Following an injury to Kent's first-choice wicket-keeper Sam Billings, Robinson took over as the county's wicket-keeper in County Championship matches during the 2019 season. Ollie Robinson destroyed the stumps of two Middlesex batsmen to reach 50 first-class wickets this season and leave the visitors in the mire There is nothing particularly out of the ordinary in seeing the rapid progress of a young cricketer checked almost out of the blue.It might be fatigue, the rigours of the professional game catching up, a sudden loss of form, or perhaps simply being found out by better, wilier opponents as the advantage of relative anonymity fades.Being furloughed and left playing garden cricket with your eight-year-old brother - “if I can get him away from Fortnite” - however, is a new one.The situation is rough for all county cricketers, with no domestic action to take place until at least August, but for a 21-year-old striving to make his way in the game, the shutdown is particularly untimely, even if he is determined to make the best of it.“Obviously, it’s nice to spend time at home but I’m at the start of my career and I wanted to start the season well,” Robinson said.“It’s frustrating not to be able to play and put all the work that I’ve done over the winter into practice. Ollie Robinson admits the opportunity to play regular first-team cricket was a defining factor in his decision to commit to Kent.The wicketkeeper-batsman was rewarded for his rise to prominence with a new contract which keeps him at the club until the end of the 2021 campaign.His bright form had been attracting interest from elsewhere, with Sussex one of the counties to enquire about the 20-year-old.Robinson said: “It’s nice just to focus on cricket now rather than worrying about where I’m going to be playing next year.“It’s nice to get a contract for the next two-and-a-half years, which I’m looking forward to.“Everyone has been very supportive of me, I’ve had a lot of decision making to do. Against a strong batting line-up, Robinson took seven wickets across both innings (3/66 and 4/81) in the game to bowl the Lions to victory. 10/06/2020. Obviously he’s a world-class keeper but I feel like I’ve done enough to play as a batter, which I did last year.“I want to keep but I just want to play first-team cricket as well.”Kent head coach Matt Walker underlined Robinson’s temperament at the crease as a standout trait to his approach, particularly through a testing Division 1 campaign.Robinson added: “If you put across that you’re calm, it sends a message to the opposition. We’re all learning, Division 1 is different and you can’t take your foot off the gas for an hour because teams will hurt you.“I feel we’re slowly putting the pieces together now and we should bring some good results.”This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO)Enter our competition - Two winners will each receive a £50 Garden Centre voucher and a further 100 will receive a trolley coin.Listings service brought to you by KentOnline for local businesses who are offering services during the Coronavirus pandemic.Coronavirus is devastating families across the country. Oliver or Ollie Robinson may also refer to: Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1993), English bowler who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1998), English wicket-keeper who plays for Kent County Cricket Club