10 unsung World Cup Heroes

#6 Andrew Symonds

Symonds contributed immensely to Australia's 2003 World Cup win

Andrew Symonds’ performances with the bat was a key reason behind Australia’s success in the 2003 World Cup. He began the tournament by smashing a career-best 143 against Pakistan at Johannesburg.

In the following match against India, Symonds took two catches. In the next two matches against Netherlands and Zimbabwe, the 27-year old went wicket-less and did not come out to bat. Against Namibia at Potchefstroom, the all-rounder scored 59 before ending his group stage with a duck against England at Port Elizabeth.

Symo did not play the first two Super Six games against Sri Lanka and New Zealand but played the final Super Six game against Kenya, scoring 33.

In the semi-final against Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth, Australia were struggling at 51/3. However, the right-hander scored a rather composed innings of 91 from 118 deliveries to take the Aussies to 212/7. Australia won the match by 48 runs and Symonds earned his second Man of the Match award of the tournament.

In the final against India at Johannesburg, Symonds took two wickets, those of Dinesh Mongia and Harbhajan Singh as Australia clinched their 3rd Cricket World Cup title.

Andrew Symonds ended the tournament as the 9th highest run-scorer with 326 runs at an astronomical average of 163.