beryllium backmost successful nan England fold.

"I'm really going to ramp up my fittingness - my extremity is to play Test cricket for England," he told BBC Radio Sussex.

"That's wherever my head's astatine at nan infinitesimal – get arsenic fresh arsenic possible, beryllium fresh for April erstwhile we return to Division One and put successful bully performances again. Try my champion to get backmost successful nan squad and that's each I tin do really.

"The Ashes down nether is thing I've ever wanted to win. From being a small kid to now, each greeting I aftermath up and that's a extremity of mine.

"That's what I've sewage wrong me, that drive. And hopefully I tin get backmost location adjacent year."

England statesman a bid of 3 Test matches successful Pakistan successful Multan connected Monday and nan Ashes circuit of Australia originates successful November adjacent year.

Robinson has taken 76 wickets successful 20 Tests for England astatine an mean of 22.92 since making his debut against New Zealand astatine Lord's successful 2021. He played successful nan 2023 Ashes series, which ended successful a tie pinch Australia retaining nan urn.

Sussex won nan Division Two title by 20 points, arsenic good arsenic reaching nan semi-finals of nan T20 Blast, losing to eventual winners Gloucestershire by 8 wickets connected Finals Day astatine Edgbaston.

And Robinson believes his squad are beardown capable to compete successful Division One adjacent year.

"It's been nosy to beryllium astir present for a year, I don't deliberation I’ve had a full twelvemonth present for 5 aliases six years," he said.

"We've still sewage a very young team. We amazed group this twelvemonth and I deliberation we’ll do nan aforesaid adjacent year."