{"id":71825,"date":"2025-08-16T03:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71825\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T03:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:57:10","slug":"cricket-australia-pays-tribute-to-bob-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71825\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia pays tribute to Bob Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird has led the tributes to former Test captain and coach Bob Simpson, who has died aged 89.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian team, who is playing South Africa in the T20 decider in Cairns, will hold a momen&#8217;t silence and wear black armbands at the Cazalys Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bob Simpson was one of the greats of Australian cricket and this is a sad day for anyone fortunate to have watched him play or who benefited from his wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a brilliant opening batter, incredible slips fielder and handy spin bowler, Bob was a mainstay of a very strong Australian team in the 1960s, and he became a leader across the game as Australian and New South Wales captain and as a coach.<\/p>\n<p>RIP to a true cricket legend.<\/p>\n<p>A Test cricketer, captain, coach and national selector &#8211; Bob Simpson was a mighty figure in Australian cricket, giving everything to our game.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket Australia extends our thoughts and sympathies to Bob&#8217;s family and friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U8yGeZNmCb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pic.twitter.com\/U8yGeZNmCb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pic.twitter.com\/U8yGeZNmCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketAus\/status\/1956550685245501847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:August 16, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">August 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bob&#8217;s decision to come out of retirement to successfully lead the Australian team during the advent of World Series Cricket in 1977 was a wonderful service to the game, and his coaching set the foundation for a golden era for Australian cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of Cricket Australia, I would like to express my warmest condolences to Bob&#8217;s family, friends, teammates and all those touched by his vast contribution to cricket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simpson was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among the first to pay tribute to Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bob Simpson&#8217;s extraordinary service to Australian cricket spanned generations. As a player, captain and then era-defining coach, he set the highest standards for himself and the champions he led,&#8221; Albanese wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will be long remembered by the game he loved. May he rest in peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird has led the tributes to former Test captain and coach Bob Simpson, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2324,64,63,56263,56205,56264,18587,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-71825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-anthony-albanese","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-team","12":"tag-bob-simpson","13":"tag-bobs-family","14":"tag-cricket-australia","15":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}