Monkeygate may have shortened Andrew Symonds’ international career by as much as five years, according to those close to him.
when they shared the Mumbai dressing room during the 2011 edition of the IPL, but the greatest victims of the Monkeygate saga three years before were cricket lovers.’ international career was shortened by as much as five years, according to the estimates of some teammates, at a time when an Australian XI in transition dearly needed him.
“Roy never talked about it happening in cricket, but he talked about his school, growing up in Charters Towers and how he would get ‘f--- where have you come from’. That’s going to cause you a few scars as a young kid, not knowing where you really fit in. “The captain was made to look like a fool, and the other players, and I was too, and that should never have happened. It was just a really ugly incident, where if the truth and honesty and common sense had prevailed, there would have been a punishment for a player, it would have been dealt with and it would have set a precedent for the future. But I don’t think it’s done that.
That was toughest of all for the senior Australian figures who had worked closely with Symonds and seen him grow as a cricketer and a leader to that point. Then coach Tim Nielsen, manager Steve Bernard and captain Ricky Ponting found themselves having to sack a cricketer they loved.“It’s still one of the hardest things I’ve ever been involved with, because of the respect I have for him as a person and as a cricketer and what I thought he brought to a team,” Nielsen said.
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