Poms come up with 'haunted hotel' excuse

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16:9. Alastair Cook. Haunted House

English all-rounders Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes were reportedly troubled by 'ghosts' in the five-star Langham Hotel in London.
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The revelation comes as England lost to India by 95 runs in the second Test to go behind 1-0 in the series.
Broad was forced to move hotel rooms after being spooked by a supernatural presence.
"One night I woke up in the middle of the night, around 1.30am and I was convinced there was a presence in the room," Broad told the Daily Mail.
"It was the weirdest feeling. All of a sudden the taps in the bathroom came on for no reason. I turned the lights on and the taps turned themselves off.
"Then when I turned the lights off again the taps came on. It really freaked me out. I ended up asking to move rooms."
Stokes also had trouble sleeping with the players wives and girlfriends refusing to stay at the hotel.
The loss to India has heaped more pressure upon captain Alastair Cook - with his leadership title coming under further scrutiny.

 

 

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.