Robinson avoided sanctions after he was criticised for his celebrations when dismissing Khawaja for 141 during the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, which England lost by two wickets.

Since then, Australian greats Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting have called out the Sussex seamer, who, in a column for wisden.com, expressed his surprise at how "defensive" Australia were.

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"I think Ollie is the kind of guy who gets in the battle. And sometimes I think in a big series like this, emotions almost take over while you're on the pitch," said Pope ahead of the second Test which starts at Lord's on Wednesday.

"But he's a top guy, and I think in an Ashes series, these things are really brought to light.

"In the heat of the moment, obviously he was pumped up to get that wicket and it's nothing personal in the way that he's gone about it. That's just the way he plays his cricket."

Asked if Robinson should rein in his celebrations, Pope added: "I don't know, I've not asked him. But if he can get on a good run, hopefully he can celebrate in the way he wants to celebrate.

"But he's just going to go about his business in the way he does. He's a high-quality bowler, so hopefully he can let the ball do all the talking."

Clarke: He needs to shush

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has joined in the criticism of Robinson, saying he would not have made the England team if the home side had all their fast bowlers fit.

Speaking on Big Sports Breakfast, Clarke said: "He needs to shush. If England were fully fit you wouldn't even get a game, Ollie. If Jofra Archer was playing, or if (Mark) Wood had been playing and was fully fit, old mate - I don't know what town he plays for - he'd be back playing clubbies.

"I actually don't know what he's doing. If James Anderson is saying all this, he's got street cred. He's played 180 Test matches, he's got a lot of wickets. This dude has been around for five minutes. He needs to concentrate on taking wickets. Ollie, just keep taking five-fors and then you can say what you like."

Starc: Not the way I play cricket | Australia will not change approach

Mitchell Starc did not play for Australia at Edgbaston but knows all about the emotions of an Ashes series.

The 33-year-old pace bowler says the tourists will stick to their guns and was not too keen to say much on Robinson.

Starc said: "He can do all the talking he likes. That's not the way I play my cricket."

He did, however, acknowledge the changes England have brought to Test cricket but insisted they will not affect Australia's style of play.

"They have brought an overly aggressive head space to Test cricket," Starc said.

"The way they are approaching it, there is going to be a reaction when you are either bowling or facing that. I think that is natural but we will stick to our guns and I am sure they will as well.

"Just because they are scoring at a higher rate or trying to score at a higher rate doesn't mean you go to one-day cricket. There is plenty of ways to skin a cat as we saw last week in the way they approached it as opposed to the way we did.

"We've played enough against England in white-ball cricket to know they can all play that sort of thing. I have certainly seen Joe (Root) enough to know he can play those [ramp] shots.

"They are going to take the game on now in Test cricket as they have done for the last 12 months. That is their approach and we will stick to the way we want to approach our Test cricket.

"Hopefully come the end of the series we are sitting back with more wins than them."

Watch the second men's Ashes Test, from Lord's, live on Sky Sports Cricket from Wednesday. Build-up begins at 10am ahead of the toss at 10.30am and then an 11am start.