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Full name Andrew Symonds
Born June 9, 1975, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Current age 30 years 34 days
Major teams Australia, Gloucestershire, Kent, Queensland
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 2 4 0 53 24 13.25 119 44.53 0 0 6 0 4 0
ODIs 124 96 19 2833 143* 36.79 3157 89.73 2 15 260 48 48 0
Twenty-20 Int. 2 2 0 32 32 16.00 15 213.33 0 0 1 0
First-class 180 303 28 11646 254* 42.34 34 48 129 0
List A 321 283 36 7903 146 31.99 3 45 135 0
Twenty-20 12 12 1 354 112 32.18 160 221.25 1 1 8 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 2 144 85 1 1/68 1/68 85.00 3.54 144.00 0 0 0
ODIs 124 4245 3413 93 5/18 5/18 36.69 4.82 45.64 2 1 0
Twenty-20 Int. 2 36 47 3 2/14 2/14 15.66 7.83 12.00 0 0 0
First-class 180 13162 6724 181 6/105 37.14 3.06 72.71 2 0
List A 321 8917 6880 223 6/14 6/14 30.85 4.62 39.98 2 4 0
Twenty-20 12 230 280 10 2/14 2/14 28.00 7.30 23.00 0 0 0
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Test debut Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle - Mar 8-12, 2004 scorecard
Last Test Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy - Mar 16-20, 2004 scorecard
ODI debut Pakistan v Australia at Lahore - Nov 10, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
Twenty-20 Int. debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - Feb 17,
2005 scorecard
Last Twenty-20 Int. England v Australia at Southampton - Jun 13,
2005 scorecard
First-class span 1994/95 - 2004/05
List A span 1993/94 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2003 - 2005
Andrew Symonds brings gusto to whatever he does,
whether firing down offbreaks or mediums, hurling his ungainly bulk
round the outfield or vigorously ruffling the bowler's hair at the
celebration of a wicket. He saves his loudest grunt for his batting,
where he is that rarest of modern-day creatures - an unabashed
six-hitter - in the mould of a George Bonnor or a Colin Milburn or a
David Hookes. Batting for Gloucestershire at 20, he scythed 16 sixes
in the first dig (a world record) against Glamorgan at Abergavenny,
20 for the match (another first), and then announced he couldn't
care less about the milestone; he wanted only to help his team. He
has been matter-of-factly demolishing attacks ever since. His flaw
has been to attempt one six too many - invariably off the wrong
ball. "I used to hate watching him bat," his old coach Toot Byron
lamented recently. "He wasn't in control of his shot-selection ...
he'd get 24 off an over and then go out on the last ball of that
over." Legend has it that Symonds, a curly-haired Queensland
larrikin, once turned up barefoot and wearing a cowboy hat for a
contract meeting with Cricket Australia's then-chief executive
Malcolm Speed. During almost five years in and out of the one-day
side he frittered away golden opportunities galore. One day changed
everything. Striding out with his team in turmoil against Pakistan
in the 2003 World Cup, a game and tournament he never expected to
play in, Symonds sculpted a masterly 143 not out in 125 balls. Until
that day, he had mustered just 762 one-day runs at only 23; ever
since he has averaged over 50. "In the past," he admits, "I was a
man without a map when I went out to bat." Born in Birmingham,
Symonds could have played for England but dreamed only of wearing
the baggy green. In 2004 his fantasy was fulfilled in decidedly
unGabbalike surroundings: the crackling minefields of Sri Lanka. He
batted gamely without looking altogether comfortable, and was dumped
after two Tests. If this really is the end, though, you'd bank on
him going out the same way he always does - with a bang.
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