10 Brashest cricketers - The flamboyant stars

9. Andrew Symonds:

Since mid-2008, he spent most of the time out of the team, due to disciplinary reasons, including alcohol. In June 2009 he was sent home from the 2009 World Twenty20, his third suspension, or exclusion from selection in the space of a year. His central contract was then withdrawn and many cricket analysts speculated that the Australian administrators would no longer tolerate him, and that Symonds’ might announce his retirement. On 16 February 2012, Symonds’ announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, in an attempt to concentrate on his family life. “Symo” as he is popularly referred to was also involved in the infamous, “Monkeygate” episode of 2008 during the Sydney Test.