'Non-committed' Symonds can't appeal, says CA
Posted on Aug 30, 2008 at 16:05 | Updated Aug 30, 2008 at 16:52
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Mumbai: It took weeks for the Indian cricket board to penalise their players - Abhijit Kale (offering bribes to the national selectors) and Harbhajan Singh (slapping fellow player S. Sreesanth).
The BCCI even defended Harbhajan who was alleged to have abused Australian Andrew Symonds. The scene is no different in Pakistan. Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's case (hitting Mohammad Asif with bat and criticising PCB chairman) is still running in the courts.
But Cricket Australia (CA) took less than 24 hours to act on their all-rounder Andrew Symonds. He was sent back home immediately after missing a team meeting. Symonds preferred to go for fishing than attending the meeting.
Symonds is not even permitted to appeal against the decision, according to a CA official. "This is not an issue about penalising a player, and as such, the question of appealing does not arise," Peter Young, General Manager, Public Affairs of CA, said from Australia.
The leadership group consists of captain, vice-captain, coach and team manager. Captain Michael Clarke insisted in the team meeting in Darwin that the Australian team is the best in the world and he needed to be sure he had players who were absolutely committed to playing for their country.
"It is now a matter all of us must assess if Andrew Symonds is ready to come back into the team as an absolutely committed member of the group," Young further said.
"He missed a compulsory team meeting held in Darwin on Friday on eve of the team's first international game since the successful tour to the West Indies. The next step will be decided in the next few days," Young added.
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Posted By Pramod
It is not the question of summarily dismissing someone on some grounds. In India, we believe in giving the person
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