No joy for 'Roy'

From David Anderson, Australia
I was a late convert to the Andrew Symonds fan club and still only hold a junior member's ticket. For a long time I didn't think he was up to the job, especially in Test cricket but in the last few years he has proven me and a lot of other people wrong.

It's true that he made a major stuff up in 2005 when he turned up for an international match still half cut from the night before and since then there have been a couple of other misdemeanors of less consequence but he appears to be copping a fairly rare deal out of this Darwin fishing trip (mis)adventure. The report of the incident in Cricinfo states, "Symonds' passion for fishing is well documented and he took to the water early on Friday, the day before the first Bangladesh match. When a compulsory team meeting was called later that morning, Symonds did not know about it as he was already wetting a line. An optional training session was later held at the Marrara Cricket Ground, which he had already decided not to attend".

So lets see, he's out on the water on what is essentially a day off and some bright spark decides to call a team meeting after he has left and when he doesn't turn up he's hung out to dry by Cricket Australia and his buddies and made to look a complete tool by the Australian media. Come on, there's either a fair bit of detail missing from available reports or he has been treated rather poorly on this occasion.

If there's more to this story I'd like to read it.