Symonds repentant over conduct

Andrew Symonds last played for Australia during the tour of West Indies

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Andrew Symonds is determined to win back his place in the Australia side after apologising for the ‘gone fishing’ incident ahead of the one-day series against Bangladesh.

Symonds was sent home from Darwin prior to the clashes against the Asian nation after opting to go fishing rather than attend a team meeting.

The Queensland all-rounder was consequently left out of the squad to tour India and sent for counselling.

“Since being stood down from the Australian cricket team, (there have been) a number of hand brakes I've realised that have been preventing me being the best player, team-mate and person I can be," Symonds said.

"Since that's happened, I'm going through the process of trying to improve and become a better not only cricketer but a better person.

"I'm looking forward to the challenge of taking up playing cricket again for my club, state and country, hopefully."

Symonds, 33, expressed his regret over the recent events which had led him to being ostracised from the national team.

"I'd like to apologise to those people who I've let down, family members, friends, mates, sponsors and fans," he added.

"I apologise for some of the things I've done over the last little bit and hopefully after this next little bit, I come out of it a better person and won't make these mistakes in the future."

Australia's highly anticipated tour of India is scheduled to get under way on October 2 when the tourists tackle an as-yet unnamed opponent in a four-day tour match.

The first Test begins on October 9 at Bangalore.