Australia bids farewell to Andrew Symonds after car crash tragedy | Sportson
Australia bids farewell to Andrew Symonds after car crash tragedy | Nikhilodien Andrew Symonds was remembered as a supremely proficient cricketer with “a pure heart” at a memorial service on Friday for the Australian former all-rounder who died aged 46. Symonds was killed in a single-vehicle accident in northern Queensland earlier this month, leaving Australian cricket reeling as soon as extra following the current and sudden deaths of greats Shane Warne and Rod Marsh. Family, buddies, followers and former teammates gathered to have fun his life at a public memorial service at a stadium within the coastal metropolis of Townsville, the place he lived. Former cricketers Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, Adam Gilchrist, Darren Lehmann and Ian Healy turned out for the person affectionately generally known as ‘Roy’. It adopted a non-public funeral the place a cricket bat, fishing rod, crab pot and a lot of hats had been positioned alongside t...