Former Australia cricketer and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds failed in an auto crash on Saturday night.
The 46- time-old was the sole passenger in the crash just outside of Townsville in his home state of Queensland, police verified.
“ Early information indicates, shortly after 11 pm the auto was being driven on Hervey Range Road, near Alice River Bridge when it left the thruway and rolled,” the police statement verified.
Exigency services tried to revive the 46- time-old motorist and sole inhabitant, still, he failed of his injuries.“ The Forensic Crash Unit is probing.”
Symonds equaled40.61 with the club from 26 Tests for his country, but was maybe more well known for his exploits in white-ball justice.
He featured in 198 ODIs — scoring six centuries and 30 half-centuries — while also contributing 133 lattices with his further than handy out - spin and medium pace.
It was at the 2003 World Cup where Symonds burst onto the stage with maybe his topmost innings as he burned Pakistan with an unbeaten 143 in Johannesburg beforehand in the event and helped Australia remain unbeaten and master India in a one-sided final.
The swashbuckling right-hander was also part of the victorious World Cup side at the 2007 World Cup in West Indies as Australia claimed their fourth 50-over World Cup title.
Symonds also played 14 T20I for Australia, managing 337 runs and eight lattices.
He was the third former Australian cricketer to tragically pass down in 2022 after champion leg-incentive Shane Warne failed from a heart attack in Thailand in March.
Former wicket keeper Rod Marsh also passed away from a heart attack before this time. Former Australian captain Allan Border was among those to pay homage to Symonds on Sunday. Border said Symonds“hit the ball a long way and just wanted to entertain”.“ He was, in a way, a little “bit” of an old-fashioned cricketer,” Border told the Nine Network.
“ He was an adventurer, loved his fishing, he loved hiking, camping. People liked his veritably laid-aft style.”
In 2008, Symonds missed Australia’s one-day series against Bangladesh after going fishing when he was needed to attend a platoon meeting. He also was chastened previous to the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup for violating platoon rules around alcohol.
With dreadlocks and his face daubed with zinc cream, Symonds always cut a flamboyant figure in the Australian platoon
The cricketing world paid paeans to the fleeting soul. From his former Aussie teammates Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist to his rivals on the field and musketeers Harbhajan Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal posted their paeans on social media.
Not to forget, Symonds was a limited-overs great, who won numerous matches for Australia with the club and ball. What made Symonds a must-have in the playing XI was his fielding.
In his homage post, Ponting wrote"If Roy shook your hand you had his word, that is the kind of guy he was and that is why I always wanted him on my platoon. An extraordinary player and indeed more mortal being. Can not believe he is gone.
"RIP the legend"
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