In what comes as a big relief for young seamer Ollie Robinson, he was on Saturday cleared to play cricket immediately after a Cricket Discipline Commission banned him for eight matches – five of them deferred for two years and three already served – announced the England and Wales Cricket Board. “Robinson is therefore free to play cricket immediately,” read the statement. The ECB accepted the panel’s decision and also added that Robinson will be available for selection. “Ollie has acknowledged that, whilst published a long time ago when he was a young man, these historic tweets were unacceptable. “Given he has served the suspension handed down by the CDC, he will now be available for selection for England again,” ECB said.

Source: Hindustan Times July 03, 2021 10:30 UTC