'Rehabing' Symonds booted out of bar for being too drunk.Byline: ANI Melbourne, Mar 23 (ANI): Trouble seems to be never ending for Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds Andrew Symonds (born 9 June, 1975, Birmingham, England)[1] is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage who moved to Australia with his parents, after they adopted him, when he was three months old.[2] Symonds is a right-handed batsman. undergoing rehab, who was reportedly asked to leave a Brisbane bar because he was too drunk. Cricket Australia Cricket Australia, formerly (and still often referred to as) the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. officials have already given Symonds a "last chance" warning over previous alcohol-related misdemeanours. An intoxicated Symonds was reportedly spotted being punted by security at the Watt Bar at the Powerhouse in New Farm, Brisbane, despite Queensland Cricket this morning saying his rehabilitation was on track. Symonds was celebrating with friends, including Bulls captain Chris Simpson Christopher Patrick Simpson (born 9 January, 1982) in Brisbane, Queensland, is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket. He is a right arm offbreak bowler and right handed batsman. Simpson attened villanova college. and girlfriend Katie Johnson. The group left without incident, the Daily Telegraph reported. The request for the group to leave came after Symonds accidentally broke a glass and was stumbling and calling out boisterously to his friends. Symonds also had a drink in each hand at one stage during the night. It is Symond's fifth off-field incident since August 2008, when he was infamously sent home from Darwin for missing a team meeting. He slept through a Queensland training session just three weeks into his comeback, and then became embroiled in an incident with a fan at the Normanby Hotel in late November. In February, he was fined for a six-minute interview with radio station Triple M during which he was under the influence of alcohol. Symonds has since been having counselling up to three times a week. A Cricket Australia spokesman thanked the paper for bringing the incident to his attention, but said only that: "Andrew continues to work through the rehabilitation process." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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