Australia have not been able to retain the 2011 World Cup since winning the World Cup three times in a row in 2007. It was then that the greats of Australia bid farewell to the national team.
The main issue in the news at the time was the dispute between the Australian national team members and Symonds and former captain Clarke. Now Symonds has revealed the reason for the breakdown.
“Clark and I were very close friends. We have batted together in many matches since Clark joined the team. I looked closely at Clark. So our relationship grew. Matthew Hayden has told me that when I started the IPL I got a huge amount of money which made Clarke a little jealous.
That’s what broke our friendship later. Money does a lot of things like this. Money is good, and poison at the same time. I still respect Clark so do not go into the details of things. The friendship between us was lost.
And I now adapt to it. But for the time being, I do not want to get caught up in the old things, ”said Symonds.