Table of Biography
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 9 June 1975, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, the United Kingdom. When he died, he was just 46 years old and had a birth sign of Gemini.
He holds Australian nationality and belongs to a multiracial ethnicity of African-Caribbean and Scandinavian (Danish/Swedish) descent. Meanwhile, he followed Christian nationality.
He was adopted by his English parents Ken Symonds and Barbara Symonds when he was three months of age. And, they moved to Australia as a toddler. Further, he had one adopted sibling, Louise Symonds, and two non-adopted siblings.
Caption: Andrew Symonds’s childhood photo (Source: WikiBio)
As a child, Andrew spent his early childhood life in Charters Towers, northern Queensland, where his father taught at the private fee-paying All Souls St Gabriels School, which Symonds attended.
At a young age, he showed sporting prowess. Much of his junior cricket was played for the Wanderers club in Townsville, with father and son making the 270-kilometre round trip once or twice a week.
Education
In terms of his academics, he attended All Souls St Gabriels School and All Saints Anglican School in Australia. Later, he enrolled at the Ballarat Clarendon College.
Andrew Symonds – Death
Symonds was killed in a single-vehicle road accident in Townsville, Queensland, on May 14, 2022. He died at the age of 46. According to Queensland Police, he was travelling on Hervey Range Road near the Alice River Bridge when his car left the road and rolled at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time. He was the only one in the car. Paramedics arrived and attempted to save Symonds, but he was pronounced dead at the location.
Professional Career
Domestic League
Andrew Symonds made his professional cricket debut for the Queensland state team in the 1994–95 season. For the team, he scored more than 5,000 runs and took more than 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. Moreover, he played for Ken from 1999 and 2004. He signed for Lancashire in July 2005 and for the rest of the English season having finished duties as part of Australia’s ODI squad.
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 US$1,350,000, making him the league’s second most expensive player at the time.
During the 2008 edition, he hit 117 not out from 53 balls against the Rajasthan Royals. He then had a strong start to his third season, scoring two 50s 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 birthplace, and West Indies according to his ancestry. However, in 1995, he pursued an international career in Australia instead. On November 10, 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 went on to a heavy victory and won all their matches to claim the World Cup. He made his Test debut on Australia’s 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 medium pace and off-spin.
Continued to play for his national team
Later, he was called up in November 2005 following the injury to Shane Watson’s replacement. In 2005, he was named the World ODI XI by the ICC. He was named the 12th man in the World ODI XI by the ICC in the year 2006.
He was recalled to the team after Damien Martyn retired during the 2006-07 Ashes series. Although he was included in Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad, he was unable to play in the first few games since he ruptured his biceps when batting against England in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series on February 2, 2007. The ICC nominated him to the World ODI XI for his performances in 2008.
This cricketer was sent home from the 2009 World Twenty20 in June 2009, his third expulsion, suspension, or expulsion from selection 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, 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.
Post Career
On June 21, 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 that 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 feature on the show. Between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons, he was a guest commentator for Big Bash matches.
World Record
Previously, he held the world records for the most sixes hit in a first-class inning (16) and the most sixes hit in a first-class match (20), both set as a 20-year-old when playing for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan. His score in the first inning was 254 not out. He was named to Australia’s “greatest ever ODI team” as an all-rounder.
Net Worth 2024
At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at around $5 million and earned around $40,000 as a cricket commentator. He had earned such a sum of money through his cricketing career as well as commentator and other works.
Relationship Status
Caption: Andrew Symonds with his wife, Laura Symonds, and their kids (Source: CricTracker)
Andrew Symonds married Laura Symonds in 2014. The couple met each other in 2004 and started 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 pair parted ways by 2005.
Body Measurements
Caption: Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Symonds, and Shane Watson showing their muscular body (Source: ESPNcricinfo)
The former cricketer stands 6 feet 1 inches tall (1.87 m) and weighs around 80 kg (176 lbs). In addition, he has a pair of grey 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 he is not active on any social media sites.