Andrew Symonds dies in car accident aged 46

ESPNcricinfo – Andrew Symonds, the former Australian all-rounder who played in 26 Tests and 198 ODIs in an international career spanning from 1998 through 2009, has died in a car accident in Queensland.

Symonds was 46 and was involved in an accident outside Townsville where he lived in retirement.

In a statement, Queensland police said: “Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in Hervey Range, around 50 kilometres from Townsville that’s taken the life of a 46-year-old man last night.

Early information indicates, shortly after 11pm the car was being driven on Hervey Range Road, near Alice River Bridge when it left the roadway and rolled.

Emergency services attempted to revive the 46-year-old driver and sole occupant, however, he died of his injuries.”

Symonds was a two-time World Cup winner during both of Australia’s undefeated title runs in 2003 and 2007 as well as a key member of the Test side in the mid-2000s. His death is the third one of an Australian cricketer in 2022, following the passing of Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh in the first week of March.