"In the following over, Australia were 119-4 as Michael Clarke suffered a brainstorm facing Harbhajan, electing to play no shot to a standard off-break to go leg before wicket." - 'Symonds leads Australia recovery', BBC website, 2 Jan 2008.
If you can decipher the cricket jargon, this is a usage of brainstorm in its (contronymic) second and rarer sense, ie. to have a violent, sudden disturbance of the mind.
"In the following over, Australia were 119-4 as Michael Clarke suffered a brainstorm facing Harbhajan, electing to play no shot to a standard off-break to go leg before wicket."
- 'Symonds leads Australia recovery', BBC website, 2 Jan 2008.
If you can decipher the cricket jargon, this is a usage of brainstorm in its (contronymic) second and rarer sense, ie. to have a violent, sudden disturbance of the mind.