Andrew Symonds shoulder

By Seyram Abdallah May 15, 2022

For many cricket lovers, the enduring memory of Andre Symonds will be his shoulder charge to the level of a nude streaker during a one-day international at the Gabba in 2008.

The naked man had been forced to be stopped when he ran onto the field to play and made beeline for Symonds who was battling for Australia.

Andrew Symonds
Image Credit: Cricket.com

As the streaker approached, Symonds dropped his shoulder into the intruder and sent the man flying into the air and back to the ground.

Symonds reacted to this in an interview last year and said;

“We’re obviously bred pretty tough here in Australia and don’t take backwards steps. In the heat of the competition, there’s a lot of adrenaline and when someone interrupts the match like that, it can be frustrating”.

Seyram Abdallah

I am Seyram Abdallah, Editor at Abtc.ng. I'm also a student journalist and a volunteer with a campus-based radio station. Writing has been one of the talents I nurtured since junior high school and still trying to get better each day. I have been able to write one storybook as part of a requirement for a course in the University. I have taken up come volunteering opportunities at various online platforms to better my writing skills.