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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2806777, member: 8272"] Shortly after arriving home from Sri Lanka, the 32-year-old was at the centre of a drunken incident in a Manly nightspot and fined $10,000. He later described it as the wake-up call he needed, swearing off alcohol for the summer and leaving nothing to chance in his preparation for India. "I blew the chance in Sri Lanka and didn't do myself any favours when I got home; I carried on like a pork chop," O'Keefe told ABC Grandstand after his match-winning double of 6-35 and 6-35 that sealed the first Test inside three days. "Missing out on the Big Bash was a big deal, it was something I wanted to do but I knew coming into a series like this, with the weather, conditions and workload, I had to make sure my body was 100 per cent ready to go because I couldn't let the team down again. [B][/B] "If I did that, I knew it would be an absolute line through my name. "So it meant sacrificing something at home that I wanted to play, but as it turned out it's a 1-0 start so I feel like that's sort of vindicated itself. [URL]http://www.cricket.com.au/news/steve-okeefe-first-test-win-australia-india-pune-sacrifices-big-bash-body-fitness-sri-lanka/2017-02-26[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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