England former pacer Tim Bresnan was the massive contributor for his side in the ICC T20 World Cup 2009 and Ashes 2010-2011 triumph. He has revealed that his former teammate Jonathan Trott and he was drugged in the tournament in Hong Kong in 2008. He also opened up on his battle with mental health after having an unimpressive debut against Sri Lanka in 2006.
Tim Bresnan, who last played for England in 2015, shifted his base from Yorkshire to Warwickshire. The pacer has played for the Yorkshire for over two decades and now he has grabbed a two year deal with the new club.
We got drugged: Tim Bresnan
In the recent interaction, the veteran opened up on the old incident regarding a drug which later was recognised as Ketamine.
“Got drugged in Hong Kong. We’re in Hong Kong Sixes, myself and Jonny Trott. And we got spiked,” the former England pacer said on the Shackles Are Off podcast.
“They reckon it was ketamine, there were traces in our system. But we got to Loughborough and got the drugs tested and stuff, the voluntary ones. I’d lost the plot by then anyway,” he added.
I was struggling with mental health: Bresnan
Further, the 35-year-old Bresnan shared that he was suffering from mental health after getting an inauspicious start of his career. He also thought of not playing cricket but he kept himself going and became a mainstay of the team.
“I’ve struggled in the past, mental health wise, don’t mind saying,” Bresnan said. “Had a couple of decent-sized wobbles actually, and I’d just gone, ‘That’s enough for me, I don’t want to play cricket anymore’ kind of thing.
“I had a big one after the series I made my debut actually [against Sri Lanka in 2006], got pumped everywhere by [Sanath] Jayasuriya. And I couldn’t actually bowl to a left-hander for about three years after that. I just got nervous every time a left-hander came,” he added.
Tim Bresnan represented his side in 85 ODIs, 23 Tests and 34 T20Is, picking 109, 72 and 24 wickets respectively.