'Forgettable cricketer': Aussie legends poke fun at England's Robinson for bowling only 124km/h

England fast bowler Ollie Robinson has copped flak from Australian cricket legends.

This follows Robinson's foul-mouthed tirade against Australian opening batsman Usman Khawaja after dismissing him in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

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The incident did not sit well with the likes of former Australian cricketers Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden.

During a conversation with former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy on SEN radio, Hayden called Robinson a "forgettable cricketer" and mocked him for only bowling 124km/h.

"That's how you combat England as well. As soon as Pat Cummins started coming at Joe Root and hit a couple of sixes," Hayden said.

"Then the other bloke, he's a forgettable cricketer. A fast bowler that is bowling 124 (km/h) nude nuts and he's got a mouth from the south."

Presumably, the term "nude nut" refers to a ball that does not swing or seam.

When Healy asked, "Who, Ollie Robinson?", Hayden replied, "Someone like him, you can just go, 'Brother, I'm coming at ya'.

"Davey Warner can do that, right. He can just say, 'You're bowling 120km ...'."

Robinson was unrepentant, and according to the Hindustan Times said: "We've all seen Ricky Ponting and other Aussies do the same to us, and just because the shoe is on the other foot it's not received well."

Ponting subsequently hit back at the England bowler.

"As I said after Ollie Robinson said what he said, this England cricket team hasn't played against Australia and they'll find out pretty quickly what playing Ashes cricket and playing against a good Australian cricket team is all about," Ponting told the ICC Review podcast.

"And if Ollie Robinson hasn't learned that already after last