da doce： Bobby Simpson has been appointed the new coach of the Netherlands
Cricinfo staff05-Sep-2005Bobby Simpson has been appointed the new coach of the Netherlands. Simpson, a former Australian captain and coach, will replace Emmerson Trotman, who had eight years in the role and helped the team to their first win in a World Cup.The former Queensland opener and Netherlands batting coach, Peter Cantrell, has been overseeing the team in the interim after Trotman left the post.Simpson, 68, coached Australia in the mid-1980s, and his tenure lasted a decade, during which time the team won the World Cup and regained both the Ashes and the Frank Worrell Trophy. He has also coached Leicestershire and Lancashire.