Symonds sent home, White named as replacement

[sifter132]

He he he.... This guy's funny! What is more important for him? Beer and watching some other game, or playing for Australia?

Yeah the sad thing is that's what it's come down to - beer vs cricket for Australia. He just loves his golden liquid ol' Roy. More than wearing the gold of Australia unfortunately. Hopefully he retires and spends the rest of his days hunting and fishing, drinking cold ones with his mates - out of the media spotlight. That should make him happy.

 

[King Cricket]

This guy is like Sreesanth and Vajji mixed together. Waiting for the day when he will slap a team-mate. :

 

[smssia0112]

Another very ordinary decision. Obviously they picked White because he's an all-rounder like Symonds but it's really hard on Hodgey, he's good enough to be in the First XI for sure and misses out again.

 

[angryangy]

You ought to check this

It seems curious to count the monkey thing with the rest of it, but on the whole, it's a substantial indication of how lax CA were in handling him. They threatened to deal with him repeatedly, but never actually did.

Either you look the other way every time or take a stand on second chances. Mixing and matching doesn't solve the issue.

On the one hand, this is not the world's most problematic drinker. Not even the most poorly behaved professional cricketer. The public record counts only the one time where his drinking actually directly stopped him from playing a match and judging by the result of that game, he wasn't the only one who should have limited his intake. In comparison with the feats attributed to a selection of international players from the last century, even one who is now an Australian selector, Symonds has been quite a tame beast. It's entirely arguable that, but for the public opinion of it, he could have been managed.

If the internal feeling was that it was no big deal, it shouldn't have been treated like a big deal. In that case he should hardly have been punished, as idle punishments only entice clamour for stronger punishment. In other words, every slap on the wrist increased the pressure to be more punitive, rather than less so.

On the other hand, if any such indiscretion is considered too great for a modern cricketer, then surely the punishment should fit the crime. 3 years ago, it proved acceptable to attempt to fight rugby players, why is attempting to watch them more serious? How many times can you threaten to tear up a contract before it's no longer the player's fault for taking his chances? That need not be rhetorical; the answer is one. If you renege on a promise just once, the floodgates open for you to be taken advantage of many times over.

If they had been tough, they probably would have had little choice but to sack him early in 2006. It would have appeared utterly brutal at the time, but he would have had a chance to reboot his career, rather than driving it into the ground.

 

[Howsie]

Another very ordinary decision. Obviously they picked White because he's an all-rounder like Symonds but it's really hard on Hodgey, he's good enough to be in the First XI for sure and misses out again.

Hodge is just as much as an all-rounder as White is I feel.

 

[piriyanth]

Symonds will never learn.:

 

[mattfb]

I was going to lol at this until I saw White is the replacement. We fail.

 

[piriyanth]

White is a crap bowler but pretty good hitter of the ball.

 

[coolz_hari]

he is a great cricketer .australia will miss him for sure

 

[Chetan0304]

TM of Symonds

 

[Ollie_H]

Another very ordinary decision. Obviously they picked White because he's an all-rounder like Symonds but it's really hard on Hodgey, he's good enough to be in the First XI for sure and misses out again.

Isn't Hodge the all time leading run scorer in T20?

 

[iridescentt]

Hodge should be leading White by an American mile. For me, he was KKR's best player. He proved he could bat and bowl superbly. White can sure whack the ball, but his bowling isn't the best; it's really aggressive.

 

[smssia0112]

White is a big hitter, but when was the last time he actually did it? He always seems to get out slogging. He had a crap Twenty20 season for Victoria and barely got picked during the IPL, meanwhile Hodge was the best batsman in the domestic comp until he got injured and one of the best in the IPL. It's a no-brainer.

 

[McLOVIN]

why do famous people get in trouble for parting, drinking more then us the high school kids?

look at Michael Phelps few months ago...

 

[IloveGilly]

Symonds just wanted to have a good time and watch the State of Origin (which is a big thing in Australia). State of Origin is nothing without drinking.