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O’Keefe to stay off alcohol after hotel incident
- Updated: September 13, 2016
Spinner Steve O’Keefe has vowed to quit drinking for the summer in an effort to give himself the best possible chance of representing Australia again. O’Keefe was last month fined $10,000 by Cricket Australia after a late-night incident at a Sydney hotel, in which police alleged O’Keefe “behaved offensively toward a security guard” who had refused him entry.
That incident came after O’Keefe returned home early from the tour of Sri Lanka having suffered a hamstring injury during the first Test in Pallekele. It was the third Test of O’Keefe’s career and with a tour of India scheduled for early next year, if he can remain fit and controversy-free he will likely come under consideration for that trip.
O’Keefe said he had decided to focus his attention on more specific training and an increased focus on recovery, and would stay away from alcohol for the 2016-17 season in an effort to make the most of his career.
“I’m getting older and I’m getting …
