Andrew Symonds
| Full Name: | Andrew Symonds |
| Date of birth: | 09 / 06 / 1975 |
| Role: | All Rounder |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Right arm medium |
Latest News
- 21/12/10 - The Weekly Quiz
- 24/06/10 - Young Lion Roy smashes ton
- 18/06/10 - Swashbuckling Symonds destroys Kent
- 09/06/10 - Gloucestershire make light work of Surrey
- 05/06/09 - End Of The Road For Symonds
- 26/05/09 - Ashes Blunder
Career summary
- Test debut v Sri Lanka at Galle - March 2004.
- ODI debut v Pakistan at Lahore - November 1998.
- Solid allrounder whose brash nature has led to frequent disciplinary problems.
- Hit a world record 20 sixes for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan, aged 20-years-old.
- Once turned up barefoot and wearing a cowboy hat for a meeting with then chief executive of Cricket Australia, Malcolm Speed.
- Hit 143 not out in 125 balls against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup, helping Australia to victory in the tournament.
- Suspended for turning up drunk before Australia's embarrassing ODI loss to Bangladesh in 2005.
- Came into the Ashes 06/07 side after the retirement of Damien Martyn and scored 156 at the MCG to cement his place in the side.
- A major force as Australia clinched another World Cup crown in 2007.
- Was a victim of racist chants by Indian supporters during a one-day tour in 2007, and was then at the centre of the Harbhajan Singh controversy after he alleged that the offspinner had called him a monkey during the Sydney Test in 2007-08.
- Secured the most lucrative contract of all the non-Indian players in the inaugural IPL auction when Deccan Chargers bid US$1.35m.
- Dropped from the squad for going fishing instead of attending a team meeting, he missed an ODI series at home to Bangladesh and the subsequent tour of India.
- Returned at the beginning of the 2008-09 Australian summer but was forced to undergo knee surgery and missed the tour of South Africa.
- Played a part in Deccan Chargers' 2009 IPL victory under the captaincy of his former Australia teammate Adam Gilchrist.
- Returned to the Australian side for the World Twenty20 but was sent home after breaking a drinking ban which was made a part of his contract due to numerous alcohol-related indiscretions. He had already been left out of the Ashes squad.
- Stripped of his national contract, Symonds admitted that he had a binge drinking problem but denied being an alcoholic.
June 2009
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 2004-2008 |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Innings: | 41 |
| Not Outs: | 5 |
| Runs: | 1462 |
| Highest Score: | 162 |
| Average: | 40.61 |
| 50s: | 10 |
| 100s: | 2 |
| Ducks: | 4 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 24 |
| Stumped Out: | 1 |
| Innings Bowled: | 41 |
| Overs: | 349.0 |
| Maidens: | 81 |
| Runs Conceded: | 896 |
| Wickets: | 24 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 37.33 |
| Economy Rate: | 2.57 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 3/50 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 1999-2009 |
| Matches: | 199 |
| Innings: | 162 |
| Not Outs: | 32 |
| Runs: | 5142 |
| Highest Score: | 156 |
| Average: | 39.55 |
| 50s: | 31 |
| 100s: | 6 |
| Ducks: | 15 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 80 |
| Stumped Out: | 3 |
| Innings Bowled: | 159 |
| Overs: | 993.0 |
| Maidens: | 30 |
| Runs Conceded: | 4990 |
| Wickets: | 136 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 1 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 36.69 |
| Economy Rate: | 5.03 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 5/18 |
