Symonds and Clarke were very close in Pup’s early years in the Test team, however, their relationship soured.

Symonds said he was disappointed he and Clarke were no longer close but he was comfortable with the dissolution of the friendship.  

“It's a shame Michael Clarke and I fell out, but I don’t lose any sleep over it. With what’s happened, between then and now, I’m not even interested in talking to him,” Symonds said in a column for Newscorp.

“I’ve read snippets from his book and I’ve written two books myself, and what I will say is every story I wrote about another player I made sure they read it before I put it to print.

“Some of the stories he’s telling just aren’t accurate.

“In his book he says I aspired to be Australian captain. I remember saying as a throwaway line that if Punter was injured or rested, Adam Gilchrist was being rested and Matthew Hayden was injured, then “I could captain the team for a couple of games until they get themselves right”.

“That was it. Ricky was the captain of the Australian cricket team and that was the end of it.

“I never wanted to be skipper.

“It’s unfortunate Michael hasn’t gone to people first before writing these things or hasn’t been able to because his friendships aren’t strong enough.”