TRAGIC NEWS - Ex- AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER ANDREW SYMONDS PASSES AWAY AT 46

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Andrew Symonds dies in car crash as desperate efforts to revive Aussie great revealed

 

In another tragic blow to Australian cricket, Andrew Symonds has died in a car accident, aged 46.

The former Australian all-rounder was killed about 50kms outside Townsville on Saturday night.

A Queensland police statement says Symonds was in a single-car crash about 10.30pm.

Symonds was driving on Hervey Range Road near the Alice River Bridge when his car left the road and rolled, police say.

Paramedics arrived at the scene but couldn’t revive the former Australian fan favourite, who was the only person in the car.

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Former teammate and Fox Cricket colleague Adam Gilchrist led the tributes for the man affectionately known as ‘Roy’.

“Think of your most loyal, fun, loving friend who would do anything for you. That’s Roy,” Gilchrist tweeted.

“This really hurts,” he added, while Michael Vaughan wrote: “Simmo .. This doesn’t feel real.”

 

“Horrendous news to wake up to,” tweeted Jason Gillepsie. “Utterly devastated.

“We are all gonna miss you mate.”

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'I can't imagine there's been better': Roy in the field

Quick, strong, fearless and with a stunning set of hands, Andrew Symonds was regarded by many - including Jonty Rhodes - as the greatest all-round fielder the game has seen.

 

"Twisting and turning and diving, and then swivelling without actually getting up on to his feet, and he still hit the stumps and ran the batsman out."

Those are the words of an the late commentary doyen Richie Benaud, awestruck at the site of watching a run out in 2001 orchestrated by a promising young allrounder by the name of Andrew Symonds.

 

Symonds, aged 25 at the time, had just underlined his enormous potential with a piece of fielding that had even Benaud – albeit briefly – struggling for the right superlatives.

The Queenslander had dived to his left at short mid-on, collected the ball, spun around while sitting on his backside and then threw down the stumps at the strikers' end to run out West Indies quick Laurie Williams, who had mistimed a drive and been sent back to watch the moment his stumps were broken.

Run-outs are one of the few elements of cricket without proper statistical records.

If they were, Symonds would likely be one of the leading players in that category. The all-action allrounder, who was tragically killed in a car accident outside Townsville on Saturday night, was a sharpshooter in the field with a deadly aim, a powerful arm and reflexes that belied his imposing physique.

Matching his ability to sense a run out, Symonds' instincts as a catcher were almost precognitive.

Whether stationed close on the off-side or asked to patrol a vast distance on the boundary, rarely did a ball escape his clutches if it was there to be taken.

If his outfield grab to dismiss Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf in Australia's opening match of the 2003 World Cup, when he darted across The Wanderers outfield to dive forward and take the catch with two hands, wasn’t impressive enough, it came after he'd scored a career-defining unbeaten 143 with the bat.

Along with Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey, Symonds formed a near impenetrable barrier on the off-side in Australia’s Test and ODI teams stretching from second slip to cover.

In the outfield, Symonds' fearless willingness to throw himself in a Superman-style dive in pursuit of a ball approaching the boundary proved not only a new means of run-saving in the game but a trailblazing technique that has since been adopted all over the world.

But perhaps his biggest strength as a fielder was the sheer enjoyment he found in doing it.

If a ball was dropped, fumbled or spilled, regardless if it had come off the bat or a gentle throw from a teammate, Symonds would whistle and call a 'knock on', a term used in rugby when a player drops the ball towards the opposition’s try line. Nobody was spared, from rookie to skipper.

If Symonds is not the best all-round fielder world cricket has seen, he's in the discussion, along with modern marvels Ponting, Herschelle Gibbs, Jonty Rhodes and Paul Collingwood.

Rhodes, the South African whippet many consider to be the greatest fielder of all time, is in no doubt that Symonds was a better fielder than he ever was.

Symonds, according to the Proteas star, was "10 times" better.

"Where he's better than me is that he's a true all-round fieldsman," Rhodes said in 2006.

"For a big guy, he moves well close to the wicket, getting down to the ground, diving, cutting off balls if he's in the ring.

"He's quick and can cut off boundaries. But the extra dimension is his strength. From the middle of the innings, he can be out on the fence saving twos because he has such a strong arm.

"Put him anywhere on the field and he's brilliant. He is the complete fieldsman. I can't imagine there's been anyone better in the past."

From a player like Rhodes, there can be no higher praise, and all these years on, it remains a fitting tribute for a truly unique cricketer. 

 

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Disturbing new details emerge after Andrew Symonds' tragic death

Queensland Police have provided fresh details about the circumstances surrounding the death of Andrew Symonds after the Aussie cricket great was killed in a car accident on Saturday night.

The 46-year-old died in a single-vehicle accident near his home in Hervey Range, about 50km from Townsville in northern Queensland.

Police said they are investigating the accident, which appears to have occurred after Symonds' car left the roadway and rolled over.

Speaking to the media on Sunday, Patrol Inspector Gavin Oates said he believed Symonds might have been ejected from the vehicle, with local residents rushing to his aid.

“It’s always confronting for the police who attend and traumatic for the family and friends of people who were involved in fatal accidents,” Oates said on Sunday morning.

“The accident was actually heard by people who live nearby, they were the first people on scene and alerted emergency services.

“They provided assistance that they could at the time and called 000.”

Inspector Oates said Symonds was being treated next to the car, but couldn't be revived.

Police also said Symonds was travelling with two animals at the time, which are being cared for by family and friends.

A witness has since contradicted the theory that Symonds was thrown from the vehicle, telling the Courier Mail she found Symonds still in the car with two blue heelers refusing to leave his side.

“One of them was very sensitive and didn’t want to leave him,” she said.

“It would just growl at you every time we tried to move him or go near him.

“My partner tried to get (Symonds) out of the car, to put him on to his back.

“He was unconscious, not responsive and had no pulse.”

Symonds' wife Laura has since spoken of her devastation, not only for herself but the couple's young children Chloe and Billy.

“We are still in shock,” she told the Courier Mail.

“I’m just thinking of the two kids. He was such a big person and there is just so much of him in his kids.”

Laura said her husband was “the most laid-back person”.

“Nothing stressed him out. He was an extremely chilled operator. So practical,” she said.

“He was never good with his phone but he always had time for everyone."

Symonds moved into the media in recent years, regularly commentating on Big Bash games for Fox Sports.

“He was a great commentator. He didn’t show it on the screen but he was really nervous sometimes,” Laura said.

“He could read plays and read players and articulate it in layman’s terms.

“I am not a cricket 'nuffy' but I could understand the game when he explained it to me. He brought humour to it and it was not serious.”

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42 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

I recently met with an accident and claimed and bought new car. My question is in what cases accident is danger enough to lose lives? Rollovers?

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