Symonds axed from Australia squad

[Bradman99]

any hope of australia doing well in this edition of the world cup has been lost with the end of his career

Rubbish, we have quite a good chance.

[diegovegaz]

white called in as replacement

[JayStarz]

lol, good news, funny how everyone thought Symond's would make many records by the time he ended his career, same with Flintoff and Pieterson. They all ended up being too ignorant/arrogant and stupid, and easily influenced by alcohol. Weak 'men'.

[JayStarz]

Rubbish' date=' we have quite a good chance.[/quote'] That's one thing you have, depth. Many of your youngsters we haven't heard of tend to do the most damage. lol

[EnterTheVoid]

What a waste of such god given talent

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Symonds was cooked, says Healy Former Test vice-captain Ian Healy says Andrew Symonds was â??cookedâ?? and hoped to be released from national duties so he could focus on part-time cricket and fishing. Skipper Ricky Ponting believes Cr More... Former Test vice-captain Ian Healy says Andrew Symonds was “cooked” and hoped to be released from national duties so he could focus on part-time cricket and fishing. Skipper Ricky Ponting believes Cricket Australia did all it could for Symonds before banishing the wayward all-rounder from the World Twenty20 squad over another alcohol-related incident on Thursday in London. Healy says his fellow Queenslander might be happy now to play a short stint each year in the lucrative Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament and pick up an English County contract, as long as their “team rules” weren’t too strict. But the 33-year-old could also decide to retire from cricket altogether after the latest setback. Australia's star players were unable to play the full IPL season in April-May in South Africa because of national commitments with the one-day side in Dubai against Pakistan. Symonds arrived in time to score 33 and take 2-18 for the Adam Gilchrist-led Deccan Chargers in the IPL final. “The other issue is the issue of the team rules or a team code,“ Healy told Radio 2KY on Friday. “I guess the drink is influencing him there. He has always loved a drink and it may have turned into a problem. “The other thing is he might just be sick (of it). He’s just cooked and tired of cricket and sort of wants to be dropped. “I’m not sure whether Symmo wants to play cricket or be bound by contracts or be bound by the Cricket Australia structure. “I sense that he might be seeking the freedom that IPL and maybe a County stint might offer him. “Then he can the rest of the year in his tinnie (boat) and (drink) at the corner of the bar between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. “It’s an ongoing issue I imagine, alcohol, and the ability to say when you’ve had enough. “He hasn’t mastered it yet.” Healy said the Australian team did not take the decision lightly to impose such a severe sanction on a teammate. “A punishment dished out by your teammates and peers is a lot more damaging personally than a Cricket Australia sanction,” he said. “So this is bad in that he has let the national team down and teammates who were gearing up for a (Twenty20) World Cup. “It was Andrew Symonds who gave it to Warnie in 2003 when Warnie had to leave the World Cup in South Africa for his drug indiscretion. “And now it’s Andrew Symonds who has created a similar indiscretion and let a squad down. “It’s damaging and not defendable as yet. “Cricket either changes those team boundaries to accommodate him or they lose him. That might be the scenario.”

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Under-siege Symonds looks to friends for advice on retirement A besieged Andrew Symonds will seek the advice of friends such as Matthew Hayden and John Buchanan before deciding whether to announce his retirement from Australian cricket. Symonds arrived home More...

[King]

That's it for Symonds, I guess he's a write off from international cricket now. Not may seems to hold him in good stead although I reckon Ponting and Clarke may have something personal against him as well.

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Symonds - it was all too much PARTY boy Andrew Symonds says he rebelled for the final time because he could not adjust to the changing culture of the Australian cricket team. More...

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Buck vows to rescue Roy FORMER Australian coach John Buchanan last night vowed to mentor and support fallen allrounder Andrew Symonds through his life and cricket crisis. More...

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Warnie sorry for Symonds SPIN great Shane Warne believes fallen allrounder Andrew Symonds has lost the passion to play cricket for Australia - and perhaps any other team. More...

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Show Symonds the door! FORMER Test captain Kim Hughes has called for Australian cricket authorities to close the door on Andrew Symonds. More...

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Symonds is believed to have gone missing from the team hotel - apparently drinking with a mate - and his alcohol consumption contravened the conditions of a personal contract struck with Cricket Australia following a string of behavioural infractions. He also headed out again the next morning and had several drinks too many at a gathering with teammates to watch his beloved Queensland win the rugby league State of Origin opener on Wednesday. The Australian team also attended a dinner hosted by the Professional Cricketers' Association at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, where one witness reported Symonds behaved "rudely". In the 36-hour period, it is believed Symonds may have missed a team meeting or other team commitment.

I think it's a bit tough on Symonds here. You can't tell a man he can't step out of the hotel with his mate for a drink or he shouldn't be drinking while watch a game of rugby. Not attending to team meetings truly is a problem but to send him back was way OTT reaction. Now they say they are going to work with him. What's the point? I think he's better off playing in IPL and county where he can have his life style.