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Full name Robert Timothy Robinson
Born November 21, 1958, Skegby, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Current age 49 years 289 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
63
141
257
0
List A
397
386
40
11879
139
34.33
9
75
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
259
289
4
1/22
72.25
6.69
64.7
0
0
List A
397
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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
England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Sep 4, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1978 - 1999
List A span
1978 - 1999
Profile
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
