Robinson was involved in a heated altercation with Khawaja on a couple of occasions during Edgbaston Test.
Robinson’s seemingly verbal abuse aimed at Australia opener Usman Khawaja was one of the major talking points of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
During the third day’s play, Robinson dismissed Khawaja for 141 runs and when the latter made his way back to the pavilion, the Englishman was seen exchanging words with him.
Robinson appeared to shout “F*** off, you f***ing p***k” at Khawaja after knocking him over.
“He needs to shoosh,” Clarke said on the Big Sports Breakfast. “If England were fully fit you wouldn’t even get a game, Ollie. If Joffra Archer was playing, or if (Mark) Wood had been playing and was fully fit, old mate — I don’t know what town he plays for — he’d be back playing clubbies.
“… I actually don’t know what he’s doing. If James Anderson is saying all this, he’s got street cred. He’s played 180 Test matches , he’s got a lot of wickets. This dude has been around for five minutes.
“… He needs to concentrate on taking wickets .. Ollie, just keep taking five-fors and then you can say what you like.
After losing the Ashes 2023 opener by a narrow margin of two wickets, Robinson, in his column for Wisden, wrote: “Baz (McCullum) said it after the game, “It feels like we’ve won, lads.” We’ve entertained the world, and we’ve put the Aussies on the back foot. For him to say that after a loss is quite significant for us.”
Clarke expressed his surprise over Robinson’s column. “To me when you win it feels like you win, when you lose it feels like you lose. If you had have had a draw, then you can think about saying that but you actually lost,” he said.
“…. That’s called the ultimate positivity. It felt like a win when you lost? That’s a different feeling to what I ever remember when we lost.”
The second Ashes Test is slated to get underway on June 28 at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground.