5 famous cricketers who changed their nationality and played international cricket

#5 Andrew Symonds

Symonds and Vettori

Born in Birmingham, Andrew Symonds was adopted by an English couple and then moved to Australia when he was young. The aggressive middle-order batsman made his first-class debut for Queensland during the 94/95 season.

Since he also held a British passport, he was selected to play for the England A team in 1995. However, he rejected the opportunity to play for his country of birth and wanted to play for Australia.

He then made his debut for Australia in 2003 and went on to play 198 One Day Internationals, 26 Tests, and 14 T20Is. Symonds has scored more than 6500 runs for Australia and played a stellar role for the national team in their 2003 World Cup triumph.