Andrew Symonds

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“He played it tough on the field, but a generous, kind man and incredibly humble. The blood in the water comment, I heard that a couple of times. That was his favourite. “I first came across him when he was playing for Gloucestershire and I was playing for Essex. “He was only 18 and he peeled off a 150 against us and I thought who is this guy? “He is a fierce Queenslander with the rugby league and the cricket. “He was such a great competitor and a wonderful athlete with bat and ball and in the field in particular,” Pollock said. “But you often judge a person’s character by the way your teammates treat you and he was one of the most popular players in any team, Andrew Symonds. “I got to see his thinking just his cricket mind was actually fantastic and he was a deeper thinker on the game than people give him credit for and the way he conducted himself.” “He was just a typical Queenslander,” Waugh said. “He was a great character and sadly missed.” A great man to have in your dressing room and on the field he was awesome.