By Akshat Jain | Updated: July 18, 2025 3:14 PM IST
In this collection of pictures we shall know the Javelin throw champion who became a dangerous batter in T20 cricket. Let's know about him and for which country he plays for.
New Zealand defeated South Africa by 21 runs in the second match of the tri-series being played in Zimbabwe. Tim Robinson surprised the world cricket by batting in a stormy manner in the victory of the South African team.
In this match, Tim Robinson played an unbeaten innings of 75 runs in 57 balls, in his innings Robinson hit 6 fours and three sixes. On the basis of Robinson's innings, New Zealand was able to score 173 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs, after which the South African team could score only 152 runs in 18.2 overs. (SA vs NZ, 2nd T20I, Zimbabwe T20I Tri-Series, 2025). In bowling for New Zealand, Matt Henry and Duffy played an important role in helping their team win by taking three wickets each.
Tim Robinson, an all-rounder who was a javelin thrower before becoming a cricketer, now has his experience as a javelin thrower making him unique in T20.
According to collegesportmedia.co.nz, apart from cricket, Tim Robinson has also been a leading javelin thrower, winning the intermediate title at the Secondary School Championships in 2017. He finished fifth in the senior class behind his brother Cam, who studied vocational agriculture at Massey University.
Before turning to cricket, Tim Robinson threw the 700g javelin at an average of 54.43 for the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club at the age of 15, and threw the 800g javelin at an average of 45.82 in 2021. He played as a batsman in place of Finn Allen in the domestic franchise Smash, but the biggest turning point in his career was the tour of Pakistan, when he made headlines by scoring 139 runs off 64 balls with 10 sixes against the Otago Volts.
According to Cricinfo, Tim Robinson, along with Dean Foxcroft and Mitch Hay, spent two weeks at the Super Kings Academy in Chennai with his old friend and Wellington coach Sriram Krishnamurthy to get used to the red and black soil pitches last July. According to Cricinfo, learning to pick the right balls to sweep was at the top of his agenda.