Ollie Robinson cleared to return to cricket, will be available for India Test series
The 27-year-old has also been fined £3,200 in relation to a number of offensive tweets which were posted between 2012 and 2014
England pacer Ollie Robinson was on Saturday cleared to play cricket again immediately after being deemed to have served his suspension following an investigation into his discriminatory tweets, thus making him eligible for selection for the five-Test series against India.
The 27-year-old has also been fined £3,200 by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC), an independent panel, that conducted a hearing on June 30.
“Robinson had previously admitted breaching ECB Directives 3.3 and 3.4 in relation to a number of offensive tweets which were posted between 2012 and 2014, when he was aged between 18 and 20,” the ECB said in a statement.
“Following a hearing on 30 June, the Panel decided that Robinson should be suspended from playing cricket for eight matches, five of which will be suspended for two years.”
Robinson, who made his England debut in the first Test against New Zealand last month, was suspended from international cricket pending an investigation after his tweets, that were racist and sexist in nature, posted when he was a teenager, resurfaced on the opening day of the match at Lord’s in London.
