Andrew Symonds, a free-spirited Aussie all-rounder, dies in a car accident

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Andrew Symonds on Saturday night after the car he was driving crashed in Queensland. andrew was 46 years old and is survived by his wife and two young children.

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Australian media quoted a police statement as saying that the car left at 11pm and overturned. “Paramedics team tried to rehabilitate the 46-year-old driver and only one inside. However, he died from his injuries. ”

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A member of the 2003 and 2007 World Cup winning teams, he will be remembered for his performance, and for India in the 2007-08 Monkeygate controversy.

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Symonds has played 26 Tests, 198 ODIs and 14 T20Is in 11-year career from 1998 to 2009. Born in Birmingham, he turned down the offer to play for England and opted for Australia.

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His numbers could have been much higher, but the free-spirited player was all about impact, not longevity. And he often violated the rules of cricket, finishing his Australian career early.

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Australian cricket lost a key third member of the team a few months ago. Last wicket-keeper Rod Marsh, 74, died of a heart attack in Adelaide on March 4

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Symonds was an important member of the good side of Australia, especially the ODIs, in the 2000s. It included Warne, Matthew Hayden, Ponting, Glenn McGrath, Gilchrist and Michael Clarke.

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