Symonds deserves sympathy not scorn

Andrew Symonds could lose his career over a radio prank. That is plain wrong, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian.

We listened to it online here in St Kitts and it was breathtaking in the way it unfolded. The interview, with Roy & HG of Sydney Olympics fame, had been arranged to publicise Symonds' work for the Leukaemia Foundation and was conducted down the line from his Gold Coast home. He had been to the pub beforehand but denies being drunk, something at odds with the perception. Clearly he was shedded, despite the early hour, and even more clearly he walked into a trap from which he was unable to extricate himself.