Former Australian cricket all-rounder Andrew Symonds has died in a road accident. This two-time World Cup-winning cricketer died 41 days after his teammate Shane Warne died last month.
The former star cricketer was driving his car in Queensland around 11pm on Saturday. The car lost control and overturned while taking a left turn from Alice River Bridge near Harvey Range Road. Symonds was alone in the car. His death has been confirmed by Queensland Police and Cricket Australia (CA).
The two-time World Cup-winning cricketer died 41 days after his teammate Shane Warne died last month.
Cricket Australia (CA) chairman Lalchan Henderson has said in the death of Symonds that Australian cricket has lost another best cricketer of all time. Andrew was a very talented cricketer who helped bring success to Australia’s World Cup and enriched Queensland’s cricket history.
Doctors did their best to save Symonds, who died at the age of 46. But doctors said he could not be saved due to serious injuries.
Symonds won the World Cup for Australia in 2003 and 2007. Symonds made his international debut in 1998 with an ODI against Pakistan. He made his Test debut in 2004. He has scored 1,462 runs in 26 Tests at an average of 40.61. He took 24 wickets with the ball. He took 133 wickets with 5,088 runs in 198 ODIs.
