CA advised its selection panel not to consider Andrew Symonds for selection till he completes rehabilitation.

Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland today announced that Symonds will be unavailable for consideration for selection for the South Africa Test tour this month and will need to satisfy formal rehabilitation criteria before again being made available for international selection, a Cricket Australia press release says.

Mr Sutherland said CA had again assessed Symonds progress with after the player was fined $4000 for a Code of Behaviour breach relating to detrimental public comment late last month.

"Our assessment is that he is making good progress but that his commitment needs testing against new, tougher criteria we will finalise after consultation with his counselors, the ACA and Queensland Cricket," he said.

"We have a responsibility to Andrew and his welfare but we also have a responsibility to Australian cricket to ensure his commitment is as it needs to be before he can be considered for national selection," the CEO added.

Feedbacks taken from various bodies

In reaching to this decision, Mr Sutherland took feedbacks from the state, national players and Australian team management supporting that Symonds was making good progress with the rehabilitation program he is undertaking.

Mr Sutherland said he had advised Andrew Symonds of the decision taken.

Rehabilitation criteria are likely to include:

* Symonds review and re-affirm his personal documented commitments
* The counselling program is increased in concentration and treated as a priority above Symonds CA and QC commitments
* Formal fortnightly rehabilitation progress reports are made to CA

Sutherland also said that CA would again review Symonds' progress at the end of the Sheffield Shield season, which is prior to the National Selection Panel, selection of its squad for the Australia-Pakistan ODI series to be played from April.


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