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| Full name | Robert Timothy Robinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1958-11-21)21 November 1958 (age 66) Sutton-in-Ashfield,Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Robbo, Chop[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman,umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 511) | 28 November 1984 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 July 1989 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 76) | 5 December 1984 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 September 1988 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1999 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODIs umpired | 18 (2013–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 12 (2013–2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 10 (2002–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 6 (2011–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Timothy Robinson (born 21 November 1958) is an English cricketumpire and formercricketer who played in 29Test matches and 26One Day Internationals forEngland from 1984 to 1989.[1] He was a part of the English squad which finished asrunners-up at the1987 Cricket World Cup.
Born inSutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Robinson played forNottinghamshire from 1978 to 1999, receiving his first teamcap in 1983. Robinson wasclub captain between 1988 and 1995, and was one of theWisden Cricketers of the Year in 1986. Robinson was educated atHigh Pavement Grammar School inNottingham.
Robinson was anopener. He made a promising start to his England career, with 160 in the second Test in 1984–85 againstIndia inDelhi, and two big centuries againstAustralia in the1985 Ashes series. However, he was found out, as were many other England batsmen, by theWest Indiespace attack in the 1985–86 series, when he managed just 72 runs in eight innings. Robinson returned to form with 166 againstPakistan the following year.[2]
He toured with England in 1987–88 playing in the1987 Cricket World Cup and tours of Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand. It was a disappointing season for Robinson, whose World Cup is probably most memorable for being outlbw first ball toCraig McDermott in the final. In Australia for theBicentennial Test atSydney, Robinson was again exposed for his inability to handle short balls.
He played one undistinguished Test match againstSri Lanka at the end of the 1988 English summer, where his inability against pace bowling was evident, as he was bounced out by Sri Lanka's medium pace attack. By now, it was apparent that his temperament for facing short pitched fast bowling had waned. England did not tour in 1988–89, due to a row between the Indian and English cricket boards overGraham Gooch's South African connections.
Robinson played in his final Test match against Australia atOld Trafford in 1989. Before the game had concluded, it was announced that Robinson was in a proposed party of sixteen players to join that coming winter'srebel tour to South Africa.[2]
Robinson continued to playcounty cricket until 1999. He played a total of 425first-class matches, scoring 27,571 runs at an average of 42.15, and amassing 63 centuries. He also bowled amaiden over in a Test match (his only outing at that level with ball in hand).[1] He was Nottinghamshire's captain when they won theBenson and Hedges Cup in 1989, making his team's top score in the final.
Robinson was appointed to theECB First-Class Umpires List in 2007. His first international match was England vs New Zealand in 2013.[3]
In January 2018, he was named as one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4]
Tim Robinson's first decision as an international umpire was really unquibbleable
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| Preceded by | Nottinghamshire County cricket captain 1988–1995 | Succeeded by |
