The fiery Australian pacer, Nathan Coulter-Nile is known to be one of the most injury-prone players of the county, however, now he has decided to take yoga classes from Cameron Bancroft to avoid another stress fracture in his lower back. Bancroft banned for nine months by Cricket Australia for his involvement in the ball tampering controversy earlier this year in March, undertook a yoga teaching course and has become to Coulter-Nile and others.
Talking about the same, Nathan said, “We always do a little bit but I’ve just tried to really rush into it head on this year and do it two to three times a week when I can. Obviously, when I’m away it’s a little bit harder. Just trying to do everything I can. I’ve got a really good management programme in place. Just really when I can, just play, rest up and play, give me back as much time as it can to recover. He (Bancroft) was good. I think he’s just done a course in Melbourne for the last two or three months. He was really good, really brought us down to earth.”
Bancroft was one of the three punished by Cricket Australia (CA), with Steve Smith and David Warner being the other two – subjected to 12-month-long bans. While there have been uproars to reduce or lift their bans with the Australian side struggling, Coulter-Nile wasn’t too vocal about the topic.
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Coulter Nile, who last played an international match for Australia in October last year, as he has been suffering from stress fractures but following a successful recovery, the 31-year-old has been named in the ODI squad for the series against Australia. Following a 0-3 T20I series loss to Pakistan in the UAE, Coulter Nile believes the practice sessions are coming along well and was confident of Australia batsmen getting themselves out of the rut.
Talking about the same, Nathan said, “Everyone always says it when you’re having a bit of a bad trot they say you’re hitting them well in the nets. I feel they’ve been struggling in the nets. But then they’ve got here and, I don’t know what it is, but in Australia, they seem to fire. I can personally say I hate bowling to Lynny and Finchy; I hate it, it’s scary in the games. And they should take that confidence into these games. If Hoff [Josh Hazlewood] and Starcy [Mitchell Starc] are scared bowling to them, I’m sure the South Africans are as well.”
The first ODI starts November 4 at Perth.
