'I remember the first training session': memories of a young Andrew Symonds growing up in Ballarat

By James Couzens
Updated May 16 2022 - 9:34pm, first published 3:30pm
MATCH-WINNER: He often made headlines for the wrong reasons but there was no denying Andrew Symonds was a brilliant cricketer. Picture: GETTY IMAGES
MATCH-WINNER: He often made headlines for the wrong reasons but there was no denying Andrew Symonds was a brilliant cricketer. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

News of the tragic passing of former Australian cricketer and commentator Andrew Symonds in a single-car accident outside Townsville on Saturday night has loudly reverberated 2500 kilometres away in Ballarat.

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