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Andrew Symonds is a late Australian cricketer. Andrew Symonds played a total of 26 Test matches, 198 ODIs and 14 T20Is representing his country, Australia.
Early life
Andrew Symonds was born on June 9, 1975, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. When he died, he was alone 46 years and had the birth sign of Gemini.
He holds Australian nationality and belongs to a multiracial ethnic group of African-Caribbean and Scandinavian (Danish/Swedish) descent. Meanwhile, she followed Christian nationality.
He was adopted by his English parents Ken Symonds and Barbara Symonds when he was three months old. And they moved to Australia when they were little. Additionally, he had an adopted sister, Louise Symonds, and two unadopted brothers.
Caption: Childhood photo of Andrew Symonds (Source: WikiBio)
As a child, Andrew spent his early childhood in Charters Towers, northern Queensland, where his father taught at the private fee-paying school All Souls St Gabriels, which Symonds attended.
From a very young age he showed sporting prowess. Much of his youth cricket was played for the Townsville Wanderers club, with father and son making the 270 kilometer round trip once or twice a week.
Education
Regarding his academic studies, he attended All Souls St Gabriels School and All Saints Anglican School in Australia. Later, she enrolled at Ballarat Clarendon College.
Andrew Symonds – Death
Symonds died in a single-vehicle traffic accident in Townsville, Queensland, on May 14, 2022. He died at the age of 46. According to Queensland Police, he was traveling on Hervey Range Road near the Alice River Bridge when his car left the road and overturned at approximately 10:30 pm local time. He was the only one in the car. Paramedics arrived and attempted to save Symonds, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Career
National League
Andrew Symonds made his professional cricket debut with the Queensland state team in the 1994-1995 season. For the team, he scored over 5,000 runs and took over 100 wickets. In the final of the 1998-99 Sheffield Shield season, he scored 113 and took four wickets in a losing cause. He was named man of the match in the 2002 Pura Cup final after scoring 123 runs and taking six wickets.
Additionally, he played for four English counties during his career: Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire and Surrey. He first appeared for an English county with Gloucestershire. Furthermore, he played for Ken between 1999 and 2004. He signed for Lancashire in July 2005 and for the rest of the English season he completed his duties as part of Australia’s ODI team.
In April 2010, he signed with Surrey to play in the Friends Provident t20 competition. He was signed by the Deccan Chargers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in February 2008 for $1,350,000, making him the second most expensive player in the league at the time.
During the 2008 edition, he hit 117 not out off 53 balls against Rajasthan Royals. He then got off to a good start in his third season, scoring two fifties in his first three games with the team in 2010. The Mumbai Indians signed him for $850,000 in 2011.
International career
In terms of his international career, he was originally qualified to play for England due to his place of birth and for the West Indies based on his ancestry. However, in 1995, he pursued an international career in Australia. On 10 November 1998 he made his international debut for Australia against Pakistan in a One Day International (ODI) in Lahore.
In his debut match against Pakistan, he scored 143* to guide Australia from 4/86 to 8/310, and Australia achieved a great victory and won all their matches to become world champions. He made his Test debut on the Australian tour of Sri Lanka in March 2004, after showing great form in One Day International cricket in 2003.
Caption: Andrew Symonds batting (Source: ESPNcricinfo)
He was an important member of two World Cup-winning teams. Symonds was a member of the teams that won the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2007 Cricket World Cup four years later. He batted in the middle order as a right-handed batsman and bowled at medium pace and off spin.
He continued to play for his national team.
He was subsequently called up in November 2005 after the injury to Shane Watson’s replacement. In 2005, the ICC named him a World ODI XI. He was named the 12th man in the World ODI XI by the ICC in the year 2006.
He was called up to the team after Damien Martyn retired during the 2006-07 Ashes series. Although he was named in Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad, he failed to play in the first games since rupturing his bicep batting against England in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series on 2 February 2007. The ICC nominated for the World ODI XI for his performances in 2008.
The cricketer was sent home from the 2009 World Twenty20 in June 2009, his third dismissal, suspension or dismissal from the team in a year. After his central contract was withdrawn, many cricket analysts thought that the Australian administrators would no longer agree with him.
During his international playing career, he played a total of 26 Test matches, 198 ODIs and 14 T20Is representing his country, Australia. In February 2012, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket to concentrate on his family life.
Publish career
On 21 June 2009, he played for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls against an all-star team that included Marcus Bai and Steve Renouf. In 2011, he represented Queensland in the inaugural ‘Legend of Origin’ match which helped flood victims in Queensland.
He starred in the 2011 Bollywood film “Patiala House” as himself. He was a competitor on the Indian reality show “Bigg Boss” in 2011, being the third international cricketer to appear on the show. Between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons he was a guest commentator on Big Bash matches.
World record
Previously, he held the world records for most six-hitters in a first-class innings (16) and most six-hitters in a first-class match (20), both set when he was 20 years old when playing for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan . His first innings score was 254 not out. He was named a member of Australia’s “best ever ODI team” as an all-rounder.
Net worth 2023
At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated to be around $5 million and he earned around $40,000 as a cricket commentator. He had earned that sum of money through his cricket career as well as commentating and other jobs.
civil status
Caption: Andrew Symonds with his wife, Laura Symonds, and their children (Source: CricTracker)
Andrew Symonds married Laura Symonds in 2014. The couple met in 2004 and began dating. With the marriage, the couple has a daughter named Chole and a son named Billy.
The couple was together until Andrew’s untimely death in May 2022. Previously, he was married to his childhood friend Brooke Marshall. However, the couple separated in 2005.
Body measurements
Caption: Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson showing off their muscular body (Source: ESPNcricinfo)
The former cricketer is 1.87 m (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs around 80 kg (176 lbs). Furthermore, he has a pair of gray eyes with a bald head and his body measurement is 44-34-14 inches.
Andrew Symonds – Social Media
The former cricket is no longer alive in the world and is not active on any social media site.
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