"The Western Australian Cricket Association is looking into a disciplinary breach by Retravision Warriors batsman Luke Pomersbach, who failed to attend an intra-squad practice match at Stevens Reserve in Fremantle, scheduled to commence yesterday," the WACA said in a statement. "The WACA will be making no further comment until the matter has been fully investigated and finalised."
Pomersbach, who turns 27 this week, was suspended by Western Australia in August 2009, when he avoided a jail sentence after admitting to assaulting a police officer who was trying to arrest him for drink-driving. The then state coach Tom Moody said at the time that Pomersbach was on his last chance.
Earlier in 2009 he had been suspended and fined after failing to show up for a club match, while in 2007, Pomersbach and Shaun Marsh were suspended indefinitely after a late-night drinking session in the lead-up to a state match. While Marsh, who is now part of Australia's Test team, credited the ban as the wake-up call he needed, Pomersbach's disciplinary issues continued.
Pomersbach made a surprise international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 match against New Zealand in Perth in December 2007, after Brad Hodge suffered a back spasm in the rooms before the match. Pomersbach has not played for Australia since then and has been in and out of the Western Australia side over the past few years.
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