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Andrew Symonds

Full name: Andrew Symonds

Born: 9th June 1975, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Teams: Australia (Test: 2003/04-2008/09); Australia (ODI: 1998/99-2008); Australia (Int Twenty20: 2004/05-2007/08); Queensland (Main FC: 1994/95-2008/09); Gloucestershire (Main FC: 1995-1996); Kent (Main FC: 1999-2004); Lancashire (Main FC: 2005); Queensland (Main ListA: 1993/94-2008/09); Gloucestershire (Main ListA: 1995-1996); Kent (Main ListA: 1999-2004); Lancashire (Main ListA: 2005); Kent (Main Twenty20: 2003-2004); Lancashire (Main Twenty20: 2005); All teams

Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year: 1995

Kent cap: 1999

Lancashire cap: 2005

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Andrew Symonds congratulates Mike Hussey after victory over Ireland

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Tall and burly as his dear friend Mathew Hayden, he shares the similar passions with him that is fishing, besides hitting the bowlers out of the park. And he has a penchant for hitting sixes, for that is how he first caught attention, batting for Gloucestershire at age 20, he smashed 16 sixes in an innings against Glamorgan and 20 in all for the match, a record. He has been demolishing bowling attacks ever since. He has gotten many opportunities in the international team, based on his fearsome reputation alone, but he has let them go with much callousness and after almost five years after making his ODI debut against Pakistan, he was yet to cement his place in the final eleven. However his innings against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup changed things and that game has become a turn around in his career. This reflects in his statistics, as till the he averaged just a paltry 23 but ever since that match, he has averaged more than 45. Now he has become the side's most valuable player, which is shown from the fact that after he was injured in the 2006-07 season, the Australian ODI team struggled to their worst losing streak in a decade. But Symonds returned from injury mid-World Cup in 2007 and helped his team set up a second consecutive triumph. Born in Birmingham, Symonds could have played for England but dreamed only of wearing the baggy green. In 2004, he made his debut against Sri Lanka, but wasn’t too successful and searched in vain to find consistency in the Tests too. Given an opportunity when Shane Watson was injured and Damien Martyn retired, he appeared in his first Ashes series and scored a career best in his second game with 156 at the MCG.

The past year has been easily his best, with 777 runs in nine Tests against Sri Lanka, India and West Indies. The high was an unbeaten 162 in the first innings at the SCG, which was quickly followed by the low of a lengthy race row involving Harbhajan Singh. The problems did not prevent him becoming the most popular overseas player at the Indian Premier League auction, where he sold for US$1.35m, and he had four games with the Deccan Chargers. After the tournament he switched back into five-day mode and a pair of half-centuries in the tight opening contest with West Indies showed his growing batting maturity and sense of security at Test level. By the end of the campaign his average was a respectable 44.65. However, his off-field attitude continued to be a problem and the last straw came when he went fishing in Darwin when he should have been at a team meeting in the lead-up to an ODI series against Bangladesh. Symonds was sent home from the series and not picked for the tour of India in late 2008.
Profile DateLine: 3rd June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	24	37	5	1341	162*	41.90	2	9	66.02	21

Test Career Bowling (2003/04-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Australia	2010	77	872	24	3-50	36.33	0	0	83.75	2.60

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1994/95-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	220	365	33	14239	254*	42.88	40	63	157

First-Class Career Bowling (1994/95-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	17231	693	8555	237	6-105	36.09	2	0	72.70	2.97

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	193	157	33	5006	156	40.37	6	29	92.80	80

One-Day International Career Bowling (1998/99-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	5827	29	4861	129	5-18	37.68	2	1	45.17	5.00

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	416	370	51	10951	156	34.32	9	63	181

One-Day Career Bowling (1994/95-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	11545	70	9237	278	6-14	33.22	2	4	41.52	4.80

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	13	10	4	337	85*	56.16	0	2	170.20	3

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004/05-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	185	0	277	8	2-14	34.62	0	0	23.12	8.98

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	30	26	8	941	117*	52.27	2	5	180.26	14

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	468	1	674	17	2-14	39.64	0	0	27.52	8.64

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia Under-19s	3	5	0	343	163	68.60	1	2	2

Youth Test Career Bowling (1993/94)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Australia Under-19s	216	2	145	2	2-88	72.50	0	0	108.00	4.02

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia Under-19s	3	3	0	42	31	14.00	0	0	1

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1993/94)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia Under-19s	180	0	146	2	1-48	73.00	0	0	90.00	4.86