Sam Robson

In the Independent, Kevin Garside speaks to Sam Robson, who was born in Sydney but is climbing the rungs in English cricket because of his dual citizenship

England appear to have won the battle over Sam Robson, the Middlesex batsman, by including him in the Performance Programme squad to tour Australia.

Cricket Australia approved regulatory changes that will allow dual passport holders to play domestic matches in more than one country

England may have struck an important blow in future Ashes series after Sam Robson qualified to represent England.

Middlesex's day got better and better after Steven Finn's arrival, thanks to another rock-solid innings from the hugely impressive Sam Robson

Sam Robson will face tougher attacks on tougher wickets, but he looks to have many of the qualities required for an international career

Sam Robson is a prolific young batsman but he will rarely face a less searching examination than a Warwickshire attack depleted by Lions calls and injuries

Chris Rogers and Sam Robson set a new record for the highest ever first-wicket stand for Middlesex against Surrey

After their victory at Trent Bridge last week, talk of Middlesex's title credentials was dialled up a notch but Sam Robson acknowledged his side have "a lot of work to do" in this match

Chris Rogers, the Middlesex captain, welcomed his team's ten-wicket win over Nottinghamshire as the "perfect start" to their Championship campaign

Sam Robson, Middlesex's Australian-born batsman, has made the earliest first-class hundred ever witnessed in the UK - and he did it before March was out.

England Test captain Andrew Strauss hit a career-best score and Sam Robson a century to put Middlesex in a formidable position

Sussex secured a semi-finals place in the Clydesdale Bank 40 despite losing their final Group A game to Middlesex at Lord's

An impressive three-wicket burst by Kent all-rounder Matt Coles halted Middlesex progress and left honours pretty much even at the mid-point of the County Championship Division Two clash in Canterbury

Dawid Malan scored a career-best 143 and his first Championship hundred of the summer to move Middlesex into the driving seat at Lord's against Division Two rivals Derbyshire

Australian batsman Sam Robson hit an unbeaten 94 and helped maintain Middlesex's promotion bid with a six-wicket County Championship win over Division Two rivals Surrey in Guildford

It took Middlesex only 21 minutes on the third morning to complete a nine-wicket victory against Kent in an County Championship Division Two encounter which attracted an ECB pitch panel to Lord's

Sam Robson and Scott Newman put together an almost certainly decisive opening stand of 120 as Middlesex closed in on their fourth County Championship win of the season in a controversial Division Two game against Kent at Lord's

Opener Sam Robson celebrated his first County Championship outing of the season by batting throughout the day to score 136 as Middlesex reached 316 for 6 in their duel against Essex at Chelmsford