17-08-2025 14:22 via theguardian.com

Bob Simpson obituary

One of the greats of Australian cricket admired for his all-round abilities who served as captain and coach of the national sideThey call it “catching swallows”, the capacity to sight from the edge of a cricket bat a five-and-a-half ounce missile, often propelled at 90 miles per hour, and then, a fraction of a second later – only a few yards away, and with bare hands – pluck it from the air.It requires the reactions of a Formula One driver, the eyes of a hawk, the concent
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