Party by Symonds finally broke his silence and gave his side of the story on his recent drinking incident.
“Symonds claims he rebelled for the final time because he could not adjust to the changing culture and restrictive rules of the Australian cricket team.”
As more details emerged of how Symonds broke team rules by vanishing from the team’s London hotel and going drinking with a mate, the troubled cricketer is set to admit that he could simply no longer abide by new expectations.
Symonds has never been able to adjust to team dynamics without great mates like Darren Lehmann and Adam Gilchrist, who enjoyed the old-fashioned culture of a few drinks at the end of a day and in between games.
In recent years it has almost become taboo for an Australian cricketer to be spotted in a bar and Symonds was simply stranded without drinking partners.
The culture of the Australian team has changed over the last two years and Symonds was under enormous pressure to adjust.
“He no longer felt he was part of the team unit and has probably felt that way for some time.
Symonds went missing from the team hotel – apparently drinking with a mate – and his alcohol consumption contravened the conditions laid down in a personal contract struck with Cricket Australia following a string of behavioural infractions.
He also headed out again the next morning and had several drinks too many at a gathering with teammates to watch his beloved Queensland in the State of Origin match on Wednesday.
The Australian team also attended a dinner hosted by the Professional Cricketers Association at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, where one witness reported Symonds behaved “rudely”. In the 36-hour period, it is believed Symonds may have missed a team meeting or other team commitment.
Symonds contract is under review right now and most probably his international cricket career has ended.
Symonds is portraying himself to be a free spirited man who doesn’t like to be chained, but I he should have thought about these restrictions before signing the contract, when you are playing for your country you have to follow the rules and be at your best behaviour if he thought that he was being unnecessarily restrained he should have not signed the contract.
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