Melbourne, Jun 12 (PTI) Beleaguered all-rounder Andrew Symonds' career was dealt another blow with Cricket Australia terminating his central contract after he was sent home from ICC World Twenty20 Championships in England following another alcohol-related incident.
CA said it had withdrawn Symonds name from the 25-man player list to be offered one-year contracts for the 2009-10 season and replaced him with pacer Shaun Tait.
"With Cricket Australia now withdrawing its previous contract offer to Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait has moved into a position where he has been offered a CA contract offer for 2009-10 under the rankings system CA uses to offer contracts to players," CA National Selection Panel chairman Andrew Hilditch said in a statement.
"Shaun (Tait) at his best is an important part of our one-day international and Twenty20 make-up and I'm sure he will now seize the opportunity presented to him with this offer of a further Australian contract," he added.
Symonds was originally offered a CA contract for 2009-10, however that offer has been revoked after a breach of team rules in the lead-up to the on-going ICC World Twenty20 being in England earlier this month.
CA operations manager Michael Brown, however, said that the Symonds is clear to play domestic cricket in Australia and hoped that the 34-year-old allrounder would continue to turn out for his home state Queensland. PTI
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