Are the days of wilderness for Symonds over and is the time of redemption just round the corner? If his selection into the Australian squad is some indication, indeed it seems to be the case. Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors of the Australian team on the eve of inclusion of his name in the Aussie squad issued a veiled threat to Symonds that the crunch time had come for him. He either has to perform or he would perish.

The last opportunity that has been provided to Symonds is based on the contribution that he had made to the Australian team and the time has come for him to capitalize on it with both the hands, as was asserted by Hilditch. Symonds has this innate quality of not going out of the news even though he is not playing cricket for team Australia. The drunken brawls that he indulges in, hit the news internationally on a regular basis and this must have peeved the Australian selection committee, and it would have forced them to issue such kind of an advisory to Symonds.

For any team, on his day, Symonds is indeed an asset, and this must have been the factor for his selection. As it was informed by the chairman of the selection committee of Australia Symonds would be under scanner and if he performs really well then he can find a place for himself in the Aussie squad for the T20 World Cup in June.    

Inclusion of Symonds into the squad has been welcomed by the Australian captain Ricky Ponting and he was quoted as saying that sheer presence of Symonds in the squad gives a new high to the Aussies. For Symonds, it is now or never, he has to forget the past and taking inspiration from the quote “tomorrow is another day”, rededicate to the cause of cricket. After all, the name that he has for himself is only owing to cricket, and cricket needs him as he is one of the few mavericks alive in the game that provide the vibrancy to it.

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