 Symonds dropped from Australian squad for India tour
12th Sep 2008 23:01 IST
Agencies
Volatile all-rounder Andrew Symonds, who has made headlines for controversies in recent times, was today dropped from Australia's 15-member Test squad for next month's tour of India on disciplinary grounds.
The burly Symonds, who created a flutter earlier this year for claiming that India's Harbhajan Singh had racially abused him, has been given time for "introspection" so that he can decide on his future.
National Selection Panel Chairman Andrew Hilditch said Symonds, who was sent packing after his "gone fishing" saga in Darwin during the one-dayers against Bangladesh last month, is now in a process of introspection and will be considered once he is fully fit.
"Andrew Symonds was stood down for disciplinary reasons in Darwin and is now going through a process managed by Cricket Australia designed to give him time to assess whether he is fully committed to all of the things needed for a cricketer to be a member of the world's number one team," Hilditch said.
"Cricket Australia has told us that selectors will be advised once Andrew can be considered again for selection and we hope we can look forward to that advice in due course because as we all know, a fit and fully-committed Andrew Symonds can be a world beater," he added.
Left-arm chinaman bowler Beau Casson also have been dropped while spinner 36-year-old Bryce McGain has been included and is set to make his debut against India.
Right-arm spinner Jason Krejza have also been given a ticket and Hilditch feels the spinners will do well in Indian conditions.
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