International cricket followers had been in shock after they heard that the Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds left the world attributable to a automotive crash in Could. A public memorial was held final month for Symonds, the place his fellow cricketers paid tribute to him. One in all his former teammates, Shane Watson paid tribute to his affect on groups by evaluating him to the West Indies legend Viv Richards.
Watson heaped excessive praises on Symonds’s all-round talents and mentioned that Symonds was top-of-the-line fielders he had ever performed with. His all-round talents made him particular from different gamers of his time.
You felt bulletproof while you performed in the identical group as Andrew Symonds: Shane Watson
Talking on the ICC Overview, Watson mentioned: “You felt bulletproof while you performed in the identical group as Andrew Symonds. Having him on the level and simply realizing he at all times had your again it doesn’t matter what. And to bat with him was one thing very particular. It’s shattering to assume he isn’t with us anymore. I look again at previous footage I’ve seen over the past couple of weeks and (shaking head) he was so good, simply so extremely good. And to go together with it top-of-the-line teammates you would ever have,”
He additionally added: “His poor two children, such stunning children, they usually adored their dad as effectively. We want to verify we rally round his household as a lot as we are able to, as I do know he would do this for us. He was very a lot Viv Richards reincarnated in the best way he performed. Even earlier than I performed in opposition to him you at all times heard about this massive, highly effective, six-hitting batter who might do the whole lot and who was a tremendous athlete,”
Talking about Andrew Symonds’s profession, he was an integral a part of the Australian squad which gained the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003 and 2007. He represented Australia in 26 Assessments, 198 ODIs, and 14 T20Is. He managed to attain 6887 worldwide runs together with 165 worldwide scalps all through his profession.
