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T was enough to make India spinner Harbhajan Singh think twice about niggling Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds ever again.

Training with NRL club Brisbane paid off for Symonds on Tuesday night when he pulled off a monster shoulder charge to end an unsuspecting streaker's run in the second tri-series final against India at the Gabba.

It has been a tension-filled summer for Symonds in the fallout over the Harbhajan racial row.

And Symonds's anxiety was hardly helped when the out-of-form all-rounder walked onto the Gabba with Australia precariously placed at 3-32 chasing 259 for victory.

But a grinning, naked man unwittingly let Symonds blow off some steam.

During the 10th over, play was held up as the male streaker showed security a clean pair of heels - and a whole lot more.

But as the smug pitch invader rounded Symonds to complete his naked lap, the burly Queenslander put on a hit that left the intruder air-borne - and the crowd gasping.

Security quickly pounced as a nonchalant Symonds hardly moved at the non-striker's end, as if it was all in a day's work.

Perhaps these days nothing surprises Symonds after a controversy-filled summer.

It was a hit expected from a man who seriously contemplated taking up rugby league just six years ago.

Symonds trained an off-season with the Broncos with his cricket career in limbo before the 2003 World Cup, prompting a heart-to-heart with Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett about a possible switch to league.

It allowed him to come off much better than former Australia seamer Terry Alderman, who damaged his shoulder so seriously tackling an English pitch invader in Perth in 1982-83 that he was ruled out for the rest of the Ashes.

But Australia cricketers have been known to make an example of nude intruders.

In 1976 former Australia captain Greg Chappell was so incensed by a male streaker he spanked him on the bottom with his bat at Auckland's Eden Park.

Kerry O'Keeffe recalled Chappell was found guilty of assault after a complaint from the streaker.

"When he comes to he might want to consider his options,'' O'Keeffe joked on ABC Radio, referring to the dazed intruder.

Symonds could face a serious punishment if the International Cricket Council decides that he breached section 4.2 of the player's code of conduct relating to a physical assault of a rival player, an official or a spectator.

It carries a ban ranging anywhere from five Test matches or 10 limited-overs internationals up to a life ban.

The spectator is expected to be fined $3000 for invading the pitch - but faces a possible jail term for wilful exposure.

A second male streaker disrupted play in the 42nd over after appearing to jump the fence at the long off boundary where Harbhajan was fielding.

He ran past a startled Harbhajan and was brought down by security before he reached the pitch.

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so what, if Simons didnt knock him to the floor then a security guard would have, he was urr, just helping out.

I'm getting pretty sick of the Media eye on Cricket actually...

well SOMEONES gotta watch it... ha

But seriously i think he was in the right. The streaker basically ran straight for him. I think symonds was just doing what he's meant to do as a batsman - protecting his bails.

Symonds has the right to hit any balls coming his way

Dunno how to embed it but lol

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ysvt8Ic_-5E

i'm going against the grain here and say that symonds should get banned...

as far as i'm concerned anyone that cried that much over being called a monkey should just put on a blouse and quit... as far as i'm concerned he's not Australian and thus shouldn't play for Australia...

bloody sick of seeing his bollocksing mug on tv for any reason

I would pay to see Symonds hit your mincy faggot balls for six.

pfft... the dude comes near me... i call him a monkey... he falls to the ground and sobs

Honestly now guys the clown (streaker) was looking for a few laughs , Symonds gave him what he was looking for.

i think I saw his pee pee.

Yeah i think the dude was after a cool story to tell his mates, as it is he got an awesome one, plus he has it all on video!!! id be stoked!

symonds FTW!!!!

a friend snapped this pic:

omg u did saw his pee pee!

ewww....and i saw it too

but good on symonds for knocking the guy down - cos the match itself was an interesting one. cant stand it when idiots interrupt interesting moments......

like for instance in those coed porn - i hate it when the guy and the girl are like fcuking like wild animals, and the camera man, turns around to his mate and goes "this is farkin awesome bro" - interrupted the video right then and there - epic fail yo

bet thats happened to you 'mid-fap' a couple times now

sux dood