Former Australia captain and coach Bob Simpson dies
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Cricket Australia CEO says test format needs to remain viable or some rivals will go ‘bankrupt’
Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg warns that some national associations — without naming names — will go “bankrupt” if they continue to play the longest form of the game.
Bobby Simpson, who has died aged 89, was a world-class all-rounder. He was a batsman who bowled leg-spin, a supreme slip-fielder and a captain so durable that he returned to the captaincy of Australia,
Mitchell Johnson also highlighted the need for accountability from the Big Three powers - India, England and Australia - urging them to not merely blanket the cricket calendar.
Australia's Glenn Maxwell produced an unbeaten half-century in a tense chase to help the hosts edge out South Africa by two wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International and complete a 2-1 series victory in Cairns on Saturday.
Australian cricketers paid tribute to Bob Simpson ahead of the 3rd T20I match vs South Africa. They wore black armbands to honor the former captain an
Australia cricket chief Todd Greenberg on Wednesday said a slimmer Test calendar could benefit smaller nations because the five-day game was better "where it means something".
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