All-rounder Andrew Symonds [Images] has vowed to regain his place in the Australia [Images] team after being dropped for disciplinary reasons.

Symonds was axed for the one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin this month after he missed a team meeting and went fishing. He was not selected for the tour of India starting next week because of the indiscretion.

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"I'm going through the process of trying to improve and become not only a better cricketer but a better person," Symonds told reporters at a training session for his state side Queensland in Brisbane on Tuesday.

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

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"I apologise for some of the things I've done over the last little bit, and hopefully I'll come out of it a better person and not make those mistakes in the future."