England's Ollie Robinson has emerged as an unlikely figure in Australia's Ashes preparation after bowling to his former Sussex team-mate Steven Smith in the New South Wales nets on Thursday.

Robinson has taken 21 wickets in seven Ashes Tests but has not featured for England since February 2024, falling out of favour after his body let him down in one match too many. He took 39 wickets at 24.74 for Sussex in the County Championship this year, but never appeared in serious contention for a Test recall and was also overlooked by England Lions.

Sydney Uni net bowler at Blues training today sending them down to Smith and Konstas https://t.co/81WYhtgwQf pic.twitter.com/03myDsFtJp — Tom Decent (@tomdecent) November 6, 2025

Instead, he has signed for Sydney University for a stint in

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