Event: Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds joins Big Boss - snapped at airport.

Event: Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds joins Big Boss - snapped at airport.

Event: Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds joins Big Boss - snapped at airport.

Event: Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds joins Big Boss - snapped at airport.

Yusuf Pathan, who scored 73 runs off 34 balls playing against the Deccan Chargers, said that Andrew Symonds sledged him during the game.

"When somebody from the opposition involves in sledging you are more pumped up to do well," said Pathan.

He also expressed happiness and gratitude for the presence of his parents at the games. He wants to continue the form in the upcoming World Twenty20 in West Indies. Yusuf was awarded the man-of-the-match for his performance.

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.