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Andrew Symonds
full name: |
Andrew Symonds |
bio: |
Australian cricketer, but still a curly-haired Queensland larrikin. |
also known as: |
Roy |
family: |
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born: |
June 9, 1975, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
physical attributes: |
Height: 1.87 m |
playing attributes: |
Bowling Styles: Right-arm medium and Right-arm offbreak
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat |
teams / clubs: |
Australia, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Queensland |
debut: |
- His test debut was versus Sri Lanka at Galle - Mar 8-12, 2004
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achievements: |
- One-Day International Player of the Year - 2005
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personal bests:
(as at the end of 06/07) |
- Highest Test Score: 156
- Best Bowling figures: 3-50
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what you may not know: |
- Legend has it that Symonds once turned up barefoot and wearing a cowboy hat for a contract meeting with Cricket Australia's then-chief executive Malcolm Speed
- He was suspended for turning up drunk before Australia's embarrassing loss to Bangladesh on an Ashes tour
- As he was born in Birmingham, Symonds could have played for England
- He lists his best friends as teammate Michael 'Pup' Clarke
- His favorite food is Sea food and anything barbecued, and his favorite pastime is fishing in the sea.
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