Brisbane, Sep. 30 : Andrew Symonds is loving life outside the cricketing establishment, and believes that he stands on the cusp of cricket''s new freelance frontier.

Since being sacked from the Australian team on disciplinary grounds, Symonds has immersed himself in training and strapping duties with the Queensland Broncos, running training drills so many times he could have replaced Peter Wallace.

Melbourne, Sep 27 : The Brisbane Broncos, an Australian professional rugby league football club, has adopted troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds as their 18th player.

Coach Ivan Henjak invited Symonds to join his squad two months ago to help his younger players deal with the pressure of football.

Symonds has an unpaid role, but he attends every training session and flew to Melbourne for last night’s preliminary final against the Storm, FOX Sports reported.

Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has revealed reason for which he was sent back from England during ICC T20 World Cup last month.

Symonds returned late after drinking pints of beer while watching rugby match between NSW and Queensland at a pub which became reason for dumping him from the Australian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup.

Cricket Australia had said Symonds had breached an alcohol-related team agreement due to which he was axed from the Australian squad.

Melbourne, June 22 : Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, whose Cricket Australia contract was ripped for breaking team rules, has started playing for Wynnum-Manly rugby league club to fulfill a dream.

Symonds, after withdrawal of his contract, is now free to play sports deemed too risky for his physical wellbeing when he was a CA contracted player.

Sydney, June 13 : Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, whose international career was dissolved after Cricket Australia withdrew its contract, will now play as a Twenty20 specialist, as he has a lucrative deal with IPL franchise Deccan Chargers and is getting offers from teams in England and South Africa.

“Andrew has taken time to work through what is important to him moving forward,” Symonds’ manager Matt Fearon said.

Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that CA will offer South Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait a contract which has been withdrawn from the all-rounder Andrew Symonds.

Symonds was knocked out from the Australian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup after he was charged with breaching of discipline norms during the ICC T20 World Cup.

Tait has not been considered for the test squad of Australian team but he has been awarded this contract for gaining 25th rank as a one-day and Twenty20 bowler under the rankings system that CA uses to offer contracts to players

Melbourne, June 8 : Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, who was send back to Australia from Twenty 20 World Cup in England for breaking alcohol related rules, has "numerous" foreign offers before him as he mulls over whether to continue playing in Australia.

Symonds is expected to decide this week if he will attempt to play for Queensland in the domestic competition after his international career was reported to be almost over.

London, June 7 : Former Australian cricketer Darren Lehmann believes that out-of-favour all-rounder Andrew Symonds still has a future in the game, especially in the Twenty20 format.

Symonds, who plays for the Deccan Chargers, the winners of the second edition of the Indian Premier League that was held in South Africa this year, has been assured he still has a home at Hyderabad.

Sydney, Jun. 5 : Controversial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds career may just be contained playing the Indian Premier League (IPL), as the Cricket Australia (CA) mulls over ending his central contract.

The CA is expected to discuss whether Symonds should be allowed to retain the contract after he broke a number of team rules related to alcohol and other issues ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England, The Australian reports.

The Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been sent back to home from ICC T20 World Cup.

Cricket Australia officials said that Symonds had been axed from the Australian team after breaking team rules related to alcohol and some other issues.

This decision has been taken after absence of Symonds in a training camp on Thursday.

It should be noted that Symonds had been already excluded from the Australian squad for the Ashes series against England starting from 8th July.

Sydney - Troubled Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been sent home from the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England for breaking team rules on alcohol consumption and other infractions, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Thursday.

"In isolation, the breaches that I am talking about are not serious, but in the scheme of things, in the scheme of history, they are enough for it to be the final straw," Sutherland said at a press conference in Melbourne.

It's almost certain Symonds' international career is over after the latest in a long line of off-field indiscretions.

Melbourne, June 4 : Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds is being sent home from the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England for breaking a number of team rules related to alcohol and other issues.

It is likely Symonds' international career could now be over after the latest in a long list of problems off the field. Symonds, who failed to earn selection in Australia''s Ashes squad announced last month, has been embroiled in a series of off-field indiscretions over the past year.

Sydney, May 21: Shane Watson showed little sympathy for troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds after the Queenslander was left out of the Ashes touring squad, saying that he will be doing his utmost to capitalise on the opportunity created by Symonds’s repeated off-field infringements.

Watson and Test incumbent Andrew McDonald will do battle for the all-rounder spot during the Ashes series, starting from July 8.

Rusty pace bowler Brett Lee and all-rounders Shane Watson and Andrew Symonds have been given a place each in the 15-member Australian team that would be led by Ricky Ponting in the next month's World Twenty20.

Nathan Hauritz has also been given a chance as the spinner in the team. Apart from this, fast bowler Peter Siddle has also been picked in the squad. However, the fast bowler has had been struggling from foot-related injuries.

Melbourne, Apr 12 : Adam Gilchrist has backed Indian Premier League teammate Andrew Symonds to continue his rebirth and force his way into Australia''s squad for the Ashes.

Symonds has been picked in Australia''s one-day squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan and the preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in signs the selectors are willing to forgive his tumultuous summer.

Gilchrist believes the troubled match winner''s Test career is not over either. Symonds has not represented his country since the Boxing Day Test against South Africa.

Sydney, Apr 9: Cricket Australia’s chief selector Andrew Hilditch has asked troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds to perform or perish during the limited-overs series against Pakistan to be played in United Arab Emirates from April 22.

Having convinced Cricket Australia he has overcome the behavioural issues, Symonds has been granted one more chance to restore the selectors’ confidence after Hilditch admitted the Queenslander had been chosen largely based on past heroics.

London, Apr. 8: Cricket Australia (CA) has recalled Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and Shane Watson for the six match One Day International series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Announcing the 14 man squad for the series starting April 22, the chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, said: "Andrew Symonds has been cleared by Cricket Australia to resume playing for the Australian cricket team and he has been included in the squad."

Symonds poor form along with a niggling knee injury, and several off-field controversial incidents forced him to sit out through the last summer.

Hilditch hoped that Symonds would grab the opportunity, and prove that he still possesses those match winning qualities.

Sydney, Apr 3 : Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds and three uncapped players have been selected in the team's preliminary 30-man squad for this year's Twenty20 world championship in England.

Symonds had a shocking season and suffered from injury, poor form and controversy in addition to undergoing counselling for personal problems.

The three uncapped players among the group are Western Australian spinner Aaron Heal, Victorian batsman Rob Quiney and South Australian wicketkeeper Graham Manou.

Brisbane, Mar. 24: Out of favour Australian cricket all rounder Andrew Symonds alcohol-related woes continue.

On Sunday, he was kicked out of a Brisbane bar. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that, five days earlier, Symonds had to be woken by his Queensland team-mates after a bender so he could make his flight home from the Sheffield Shield final in Melbourne.

Symonds, 33, appears to have learnt little from being stood down by Cricket Australia in January when told to seek counselling for his off-field behaviour.

Melbourne, Mar 23: Trouble seems to be never ending for Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds undergoing rehab, who was reportedly asked to leave a Brisbane bar because he was too drunk.

Cricket Australia officials have already given Symonds a “last chance” warning over previous alcohol-related misdemeanours.

An intoxicated Symonds was reportedly spotted being punted by security at the Watt Bar at the Powerhouse in New Farm, Brisbane, despite Queensland Cricket this morning saying his rehabilitation was on track.