Andrew Symonds, former cricketer, killed in car crash

Andrew Symonds, the World Cup-winning former Australia cricketer, has died in a car crash in his native Queensland, aged 46.

Obituary

Summoned to a meeting with the besuited administrators of Australian cricket to discuss his contract, it was entirely typical that Andrew Symonds rocked up wearing a cowboy hat and flip-flops.

His carefree attitude as the boy from the bush who was more at home in the wilds of the outback than in cricket’s hallowed pavilions brought him fame on the field and notoriety off it.

Symonds was well known for his dreadlocks until he shaves them off for charity

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As a batsman he revelled in smiting the ball out of the park. There was a double century for Gloucestershire in 1995 that included 16 sixes, a first-class record until broken by the new England captain Ben Stokes 27