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 ...

Cricket was in chaos in 1977. Billionaire TV mogul Kerry Packer had lured Australia’s best, barring speed demon Jeff Thomson, for a never-before seen pro league cobbled from cricket’s reigning stars.

Bobby Lee Simpson passed away February 24, 2023. He was born June 15, 1936, to Robert M. and Minnie Katherine (Jeffers) Simpson in Blue Mound, Kansas, and graduated from Seaman High School. Bobby ...