We all know about Andrew Symonds’ love for alcohol, getting drunk and eventually getting into fights. Living upto the expectations, the Australian all-rounder has found himself amidst another one of his drunken brawls and controversies, which never seem to leave him aside.
This time Andrew Symonds has reportedly picked up a fight with a layman in the pub of the famous Normanby Hotel in Brisbane, Australia. On Sunday evening, when he was drinking with his friends and other players to celebrate the 149 run victory over New Zealand in the first test at Ghaba, he got into a physical altercation with a man from the public.
Symonds, however, as usually denied the allegations, stating that he got into the fight only because he had been provocated by the other guy. According to him, at first he tried to walk out of the situation but the fight was caused because of the persistent nature of the other bloke. His claims were backed by the manager of the hotel.
Quite frankly, with the track record Symonds has maintained of getting into trouble, who in the world will find his words worth trusting?! His weird and erratic behavior has kept him in the limelight for reasons one wouldn’t like to be known for.
In the 2007 World Cup, he claimed that he had been set up by somebody, when a guy slapped him in the parking lot and had a camera to record Symonds’ reaction! In 2005, he was banned for 2 matches when he showed up drunk for an ODI against Bangladesh! His immense unpopularity in India was the result of an argument between him and Harbhajan, in which he claimed that the later used a derogatory term, ‘monkey’ for him, this very year in January.
Whatever one may perceive of him, the ‘troubled child’ or the ‘trouble child’ of the Aussie team, controversies seem to ADORE this chap.
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