Thursday, June 4, 2009

Symonds axed from Australia squad

Andrew Symonds
Symonds played in a warm-up game for the tournament against New Zealand

Australia have sent Andrew Symonds home from the World Twenty20 tournament in England for disciplinary reasons.

Cricket Australia said the controversial all-rounder had been dismissed after breaking team rules relating to alcohol and other issues.

The 33-year-old, who had returned to the Australia set-up after a spell out because of disciplinary issues, was absent from training on Thursday.

Symonds had already been left out of Australia's 16-man Ashes squad.

The incident is the latest in a long line of off-field misdemeanours involving the Queensland player.

In January, he was fined by Cricket Australia over a remark he made in a radio interview and he has a history of drinking related problems, stretching back to 2005.

In August 2008, he was been sent home from Australia's one-day squad to play Bangladesh in Darwin after missing a compulsory team meeting to go fishing.

More to follow.

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