Andrew Symonds, cricket vagabond
Andrew Symonds has been spending plenty of time with the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team since the end of his international cricket career
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
Andrew Symonds has been spending plenty of time with the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team since the end of his international cricket career. In the Sydney Morning Herald, he speaks to Phil Lutton about where his future lies.
Andrew Symonds waits for Corey Parker's last practice conversion at Red Hill, the suburban home of the NRL's Brisbane Broncos. The ball groans over the crossbar before Symonds rounds it up and stuffs it in a bulging mesh bag. Parker leaves the field, the last Brisbane player to adjourn to the ice baths and recovery rooms. Symonds picks up a few brightly coloured markers, stacks them neatly like a PE teacher at the end of class and ambles over to the shade of Brisbane's gym. There's no zinc on the lips to guard against the spring sun.
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Symonds is about to head to India for the inaugural Champions League T20, where he will represent the Deccan Chargers in the October 8-23 tournament. After that, he will be available for any other T20 franchises that may be willing to pay for his tenure during the endless summer. Unlike Andrew Flintoff, who still insists he wants to play for England, Symonds is as free as a bird. "It was always going to go that way with the Indian Premier League [IPL]. In my last couple of years, they [CA] were very nervous about what was happening with the IPL. It came up in contract meetings," Symonds reveals.
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here