Virender Sehwag has no doubt that Andrew Symonds' absence in Australian ranks would help India but the hard-hitting opener rues it would be a loss not only for his country but also for the game as a whole. Despite Symonds' bitter relation with most of his team-mates, Sehwag has not lost respect for the embattled all-rounder whose absence, he says, would benefit India in the forthcoming four-Test series.
Canada brought the Stade de France Olympic party to a shuddering halt when they stunned France 19-14 on Monday to set up a women's rugby sevens semi-final with Australia.
The Indian team management on Friday rejected Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds's allegations of racial abuse by Harbhajan Singh, asserting the off-spinner did not say anything offensive.
The Indian team management on Friday rejected Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds's allegations of racial abuse by Harbhajan Singh, asserting the off-spinner did not say anything offensive.
An Australian newspaper on Monday published a picture of Andrew Symonds with his face superimposed on Hanuman's body, giving a comic touch to the racial slur furore in the Sydney Test.
"The cops and other security personnel on duty in the stands have vouched that the people were actually chanting the hymns of Lord Ganesha in Gujarati and Hindi," said Vadodra Police Commissioner C.P. Thakur.
Matthew Hayden made 153 and Andrew Symonds was unbeaten on 154 as Australia led England by 213 runs after the second day of the fourth Test.
Indian pacer S Sreesanth's continued inability to "rein himself in"" when under pressure could end up costing his side dearly during the upcoming cricket tour Down Under, feels Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting, delighted after sealing the ODI series against India, said it was a great win as India is not an easy place to play in.
Cricket Australia said the 33-year-old, who was absent from training on Thursday, was dismissed after breaking rules relating to alcohol.
The Aussies rebounded from a string of wretched results to trounce England by 57 runs in the triangular series.
Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds will not be considered for next month's Test series against South Africa after Cricket Australia found him lacking in commitment and declared him "unavailable" for selection until the completion of his counselling and rehabilitation.
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has lambasted temperamental all-rounder Andrew Symonds for showing disrespect to the national team and urged him not to throw away his international career and return as a better person.
Controversy and Andrew Symonds can never be too far apart it seems with the latest being allegations that the Australian cricketer used his autographed bat to get a seven-figure loan sanctioned before investing the money in a failed company.
Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee's call-up for the ODI series against Pakistan came not without a price and the Australian duo are set to miss out on US $1.75 million of Indian Premier League (IPL) money, according to reports in Melbourne. The call-up revived the international career of both the Australians but at the same time, limited their availability for the second edition of the IPL starting in South Africa on April 18.
T Suman's unbeaten 57-ball 78, replete with six fours and three sixes, helped Deccan Chargers score a comprehensive seven wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.
Unsure of Andrew Symonds' return to the side, Australia coach Tim Nielsen is working on a plan to deal with the feisty all-rounder's absence in the forthcoming India tour.
"There were some things that have happened that I really drew on out there," Symonds told a news conference after his side's 18-run win in the sixth one-dayer.
The defending champions had to win their last five games to make it to the semi-finals and against all expectations, they made it to the last four. It was a virtual quarter-final against Delhi Daredevils in Delhi on Sunday and it was Deccan, who thrived under pressure to register an important 11-run victory.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds has urged Australian crowds to applaud Muttiah Muralitharan if the controversial off-spinner breaks Shane Warne's test wickets record when Sri Lanka tour Down Under in November.
Andrew Symonds says he is ready to move on after suffering racist abuse from spectators during the fifth ODI against India in Baroda.
Milestone man Sachin Tendulkar became the most-capped Test cricketer in the world and former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds said the champion Indian batsman's feat will remain untouchable for years to come.
Symonds ruptured the tendon on his bicep while batting in the tri-series match against England in Sydney on Friday
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting claims that Andrew Symonds had received very little support from Cricket Australia during the 'Monkeygate' scandal and, that, practically ended the latter's career.
In an unpublished newspaper column, the Australia all-rounder panned Cricket Australia for not allowing the players join the Indian Premier League.
The top seven most valuable players in the recently-concluded India-Australia seven-match one-day international series were all Australians.
The whole of Australia maybe waiting with bated breath to know if Andrew Symonds will eventually tour India but his bete noire Harbhajan Singh says he just could not care less.
The cricketer and Bipasha Basu attended the Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser.
Reader Goutam Das sent us a picture of Andrew Symonds and Mitchell Johnson from Melbourne.
Voges, a 27-year-old who plays for Western Australia, comes in for Damien Martyn.
Insisting that his troubled days are a thing of past, mercurial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds on Tuesday said he is looking for a fresh start in the Champions League Twenty20 scheduled from October 8.
Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds might miss next month's India tour, but Cricket Australia (CA) has confirmed that the dynamic player would be paid as much as any other contracted player.
South African captain Graeme Smith feels Andrew Symonds' return to Australia's national team could be "disruptive" if the all rounder was not managed carefully.
Australia's captain singled out the duo for praise after his team's seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy.
Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has apparently levelled a charge of "racial abuse" against Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh after the third day's play in the second Test in Sydney on Friday.
Australia were grossly under-prepared for the India challenge, while pacer Mitchell Starc virtually ran out of ideas when Rohit Sharma smashed him for 29 runs in an over in their Super Eights match in Gros Islet (Saint Lucia), says former-cricketer Brad Hogg.
Massa, who failed to score after a bungled pitstop, claims the race should have been cancelled because the sport's leaders allegedly knew before the end of the 2008 season what had happened but covered it up.
Andrew Symonds scored an unbeaten 137 as Australia rallied from 134-6 to 376-7 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against India.
Andrew Symonds subdued his normal attacking instincts with a patient 79 to help Australia reach 167 all out in their second innings on the fourth day of the first Test against West Indies on Sunday. At the close West Indies, set 287 to win, were 46 for one
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