Andrew Symonds – Bio, Net Worth, Death Cause, Wife, Age, Facts, Career

Andrew Symonds was an Australian former international cricketer, cricket commentator, and analyst who is famous for playing all three formats as a batting all-rounder. He was a key member of two World Cup-winning squads. He played as a right-handed, middle-order batsman and alternated between medium pace and off-spin bowling. Moreover, he was also notable for his exceptional fielding skills. He had represented his country in 26 Test matches, 198 ODIs, and 14 T20Is, between November 1998 and May 2009, as an all-rounder. He was an integral member of the Australian squads that had won the ICC Cricket World Cup in both 2003 and 2007, as well as the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006. His international career began unraveling in mid-2008. In June 2009, he was sent home from the ICC World Twenty20 event in England. This was his 3rd suspension/expulsion/exclusion from Australian selection in about 11 months. He did not play another international match for Australia after this and eventually retired from all forms of cricket in February 2012. After retirement, he had dabbled in cricket commentary and analysis sporadically, mostly in the BBL (Big Bash League) in Australia. He was nicknamed Roy, Symo. His nickname, Roy, was given by a coach, from early on in his career, who believed that Andrew resembled a local basketball player named Leroy Loggins. Sadly, he died in a single-vehicle car crash about 50 km (31 mi) outside Townsville, Queensland. 

Andrew Symonds Death Cause

On 14th May 2022, Andrew Symonds was killed in a single-vehicle road accident in Townsville, Queensland. He dies at 46. Queensland Police said in a statement that Symonds was driving on Hervey Range Road near the Alice River Bridge when his car left the road and rolled at around 10:30 pm local time. He was the only occupant of the car. Paramedics responded and attempted to revive him, but Symonds was pronounced dead at the scene. 

What is Famous For?

• Being an international cricketer.
• As an ODI player, he is known for scoring runs at an excellent strike rate of over 90, with the highest score of 156.

Where was Andrew Symonds From?

Andrew Symonds was born on 9th June 1975 in Birmingham, the UK. He held British nationality and his ethnicity was mixed as one of his biological parents was Afro-Caribbean, whereas another one was of European descent. He celebrated his 46th birthday as of 2021. Gemini was his zodiac sign as per his birth sign and his religion was Christianity. 

About his parents, he was adopted by an English couple, Ken and Barbara. Ken and Barbara took moved to Australia with Andrew Symonds when he was just three months old. He had one adopted sibling namely Louise Symonds and two non-adopted siblings. He spent the early part of his childhood in Charters Towers, northern Queensland, where his father taught at the private fee-paying All Souls St Gabriels School, which Symonds attended. He showed sporting prowess from a very early age. “Dad was cricket-mad. He’d throw balls to me five or six days a week, before school, after school. And we’d play all sorts of games inside the house with ping-pong balls and Christmas decorations.” Much of his junior cricket was played in Townsville for the Wanderers club, father and son making the 270-kilometer return trip sometimes twice a week. 

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Andrew Symonds Career Timeline

• Symonds made his debut for the Queensland state team in the 1994–95 season. He scored more than 5,000 runs and took more than 100 wickets for his state. 
• He was named Man of the Match in the 2002 Pura Cup final after scoring 123 runs and taking six wickets.
• He played for four English counties during his career—Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, and Surrey.
• His first appearance for an English county was with Gloucestershire. Between 1999 and 2004 Symonds played for Kent. In July 2005, he signed for Lancashire for the rest of the English season having finished duties as part of Australia’s ODI squad. In April 2010, he signed for Surrey to play in the Friends Provident t20 competition. 
• He was signed by the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Deccan Chargers in February 2008 for US$1,350,000, which made him the second most expensive player in the league at that time. 
• He scored 117 not out from 53 balls against Rajasthan Royals during the 2008 competition. 
• He next started the third season convincingly, scoring two 50s in his first three games with the side in 2010. 
• In 2011, he was contracted by Mumbai Indians for US$850,000. 
• Regarding his international career, he was 
• originally qualified to play for England due to it being the country of his birth, and West Indies due to his ancestry. 
• But in 1995, he decided that he wished to pursue an international career in Australia instead. 
• On 10th November 1998, his international debut came when he played in a One Day International (ODI) for Australia against Pakistan at Lahore.
• In the first match against Pakistan, he scored 143* to guide Australia from 4/86 to 8/310, and Australia went on to a heavy victory and won all their matches to claim the World Cup.
• In March 2004, he made his long-awaited Test debut on Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka after showing great form in One Day International cricket in 2003. 
• He was recalled in November 2005 following the injury to Shane Watson.
• For his performances in 2005, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.
• For his performances in 2006, he was named the 12th man in the World ODI XI by the ICC. 
• Following the retirement of Damien Martyn during the Ashes in 2006–07, Symonds was again recalled to the team. 
• Although he was selected in Australia’s 15-member World Cup squad but he was unavailable for selection for the first few matches because he ruptured his biceps while batting against England on 2 February 2007 in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series. Due to this, surgery was performed. 
• He missed the remainder of that tournament as well as the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy in New Zealand while Australia suffered their longest losing streak in over a decade. 
• He bowled the final ball of the 2007 Cricket World Cup that was hosted in the West Indies. The final was contested between Australia and Sri Lanka and was shortened to 38/36 overs per side due to rain throughout the day. Even the final few overs of the Sri Lanka innings were played in almost darkness.
• For his performances in 2008, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.
• Besides this, he played a game for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls against an all-star team featuring some noted players, including Marcus Bai and Steve Renouf on 21st June 2009. 
• In 2011 he played for Queensland in the inaugural ‘Legend of Origin’ match to support the victims of the Queensland floods.
• He played himself in the 2011 Bollywood movie “Patiala House”.
• He was a contestant on the Indian reality series “Bigg Boss” in 2011, the third international cricketer to have appeared on the show. 
• He worked as a guest commentator for Big Bash matches between the 2016–17 and 2018–19 seasons.

Andrew Symonds Controversaries and Dismissal

• In January 2008, Indian spin bowler Harbhajan Singh received a three-match ban after a complaint that he had racially abused Symonds during the third day of the Second Test at the SCG. It was alleged that Harbhajan called Symonds a “monkey” after Symonds confronted him over touching fellow Australian player Brett Lee.
• During the second final of the 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series against India on 4 March 2008, Symonds’s shoulder charged a male streaker who had entered the playing arena. Symonds, who had once considered a career in rugby league with the Brisbane Broncos, may have faced assault charges had the man taken legal action.
• He was set to play for Australia in the August 2008 series against Bangladesh in Darwin but was sent home to Queensland after missing a team meeting while out fishing. He was not selected for the Australian tour to India in October 2008.
• After Australia lost the test series in India two-nil, Symonds was recalled for the Test series against New Zealand in November 2008. 
• After then, on 22nd November, he was reported to have been involved in a pub brawl with another patron who had attempted to hug him and have his photo taken with the cricketer. 
• In early June 2009, Symonds was sent home from the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in England following “an alcohol-related incident”.
• Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland called a press conference to announce Symonds’ dismissal, which marked the end of his international cricket career. His Cricket Australia contract was also reviewed and later canceled. 
• In June 2009, he told Channel Nine’s Sixty Minutes that he was not an alcoholic but a binge drinker. “I go out and drink hard all in one hit – too fast, too much”, he said.

Andrew Symonds Achievements and Recognition

Tests

Debut: Against Sri Lanka at Galle, 2003–04

• Best Test bowling figures: 3/50 (vs South Africa, Melbourne, MCG, 2005–06).
• Best Test batting score: 162* (India, Sydney, SCG, 3 January 2008).

One Day Internationals

Debut: Against Pakistan, Lahore, 1998–99

• Best ODI bowling figures: 5/18 (Bangladesh, Manchester, Old Trafford, 2005)
• Best ODI batting score: 156 (New Zealand, Wellington, Westpac Stadium, 7 December 2005)

World records

• Previously, he held the world records for the most sixes hit during a first-class inning (16) and during a first-class match (20), both set while playing for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan as a 20-year-old. His first innings score was 254 not out.
• He was named as an all-rounder in Australia’s “greatest ever ODI team”.

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Who was Andrew Symonds married to?

Andrew Symonds was a married man. He married his beautiful ex-wife, Brooke Symonds in 2004 which lasted for a year. After that, no news about his relationship and affairs arose. Thus, he was living a single life at the time of his death. His sexual orientation was straight and he was not gay. 

How much was Andrew Symonds?

The net worth of the world’s best Australian cricketer, Andrew Symonds was estimated to have $5 Million at the time of his death. His main source of wealth comes from his cricket career. His annual salary was around $500K-$1 Million. He was living a cool life prior to his death. 

How tall was Andrew Symonds?

Andrew Symonds was a handsome man with a standing height of 6 ft 2 in. His body weight consisted of 80 Kg. His hair was bald and his eye color was brown. His body type was athletic. His other body measurement is still to get disclosed yet.