Former Australian cricket captain and coach Bob Simpson dies, aged 89
Simpson was a giant figure in Australian cricket for more than four decades, playing 62 Test matches, famously emerging from retirement at age 41 to lead Australia during the World Series Cricket era, and later becoming the nation's first full-time coach.
Cricket Australia confirmed his death to this masthead on Saturday morning.
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