Cricket-England's Robinson ruled out of second test against New Zealand, reports say

Cricket-England's Robinson ruled out of second test against New Zealand, reports say

The Star Online - Sport·2026-06-15 14:00

June 15 (Reuters) - Seamer ⁠Ollie Robinson, whose player-of-the-match performance guided ⁠England to victory in the first ‌test against New Zealand, will miss the second match due to a sore right knee, British media ​reports said on Sunday.

The England ⁠and Wales Cricket ⁠Board (ECB) did not immediately respond to a request ⁠for ‌comment made outside normal UK business hours.

Playing his first test in ⁠over two years, Robinson took seven ​wickets including ‌five in the first innings as England ⁠won by ​115 runs on a difficult wicket at Lord's.

The 32-year-old experienced knee soreness after a ⁠training session on Friday and ​underwent a precautionary scan on Saturday, before which the ECB had called up uncappedHenry Crocombe ⁠as his cover.

The second match of the three-test series begins at The Oval on Wednesday. England are already without regular captain ​Ben Stokes and bowler ⁠Gus Atkinson.

The pair were left out of ​the second testfollowing an ‌investigation into an incident in ​a London nightclub.

(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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