Witness reveals how he tried to revive Andrew Symonds before the former Aussie all-rounder breathed his last

The talismanic Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds passed away in a tragic car accident on the outskirts of the Townsville in Queensland on Saturday, 14^th of May. It has been three days since the tragic incident but it is still unclear as to how Symonds’ car rolled down the embankment. But in a recent development, a local man named Waylon Townson has revealed how he tried to revive the all-rounder in his last moments.

Earlier, the police also stated that the emergency health services tried their best to revive Symonds before he, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries.  Meanwhile, in an interview with a local Australian media network, Townson revealed that he kept checking Symonds pulse and tried to give him CPR. But as per the witness, he did not get much response from the Aussie all-rounder.

“He was stuck in there, so I tried to pull him out. I started doing CPR and checked his pulse but I didn’t get much response for him,”- Townson said in his interview with Nine Network.

Talking about Symonds’ playing career, he played 26 Tests, 198 ODIs, and 14 T20Is for Australia from 1998 to 2009. He scored 1462 runs in Tests at an average of 40.61 and his highest score was 162. In the ODIs he had 5088 runs to his name at an average of 39.44, whereas he scored 337 runs at an impressive average of 48.14 in the shortest format of the game.

In his career spanning 11 years, Symonds had scored 42 half-centuries and eight centuries across formats in international cricket. His 165 wickets in the ODI format along with a five-wicket haul prove that he was also very handy with the ball in hand.

Symonds also had a decent Indian T20 League career. He featured for Hyderabad and Mumbai in the cash-rich league. Symonds played 39 matches in the Indian T20 League and scored 974 runs in them at an average of 36.1 and a strike rate of 129.9. He also has five half-centuries and a century to his name in the tournament.