How did Andrew Symonds die?

Andrew Symonds was an Australian worldwide cricketer, who played all three formats as a batting all-rounder. He was born on 9 June 1975. Symonds was adopted by Ken and Barbara, they moved to Australia immediately after his adoption, when he was three months.

He was a vital member of two World Cup-winning squads. Symonds played as a right-handed, middle-order batsman and rotated between medium pace and off-spin bowling.

He was also known for his extraordinary fielding skills.

Andrew attended a private fee-paying All Souls St Gabriels School in Charters Towers, northern Queensland where his dad, Ken taught during his childhood and 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. He had two kids; his ex-wife Brooke Symonds and his current wife Laura. There are Chloe Symonds and Billy Symonds.

Chloe is his daughter and eldest child, and Billy is his son. Symonds was qualified to play for England, It is the country of his birth, and West Indies due to his ancestry, in 1995 he decided to go after an international career for Australia.

He first appeared internationally on 10 November 1998, when he played in a One Day International (ODI) for Australia against Pakistan at Lahore. As an ODI player, he is known for scoring runs at an excellent strike rate of over 90, with the highest score of 156.

He secured his place in the team in Australia’s opening match of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, being given a lifeline before the start of the tournament when captain Ricky Ponting publicly called for his selection in the team after allrounder Shane Watson had to withdraw due to injury.

Australia had no choice but to pick Symonds. In the first match against Pakistan, Symonds 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.

Symonds became consistently effective and a core member of the ODI team. In March 2004, Symonds made his long-awaited Test appearance on Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka after showing great form in One Day International cricket in 2003, and he took the place of Simon Katich, who had scored a century and unbeaten fifty in Australia’s previous Test.

Tests were in favour of Katich. He was recalled in November 2005 following the injury to Shane Watson, as Australia’s search for an all-rounder continued. After five Tests, with a batting average of 12.62 and a bowling average of 85.00, his position in the team was under a cloud until the 2005 Boxing Day Test.

On the first day of the match, he was out caught behind for a golden duck. Then, with his batting average threatening to drop under 10 and bowling average pushing 100, Symonds took 3/50 in the South African first innings before blasting 72 off 54 balls in the second innings (including a new Australian record for the fastest Test fifty—40 balls) and taking 2/6.

For his achievements in 2005, he was named to the World ODI XI by the ICC.

How Did Andrew Symonds Die?

The retired Australian International cricketer died on Saturday night,14 May 2022 at age 46 in a car accident outside Townsville in northern Queensland. It is understood that he was driving up a Hervey Range near Alice River Bridge when the car turned left and rolled.

Paramedics got there but couldn’t revive him, he was the only person in the car.