Overview

• Cricket Australia announced his death at age 89, prompting immediate tributes across the cricket community.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird in lauding Simpson’s transformative impact on the sport.
• His 62-Test career featured a triple century of 311 at Old Trafford in 1964; he also returned to captaincy at age 41 during the World Series Cricket crisis.
• As Australia’s first full-time coach from 1986 to 1996, Simpson laid the groundwork for a World Cup triumph in 1987, spearheaded Ashes restoration in 1989, then oversaw a 1995 series win over the West Indies.
• Simpson’s accolades included induction into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame; entry into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame; appointments as a Member of the Order of Australia later upgraded to Officer.