Andrew Symonds dies in Car Crash

[bornadog]

Former Australian cricket star Andrew Symonds has died in a car accident.

Police released a statement saying they were investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in Hervey Range, around 50 kilometres from Townsville, last night.

RIP, only 46 years old.

[Scraggers]

R.I.P. Roy … taken way too soon. One of my favourite cricketers. Just tragic

[GVGjr]

Just awful to hear this. Roy was an entertaining cricketer and will be missed.

[Grantysghost]

Just awful to hear this. Roy was an entertaining cricketer and will be missed.

Has a bit of the Danny Frawley's about it. Terribly sad.

[mjp]

The player who *nearly* brought me back to cricket.

It dominated my childhood (well, the summers).
I played first grade.
I haven't watched a single ball outside of the occasional T20 half-innings in 20-years.

Symonds attitude was so throwback - bat, bowl (and bowl 'whatever' - fast, slow, spin) and pride in his fielding - just reminded me of years past before there were rotation policies, blokes batting for not-outs and different teams for different styles of the game...

Can't believe it.

[Eastdog]

Very sad news. Way way too young. My condolences to his family and friends.

[Max469]

Mine too. Shed a tear or two. Very sad news

[FrediKanoute]

Sad news. Gone way too soon

[jeemak]

It's super sad.

I read this article yesterday and recall how much of a shit show the situation was and how badly he and his team mates were treated by CA due to the BCCI.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...15-p5alig.html

Monkeygate’s huge toll on Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds ultimately made peace with a tearful Harbhajan Singh when they shared the Mumbai dressing room during the 2011 edition of the IPL, but the greatest victims of the Monkeygate saga three years before were cricket lovers.

Spinning into a fog of anger, confusion and drinking as a consequence, Symonds’ international career was shortened by as much as five years, according to the estimates of some teammates, at a time when an Australian XI in transition dearly needed him.

[bornadog]

It's super sad.

I read this article yesterday and recall how much of a shit show the situation was and how badly he and his team mates were treated by CA due to the BCCI.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...15-p5alig.html

Monkeygate’s huge toll on Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds ultimately made peace with a tearful Harbhajan Singh when they shared the Mumbai dressing room during the 2011 edition of the IPL, but the greatest victims of the Monkeygate saga three years before were cricket lovers.

Spinning into a fog of anger, confusion and drinking as a consequence, Symonds’ international career was shortened by as much as five years, according to the estimates of some teammates, at a time when an Australian XI in transition dearly needed him.

That was a disgusting time.