Traditionally, after claiming a five-wicket haul, a bowler will pocket the cricket ball, but what happens if two bowlers take five-wicket hauls in the same innings? England pacers came up with a creative solution by cutting the bowl in half.
The fifer completed a busy recent period for Robinson, who welcomed his second daughter Eva into his life last week. Robinson and Tongue returned with five-wicket hauls to bundle out Pakistan for 171 after the visitors were asked to bat first. Tongue (5-46) and Robinson’s (5-51) fiery spell ensured them their fourth and fifth five-fors in Test cricket as Pakistan lost all 10 wickets for 171.
“Yeah, newborn (arrived) last Thursday at 2am, so been catching up on my sleep since I got to the hotel in Leeds,” Robinson said.
It’s one of those things; you don’t have too many half-cricket-balls, so it would be something we never forget. It’s not very often two guys get five-for in the same innings, so a nice gesture and something to remember.”
“We were walking off and I was like, to Tonguey, I think we should split it,” Robinson said in the press conference after the stumps. “He said it, and I said, ‘I think we should do that, it’d be quite cool.
The duo England off the field at Headingley hand in hand, hatching their plan to make one ball into two halves. Within five minutes he brought it back up and it was done. It’s really nice.”
“Wayne Bentley, the team manager, took it down to the groundstaff,” said Robinson. “I said: ‘Do you reckon they will be able to do it?
