Brisbane, November 25:

Andrew Symonds’ word is no longer enough for his bosses, who will decide by Wednesday on his international cricket future after another alcohol-related incident.

Despite Symonds’ denial and backup from a hotel manager who said he witnessed the incident, Cricket Australia was proceeding with a detailed investigation on Tuesday into allegations that the troubled allrounder was involved in a bar fight on the weekend.

Symonds issued a statement denying reports of an altercation with a fan in a hotel after Australia’s first-Test win over New Zealand on Sunday. But Cricket Australia said its operations manager, Michael Brown, was continuing his investigation as Symonds travelled to

Adelaide to join the squad for the second Test and was expected to make a recommendation within 12-24 hours.

It said Symonds was expected to meet with chief executive James Sutherland when he arrived in Adelaide and a public statement was planned for Wednesday. The allegations came only a week after Symonds was recalled to the Australian lineup after being sent

home from the three-match limited-overs series against Bangladesh in Darwin in September for going fishing instead of attending a team meeting.

He was ordered to undergo counseling for that and a range of issues, including disenchantment with national cricket authorities over the handling of his racism allegations against Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh in January. He was sidelined for Australia’s four Test tour of India, where the Aussies surrendered the Border Gavaskar trophy 2-0.

Symonds has a checkered disciplinary record in the national team and was warned in September that his playing contract would be torn up if he misbehaved again. Symonds’ worst indiscretion occurred in 2005 when, after an all-night drinking binge, he reported still intoxicated for a limited-overs international against Bangladesh in Cardiff.

While the domestic media focussed on the potential threat to Symonds’ international career, veteran cricket writer and columnist Robert Craddock said the allrounder was in trouble because he didn’t learn from his mistakes.