He was always the enforcer for whoever he was playing for and I was the enforcer for Surrey, so we just clashed. Everyone on the county circuit thought I was a bit of a bully, I used to hand out a lot of abuse. He handed it out, I gave it back and it always escalated. It got to the point where both teams would just be waiting for it to happen. And it never disappointed. He was suddenly the talk of the county circuit, and not all of it complimentary.
Symonds responded by thumping his third century of the campaign — not out from deliveries, including 22 boundaries. And, from a selfish point of view, it would have been good to have him play for Gloucester for 10 or 20 years.
We had an ulterior motive! Symonds even received a rare invite to dinner at the Russell residence. It remains the highest strike rate ever recorded by a batsman who has passed 1, runs in an English summer. In a match at Hove, a ferocious cut shot from Symonds struck a supporter in the head, and when she resumed her position after treatment, sporting a badly bruised cheekbone and a black eye, his bat picked her out again, this time hitting the woman square on the thigh.
Symonds sent her flowers and a note by way of apology. He declined the invitation. Despite being tagged a mercenary by many in the English game, Symonds was keen to continue his county career until Australia came calling, and he signed a three-year deal with Gloucestershire ahead of the campaign.
Players thrive off that and he would have been perfect for England in that respect. There was a lot more money in the English game at that stage but he backed himself to go back and get into that great Australian side. That was a very patriotic and brave decision. Lost and desperate, he even contemplated a switch to rugby league, briefly training with the Brisbane Broncos after making a late night call to their coach Wayne Bennett.
Heading into that tournament he had a batting average of He let him have a bit of free rein. And Symmo repaid him. Symonds was one of the stars of the World Cup, taking the Player of the Match award for his unbeaten 91 in the semi-final victory over Sri Lanka and averaging across the tournament as Australia defended their title.
For the next five years he was one of the most consistent one-day batsmen in the world, averaging 48 from the start of the World Cup to the end of , and he became increasingly useful with the ball, offering either medium-pace or off-spin. Consider closure of schools: Air quality body to UP Kerala clocks 5, daily Covid cases, 65 deaths Red alert issued for Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur Defence Ministry issues fresh list of banned firms.
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Post his playing days, Andrew Symonds also made several appearances across pop-culture media. In , the two-time World Cup winner took part in the fifth season of the popular Indian reality television show Bigg Boss.
He also made a guest appearance as himself in a Bollywood movie Patiala House , starring Akshay Kumar in a leading role. Surprisingly, ever since his retirement from the game, Symonds' personal life has not been highlighted much in the media, having divorced his ex-wife Brooke in He is said to have three children.
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