Robin Sims

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Robin Jason Sims

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hillingdon, Middlesex, England

| heightft =

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling =

| role = Occasional wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Middlesex

| year1 = 1992–1993

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 31

| bat avg1 = 10.33

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 28

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| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 10

| runs2 = 83

| bat avg2 = 27.66

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 27*

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 16 March

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20534.html Cricinfo

}}

Robin Jason Sims (born 22 November 1970) is a former English cricketer. Sims was a left-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Hillingdon, Middlesex.

Having played Second XI cricket for Middlesex since 1987,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17775/all_teams.html|title=Teams Robin Sims played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 March 2012}} Sims made his first-class debut for the county against the touring Pakistanis in 1992. He made three further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1993 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17775/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Robin Sims|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 March 2012}} In his four first-class appearances for Middlesex, he scored a total of 31 runs at an average of 10.33, with a high score of 28.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17775/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robin Sims|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 March 2012}} Sims also played List A cricket for the county, with his debut in that format coming against Leicestershire in the 1992 Sunday League. He made nine further List A appearances, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1993 AXA Equity & Law League.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17775/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Robin Sims|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 March 2012}} In his ten List A appearances, he scored a total of 83 runs at an average of 27.66, with a high score of 27 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17775/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robin Sims|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 March 2012}}

Arguably his most notable moment on a cricket field came during the 1989 Ashes, when in the 2nd Test at Lord's Cricket Ground, he caught Australian captain Allan Border.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20534.html|title=Player profile: Robin Sims|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=16 March 2012}}