International standards at 50-year low - Simpson
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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The former Australia coach Bob Simpson, writing in Sportstar, believes the standard of world cricket is the worst it’s been for 50 years. Jon Pierik looks at Simpson’s comments in the Courier-Mail.
With all-time greats such as Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Sachin Tendulkar among the current generation, this is a debatable call by Simpson, 71, who began his first-class career for New South Wales in 1952-53. But his argument does have merit, given that Test nations Bangladesh, West Indies and New Zealand are among the weakest ever seen.
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Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo