See ya later Roy!

Andrew Symonds, we have had enough of your crap. I am a diehard Australian fan, no doubt about it. But I speak for hundreds of thousands when I say it’s time for Cricket Australia to give you up.

What is next in the rollercoaster life of Andrew Symonds? Will he be selected for South Africa or the Ashes? Or will he make headlines again for bad behaviour? Or will he turn his life around like he has promised before?

Let’s have a look at his history since making the 2005 Ashes:

2005: Is threatened to have his contract torn up after turning up to a game against Bangladesh drunk.

2006: Gets into a headed dispute with a South African Rugby player at a nightclub in Cape Town and has to be restrained by team-mate Michael Clarke.

2007 World Cup: Gets slapped in the face at a nightclub.

January 2008: The whole “Harbhajan called me a monkey!” incident explodes through a fiery, intense Test between Australia and India at the SCG.

May/April 2008: Michael Clarke spots Symonds at a bar late at night and tells him to go to bed. This starts a heated exchange between the two. Later Symonds is late to a training session and blames it on a faulty wake up call.

August 2008: “GONE FISHING” was plastered all over the country on shirts and the like after Symonds decides to try to catch some local fish instead of attending a team meeting.

September 17^th 2008: Apologises to his team-mates and says his ‘irresponsible’ days are ‘behind him’.

September 21^st 2008: Left out of the Australia squad to tour India for four Tests. Goes back to playing in the domestic competitions for Queensland.

October 13^th 2008: Misses a Queensland recovery session.

November 9^th 2008: Declares he is mentally fit enough to wear the Baggy Green again.

November 17^th: Admits he has an excessive drinking problem.

November 23^rd: A week after admitting he has a drinking problem Symonds gets into an altercation with a fan who tries to take his picture at Normandy Hotel in Brisbane.

January 23^rd: Labels Kiwi wicketkeeper batsmen Brendon McCullum a “lump of sh*t” and taking a “side glance” at Matthew Haydens wife to make his meal go down ‘amply’.

I’m sorry Roy, but that’s the last straw. I can’t take any more of this. I want Cricket Australia to tear up your contract immediately and never come back to play for Australia again.