Talk:Andrew Symonds

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[edit] Origin of "Roy" nickname

This article claims that Symonds is known as "Roy" after basketball player Leroy Loggins, not because of Roy of the Rovers. Any truth in it? Loganberry (Talk) 23:58, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

An rsc discussion Tintin (talk) 02:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Interesting... I wonder if anyone has a copy of that article? We can't change on the basis of a Usenet discussion alone, but it does make the "Roy of the Rovers" theory look a little ropey... Loganberry (Talk) 00:09, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I thought it was after Leroy Loggins too. There's nothing about it on his cricinfo page. Has anyone got his recently released book? It's sure to be in there. Dannow 06:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eligibility

As someone who doesn't know much about Cricket, I read in the article that Symonds is from England, can play for England or the West Indies, but chose to play for Australia. I am not sure how this can be. I can't be the only one. Should the article be more clear as to how he can play for Australia?

Sure, one of his grandfathers is from West Indies I think. I think he was born in England, which gives him dual passport with Australia, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

He was eligible for England or the West Indies in the past, before he had played international cricket. Once he played for Australia at senior level, he was committed to play for them. The only way he could now play for England would be by residency qualification. An example of this is Stuart Law: he played one Test match for Australia, but is now a British citizen and could in theory play for the England team, though this is very unlikely. Loganberry (Talk) 03:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)