‘Our WhatsApp group was very funny, I can’t tell you some of Ricky’s responses’: Nasser Hussain after Ollie Robinson drags Ricky Ponting into sledging debate

After England pacer Ollie Robinson gave a send off to Usman Khawaja during the Edgbaston Test, the incident has garnered a lot of attention off the field.
Now former England captain Nasser Hussain has asked the English seamer to shut out the outside noise and focus on his on-field performance.
Hussain also said that it was an error on Robinson’s part to bring in the name of Ponting into the equation.
“He’s not the first cricketer to give someone a send-off in an Ashes battle and there’s a few Aussies that have given send-offs over the years,” Hussain said on the ICC Review.
“I’ve sort of enjoyed the to-ing and fro-ing from Ricky. We had Ricky working with us at Sky (Sky Sports) and the WhatsApp group was going ballic that night… of all the Australians Ollie Robinson could mention, he mentioned Ricky.
“Our WhatsApp group was very, very funny that night and I can’t tell you some of Ricky’s responses.”
According to Hussain, Robinson should focus on his performances in the upcoming matches and stay away from unnecessary controversies.
“I wouldn’t be saying anything to Ollie Robinson (if I was England captain), apart from which end would you like to bowl and show us your skills,” Hussain said.
“But I might be having a word with the media guy and saying I’m hearing too much from Ollie Robinson off the field and we have 10 other cricketers that can do the press and the media.
“The problem nowadays are the various outlets he might be writing or doing one of the websitesâ€æyou get asked various media outlets and then that’s magnified on social media.
“Just whoever is in charge, I don’t want to be hearing about Ollie Robinson off the field, so can we just keep him away from the press just for the next four Ashes games as it builds through the series and it becomes the centre of attention.”