Full name         : Andrew Symonds

 Born                 : 9 June 1975, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

 Current age     : 31 years  

 Major teams    : Australia, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Queensland

 Nick Name       : Roy

 Batting style    : Right-hand bat

 Bowling style   : Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak





Andrew Symonds is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage who moved to Australia with his parents when he was one year old. Andrew Symonds was born in England, but chose to play for Australia. He has so far represented Australia in 10 Tests and 146 ODIs. Symonds is a talented, powerful, right-handed batsman. He can also bowl off spin or medium pace, making him a good all-rounder. He is an outstanding fielder as well. He is very agile for his size and weight has, excellent reflexes, is able to take catches well and has a powerful and accurate throwing arm.

As a brilliant all-rounder, Andrew Symonds has been a great discovery for Australia in the recent past. Since making his debut for the Queensland state team in the 1994-1995 season, Symonds has scored over 10,000 runs in first-class cricket. He opted to represent Australia despite being eligible for both England and West Indies. He made his One-day International debut for Australia in 1998 but was not consistent, leading to him being often left out from the side. But everything changed in the 2003 World Cup when in a match against Pakistan he scored a blazing 143 not out in just 125 balls. That was the turning point of his career. He continued his good form and now his batting seemed more focused and unlike in the past when it seemed like a radar less ship.





Apart from being a handy batsman, he is also a very useful bowler who can bowl both spin and medium pace. A raw talent, Andrew Symonds is now seen as an important part of the Australian ODI team. As an ODI player, he is known for scoring runs at an excellent strike rate of over 90, with a highest score of 156. He cemented his place in the team in Australia's opening match of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, where he scored 143* to guide Australia from 4/86 to 8/310. Andrew Symonds won Player of the Series in the 05/06 Australian ODI VB series.

At the 2006 Allan Border Medal count, Symonds would have won the One Day player of the year award, but ruled himself ineligible due to a late night of drinking which led to him turning up still inebriated to a match against Bangladesh, after which he was suspended. Symonds trademarks are his customary dreadlocks, and his white zinc used on his bottom and top lips, no matter what the weather conditions even when playing indoors.