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Symonds in trouble for bad mouthing McCullum

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Posted: Jan 24, 2009 at 1014 hrs IST
      

Melbourne: Controversial all-rounder Andrew Symonds could be in soup again as Cricket Australia has taken note of his bizarre radio rant, in which he labelled big-hitting Kiwi Brendon McCullum a "lump of s... ".

Symonds made the comments live on air on radio station network Triple M and the show hosts were heard giggling as he babbled on about McCullum and Matthew Hayden's wife, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.

Symonds had taken a swipe at NSW for signing McCullum at the expense of a local player for the KFC Big Bash Twenty20 final against Victoria. "They're trying to use him (McCullum) as the out because he's a Kiwi. Yep, we love to hate them, but he's the lump of s..., sorry, lump of cow dirt, that people are thinking of," Symonds had told the show hosts.

"It doesn't matter about McCullum, mate, he could have been Irish, he still would have got it. It's not his fault, he's doing his job and trying to earn a wage. "But what happened here is an injustice. Daniel Smith, his opposite number was going to miss out. But they said this morning that Daniel Smith is going to play, but at the end of day somebody is still going to miss out," Symonds said.

Asked about his 'good mate' and recently-retired Matthew Hayden's cooking, Symonds replied that he takes a "side glance at Hayden's wife" as "it helps the meal go down amply well". CA spokesman Peter Young said he had forwarded the recording of the show to acting chief executive Michael Brown.

Symonds has had a tumultuous last 12 months, which had seen him being sent home for missing a team meeting in the 'gone fishing' affair, followed by a Brisbane pub brawl. The latest stunt is likely to cause him more problems as he tries to make a comeback into the Test team for the South Africa tour next month.

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