Andrew Symonds was a batting all-rounder who represented Australia in all three formats of cricket.

He was an integral part of two World Cup-winning teams. Symonds batted in the middle order as a right-handed batsman and bowled medium pace and off-spin.

Symonds was forced to leave the team around mid-2008 due to disciplinary issues, notably alcohol.

He was sent home from the 2009 World Twenty20 in June 2009, marking his third suspension, expulsion, or removal from selection in a year.

Many cricket analysts predicted that the Australian administrators would no longer accept Symonds and that he would announce his retirement.

Symonds announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on February 16, 2012, in order to focus on his family.

Symonds’ biological parents were of African-Caribbean origin, while the other was of Scandinavian descent.

When Symonds was three months old, his adoptive parents, Ken and Barbara, went to Australia.

Louise Symonds, one of the adoptive siblings, was a Gladiator. He was born with two siblings who were not adopted.

His father Ken taught at the private fee-paying All Souls St Gabriels School in Charters Towers, northern Queensland, where Andrew grew up.

He was a natural athlete from a young age. “Dad was a cricket fanatic. He used to throw balls to me five or six times a week, before and after school.

Andrew Symonds Career Stats

Career Batting Stats
Right-Handed Batsman
Format
M
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
BF
SR
100s
50s
4s
6s
Test
2004–08
26
41
5
1462
162*
40.6
2256
64.8
2
10
154
28
ODI
1998–09
198
161
33
5088
156
39.8
5504
92.4
6
30
449
103
T20I
2005–09
14
11
4
337
85*
48.1
199
169.3
0
2
33
10
IPL
2008–11
39
36
9
974
117*
36.1
750
129.9
1
5
74
41
1st class
1994–09
227
376
33
14477
254*
42.2
17932
–
40
65
1739
170
List A
1994–09
424
377
51
11099
156
34.0
10153
–
9
64
857
184
T20
2003–11
93
85
19
2141
117*
32.4
1453
147.3
2
12
194
83
Career Bowling Stats
Right-arm Off Spin Bowler
Format
M
Inn
B
Mdn
Runs
W
BB
Econ
Avg
SR
4W
5W
Test
2004–08
26
41
2094
81
896
24
3/50
2.56
37.3
87.2
0
0
ODI
1998–09
198
158
5935
30
4955
133
5/18
5.00
37.2
44.6
2
1
T20I
2005–09
14
12
185
0
277
8
2/14
8.98
34.6
23.1
0
0
IPL
2008–11
39
30
527
0
674
20
3/21
7.67
33.7
26.4
0
0
1st class
1994–09
227
285
17633
710
8714
242
6/105
2.97
36.0
72.9
5
2
List A
1994–09
424
309
11714
71
9379
282
6/14
4.80
33.3
41.5
2
4
T20
2003–11
93
75
1237
1
1657
52
5/18
8.04
31.9
23.8
0
1
Career Fielding Stats
Format
Catches
Run Outs
Stumpings
Test
2004–08
22
1
0
ODI
1998–09
82
24
0
T20I
2005–09
3
2
0
IPL
2008–11
21
1
0
1st class
1994–09
159
11
0
List A
1994–09
187
37
0
T20
2003–11
42
4
0

 

Andrew Symonds Salary

Symonds’ monthly compensation is projected to be more than $40000 each month because he has been a member of the commentary panel since his retirement.

As a result, his annual salary and income are likely to exceed $480,000, and despite a number of negative stories surrounding him near the end of his international career, he was such a prominent figure in the country.