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Andrew Symonds said goodbye to cricket


Former Australian great all-rounder Andrew Symonds has took retirement from all forms of cricket. He will not play IPL-5 for Mumbai Indians as he was quitting competitive cricket and for the birth of his first child.

Symonds said, "Effective immediately, I am retiring from all forms of professional cricket. It is with regret that I will not be able to fulfil my final year of the IPL with the Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians and the IPL have both been very supportive of me, but the impending arrival of my first child is a priority."


Since the Twenty20 World Cup in England 3 years ago, he did not played for Australia.

He scored 1462 runs in 26 test at an avergae of 40.61 and took 24 wickets, In 198 ODIs He scored 5088 runs at an average of 39.75 and took 133 wickets.

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