Clarke v. Symonds: Round 1 to Clarke!

It is rumoured that Clarke, the current skipper of the Australian team (in the absence of Rick Ponting due to injury) is the main culprit and man behind the suspension of his friend Symonds from the team.

Symonds missed the team meeting and preferred to go for fishing. This was seen as lack of committment towards the team. Symonds was sent home in the middle of the Bangladesh series.

Cricket Australia said that it is not Michale Clarke who took this decision. It is a team decision invoving four members--Ponting, coach Tim Nielsen and team manager Steve Bernard.

It was a tough decision for Clarke, because both Symonds and Clarke are good friends.

Michael Hussey, vice-captain in Darwin and the man overlooked for skipper duties for the younger Clarke, praised him for making the big call at the risk of sacrificing his friendship with Symonds, which remains uncertain.

"It was very hard for him, he and Andrew are very good friends. But he seems to have handled it very well; he is the same person and hasn't got himself down about it. In a leadership position you will be required to make those tough calls, and he has done so," Hussey said.

Let us see what happens to him!! All the best Symonds!

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Andrew Symonds, 33, was caught in another controversy. He enters the list of bad boys in the game. He had a famous controversy with Harbhajan Singh. He then missed a bus for attending the training session.

Now, he entered another controversy by preferring to fishing than the team meeting.

Symonds was sent home from last week’s one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin after going fishing instead of attending a compulsory team meeting.

There was a question about Symonds committment to the Australian team? He never apologized or had taken any steps in correcting himself.

Cricket Australia will be deciding on his future.