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Meanwhile, the Ricky Pointing-led team, which face West Indies at the Oval on Saturday in the first match of their tournament, made a last minute call to Cameron White as a replacement for Symonds.
Symonds' absence robs Australia of one of the world's leading Twenty20 players. A hard hitting batsman, brilliant fielder and a bowler capable of both medium pace and spin, Symonds, who has figured in 198 ODIs and 26 Tests for Australia, averaging about 40 in both forms of the game, ought to be a captain's dream in this format.
However, Australia is no stranger to last minute withdrawals. On the eve of 2003 World Cup, star leg spinner Shane Warne was sent packing home for a doping offence but the team went on to win the title in South Africa at a canter.
According to team captain Ricky Ponting, Symonds proved to be a "big disappointment" and he has not only let himself down, but also "all his team-mates down and Cricket Australia down."
"He had set down some guidelines for himself and he has broken them repeatedly now. I'm not going to list the team rules, but there were several breaches," Ponting said.
"It probably throws the balance a little bit in our side but the beauty of our side is that there is a lot of flexibility within the group," he said.
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