team". Rugby league Symonds was a keen supporter of the Brisbane Broncos since childhood and was considering a switch to rugby league in 2002 when his cricket career was faltering. On 21 June 2009, he played a game for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls against an all-star team featuring some noted players, including Marcus Bai and Steve Renouf. He also trained with the Brisbane Broncos. Media Symonds made a cameo in the 2011 Bollywood movie Patiala House. In 2011, he was a contestant on the Indian reality series Bigg Boss. Pooja Mishra, who had already been eliminated from the show, returned to act as a translator for Symonds. Symonds worked as a guest commentator for Big Bash matches between the 2016–17 and 2018–19 seasons. Death Symonds was killed in a single-vehicle road accident at Hervey Range, north of Townsville, Queensland, on 14 May 2022, at the age of 46. Queensland Police said in a statement that Symonds was driving on Hervey Range Road near the Alice River Bridge when his car left the road and rolled at around 10:30 pm local time. Symonds was the only occupant of the car. Paramedics responded and attempted to revive him, but Symonds was pronounced dead at the scene. A minute's silence was observed at the start of the final day of the match between two of Symonds' former English clubs, Kent and Surrey, which was taking place when he died. A silence was also observed before the start of the first day's play of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Chattogram. A tribute campaign, called "Fishing Rods for Roy", was launched in memory of Symonds, referring to his interest in fishing. Cricket fans throughout Australia were encouraged to leave fishing rods and cricket balls outside the front of their houses as a nationwide tribute, one which mirrored the tributes after the death of Phillip Hughes in 2014. Bibliography Author Contributor References External links 1975 births 2022 deaths Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Australia Twenty20 International cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Kent cricketers Lancashire cricketers Queensland cricketers Australian people of Caribbean descent Australian adoptees English emigrants to Australia Deccan Chargers cricketers Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands Sportspeople from Townsville Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Surrey cricketers People educated at All Souls School, Charters Towers Australian cricketers Australian Institute of Sport cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants