Australian cricket great Andrew Symonds died in🍌 a single-vehicle car crash near the outskirts of the city of Townsville on Satꦰurday night, the North Queensland Police confirmed.
The 46-year-old was driving on Hervey Range Road near Alice River Bridge short🦋ly after 11 pm (local time) when his car left the road and rolled.
Em♛ergency service workers attempted to revive the foꦛrmer cricketer, but he died at the scene.
Symonds’ family has also issued a statement “confirming his passing, and appreciated peoples’ sympathy and best wishes, and asked that their privacy should be respected”.
Symonds, lovingly known as ‘Roy’, played 26 Tests and 198 One-Day Internationals for Australia from 1998 to 2009.
A big-hitting batter, a witty bowler and a spotless fielder, Symonds was one of the best all-rounders of his era. While𓂃 he was always full of promise, it was during the 2൲003 ODI World Cup that Symonds burst onto the scene, playing a match-winning knock of 143 against Pakistan.
Post retirement from professional cricket in February🅺 💝of 2012, Symonds started a career in sports commentary and broadcasting. He was a renowned figure for Fox Sports.
Symonds is the second famous Australian cricketer to tragically pass away in 2022 after champion leg-spinner Shane Warne, who d♛ied due to a heart attack in Thailand in March.
