Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds

Symonds in 2008, sporting his trademark zinc oxide sunscreen on his lips
Personal information
Born	(1975-06-09)9 June 1975 Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Died	14 May 2022(2022-05-14) (aged 46) Hervey Range, Queensland, Australia
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia (1998–2009)
Test debut (cap 388)	8 March 2004 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	26 December 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 139)	10 November 1998 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 May 2009 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 11)	17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I	7 May 2009 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993/94–2009/10	Queensland
1995–1996	Gloucestershire
1999–2004	Kent
2005	Lancashire
2008–2010	Deccan Chargers
2010	Surrey
2011	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 26 198 227 424 Runs scored 1,462 5,088 14,477 11,099 Batting average 40.61 39.75 42.20 34.04 100s/50s 2/10 6/30 40/65 9/64 Top score 162* 156 254* 156 Balls bowled 2,094 5,935 17,633 11,713 Wickets 24 133 242 282 Bowling average 37.33 37.25 36.00 33.25 5 wickets in innings 0 1 2 4 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/50 5/18 6/105 6/14 Catches/stumpings 22/– 82/– 159/– 187/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Australia ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya Winner 2007 West Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2022

Andrew Symonds (9 June 1975 – 14 May 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, who played all three formats as a batting all-rounder. Commonly nicknamed "Roy", he was a key member of two World Cup–winning squads. Symonds was a part of the team that won both the 2003 Cricket World Cup and, four years later, the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Symonds played as a right-handed, middle-order batsman and alternated between medium pace and off-spin bowling. He was also notable for his exceptional fielding skills.

After mid-2008, Symonds spent significant time out of the team due to disciplinary reasons, including alcohol abuse.^[1] In June 2009, he was sent home from the 2009 World Twenty20, his third suspension, expulsion or exclusion from selection in the space of a year. His central contract was then withdrawn,^[2] and many cricket analysts speculated that the Australian administrators would no longer tolerate him and that Symonds might announce his retirement.^[3] Symonds eventually retired from all forms of professional cricket in February 2012, to concentrate on his family life.^[4]

In 2022, Symonds died in a single-vehicle car crash at Hervey Range, outside Townsville, Queensland. He was 46.^[5]