The Surfer

Roy of the Rastas

Peter English
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Andrew Symonds takes part in a training session, Kingstown, March 5, 2007

AFP

Andrew 'Roy' Symonds is settling in well in the West Indies, writes AAP’s Greg Buckle. In Antigua he’s being treated as a local and even got into an argument with the street vendors over what is going wrong with the game in the Caribbean.
"Walking down the road, a lot of the Rastas will give you the peace sign. I don't know what they are talking about, but they sort of give you the nod or they want to bang fists. They don't actually know where I come from until I open my mouth.”
Matthew Fynes-Clinton profiles John Buchanan in the Courier-Mail.

Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo