Controversial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds on Thursday was fined 4000 Australian Dollar by Cricket Australia (CA) over his radio interview in which he called New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum a "lump of s..t".
Symonds appeared before CA Code of Conduct senior commissioner Gordon Lewis here and pleaded guilty for breaching section nine of the board's code for detrimental public comment in a hearing that lasted two hours.
After the hearing, while speaking to the media Symonds said he accepted the penalty and again apologised to McCullum.
"Whilst the comments were intended to be light-hearted, I acknowledge that they were careless and as such I accept the fine that I have received today," the 33-year-old was quoted as saying by The Age.
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