‘Really hurts’: With Symonds’ death, cricket world in mourning again

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The last Instagram post from Andrew Symonds was about his devastation over the passing of his former teammate Shane Warne. On Sunday, the cricket world was in mourning once again.

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A little over two months ago, Andrew Symonds posted about his devastation at the death of his former teammate, Shane Warne.

Symonds represented Australia in 26 Test matches and 198 one-day internationals and was known for his destructive hitting and athletic fielding, while he also bowled handy off-spin and medium pace. Gilchrist said his favourite cricket memory of Symonds was his 143 not-out in the opening match of the 2003 World Cup against Pakistan, the day after the team was rocked by Shane Warne’s suspension for using a banned drug.

Pakistan cricket great Shoaib Akhtar said he was “devastated”, while former Australian cricketer Jason Gillespie said news of Symonds’ death was horrendous to wake up to.Former Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming said the all-rounder was “so much fun to be around”. Indian great Sachin Tendulkar described Symonds as a livewire and said he had fond memories of playing with the Australian for the Mumbai Indians.

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