Bracken’s mother-in-law keeps eye on the game
Nathan Bracken is in India with the Champions Trophy squad, but he hasn’t forgotten his mother-in-law, who he says has premonitions about his performances
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Nathan Bracken is in India with the Champions Trophy squad, but he hasn’t forgotten his mother-in-law, who he says has premonitions about his performances. AAP reports she predicted his haul of 7 for 4 in a Pura Cup game for New South Wales against South Australia two seasons ago.
"For about six months beforehand, she kept talking about something will happen, you will be involved and it will be something about four runs, but it's something to do with bowling,'' Bracken said. “And she rang [his wife] Haley on the morning of the game. Her mum's gone 'I think you should get ready to go to the game'. By the time Haley got up, she turned the radio on and I had two wickets. The rest is history.''
Beware Indian provincial bowlers. Adam Gilchrist says in The Australian he won’t treat you lightly in today’s warm-up for the Champions Trophy in Mumbai.
"In the couple of games we play, I'll just try and bat as I normally would," Gilchrist told the paper. "If I pull my horns in and get too tentative, then I'll probably just get out and that defeats the purpose.”
Justin Langer replies to Mike Gatting’s view that cracks are appearing in the Australian team, telling The Australian the comments are “far from the truth”.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo