Reaction to the death of former Australian cricket captain and commentator Richie Benaud, known as the 'Voice of Cricket'. By Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia, Published: 05:25 GMT, 2 October 2015 | Updated: 10:26 GMT, 2 October 2015. [16] He suffered a smashed gum and a severely cut top lip when a square cut by John Waite in the Third Test against South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground hit him in the face while he was fielding at short gully. Australian Test captain Michael Clarke said Benaud was a gentleman who played cricket in the right spirit. At Adelaide, a nation was brought to a standstill during a long, pulsating last-wicket stand between Ken Mackay and the near-hopeless No 11 Lindsay Kline as they secured an unlikely draw for Australia. Greg Benaud had just turned twelve and his brother Jeffrey was nine. After retiring, Benaud became a commentary icon, with the BBC and later for Channel 4 in the UK and also in his native Australia. Flags flew at half-mast at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Benauds home as a first-class cricketer for New South Wales, and flowers were laid at his statue at the venue. Richie Benaud dies - aged 84: sport pays tribute - The Telegraph Benaud often spoke of a return to commentary but, to the great sadness of his legions of admirers, it did not materialise. [38] Early in the tour, when the team visited Timaru to pay a minor match, Benaud went to a pharmacy to see if he could get something to soothe his spinning-fingers, which had been torn by his spinning action for many years. [24], Australia's selectors persisted and selected him for the squad to tour the West Indies in 195455. The Caribbeans were skittled for 134 in reply and went on to lose the match, although they attacked the young leg-spinner, who took 1/130 in total from 36 overs. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Final respects: Greg Benaud (pictured) dressed for his father's funeral in April, for which Greg said Richie had given him some advice before he died to 'get a haircut, but don't take too much off'. Benaud had an ineffective match with the ball, taking 1/162. Link to video: Richie Benaud became a household name for a whole new generation when he moved from the oval to the commentary box. "Meeting Ivan James was a remarkable piece of luck," he wrote later; "walking into that chemist's shop in Timaru saved my bowling career. He was shrewd not only from the weight of experience but in the cautious way he rationed opinions. 254/-. His last goodbye was interrupted by Glenn McGrath taking Kevin Pietersen's wicket; Benaud simply wove his description of the dismissal into what he was already saying. [41], In the Second Test at Cape Town, Benaud took 4/95 and then 5/49 in the second innings to secure an innings victory after the home team were forced to follow on. Despite this impairment to his bowling shoulder, his team played with an aggressive strategy leading them to lose only one Test match and no other matches during the tour, honouring his pre-series pledge. How did Richie Benaud Die? Shane Warne, Australia's record wicket-taker, made a particularly heartfelt contribution.external-link, "Dear Richie, you were a legend on all levels and rightly so too," said Warne. CNN Former Australia cricket captain and legendary broadcaster Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. It was another lean series with the ball, Benaud's 17 wickets costing 40.47, the third consecutive series where his wickets cost more than 30. It was his first five-wicket haul in a Test innings. Richie Benaud, ace all-rounder, captain, journalist, and doyen of commentators, passed away on April 4, 2015. I know Mum found it difficult to live on ten pounds a week. [8], He also showed his hitting ability in a tour match against T.N. His performances in South Africa in 1957-58 reinforced that belief. On March 29, 1967 Marcia divorced Richie Benaud on the grounds of desertion. At this point, Australia had already taken an unassailable 31 series lead and decided to try out some young players. Richie Benaud dead | The Australian The Cricket Player, Journalist Richie Benaud passed away at the age of 92. Pearce's XI at Scarborough. In all he missed a third of the matches due to injury. Benauds crew cruised to a 4-0 victory, the skipper taking 31 wickets for an average of 18.83 runs each. Marcia Benaud and Greg Benaud have launched legal action in the NSW Supreme Court challenging Richie Benaud's second wife Daphne for a slice of his multi-million-dollar estate. Then, within the year, Richie Benaud became captain of his country. His first series as skipper was remarkable for a number of reasons. 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Richie Benaud dead: Australia mourns loss of cricketing great [79] This was followed by three unproductive Tests which yielded only 5/360 and a win apiece. His father Louis, a third-generation Australian of French Huguenot descent,[4] was a leg spinner who played for Penrith District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket, gaining attention for taking all twenty wickets in a match against St. Marys for 65. Richie Benaud died on April 10, 2015, after being diagnosed with skin cancer. Richie commentated regularly during the 201112 season and was part of Nine's commentating team/roster. He was 84. Richie Benaud died on April 10, 2015, after being diagnosed with skin cancer. [7], Despite this, Benaud was chosen for his Test debut in the Fifth Test against the West Indies in 195152 in Sydney. Swanton. [29], During the 1956 tour to England, he helped Australia to its only victory in the Lord's Test, when he scored a rapid 97 in the second innings in 143 minutes from only 113 balls. Australia had fallen to 6/92 on the final day chasing a target of 233 with Benaud and Davidson at the crease. Thus, the 2005 Ashes series was the last that Benaud commentated on in Britain. Newspaper reports said he drank champagne 'through a straw'. Richie Benaud dies: Eight rules of commentary - The Independent [97], In 2004, Benaud starred in a series of television advertisements for the Australian Tourism Commission, aimed at promoting Australia as a tourist destination. Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE ( / bno /; 6 October 1930 - 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer. Along with fellow bowling all-rounder Alan Davidson, he helped restore Australia to the top of world cricket in the late 1950s and early 1960s after a slump in the early 1950s. 6 October 1930 City of Penrith: Date of death: 10 April 2015 Sydney: Manner of death: natural causes; Cause of death: cancer; Country of citizenship: Australia; Country for sport: Australia; Educated at: Parramatta High School; Occupation: cricketer; journalist; Benaud died late on Thursday . He had managed, in the 14 Tests since then, 559 runs at 27.95 and 67 wickets at 24.98. Cricket icon Richie Benaud, who distinguished himself first as a leg-spinning all-rounder, then as a daring Australian Test captain and later as the . Discover the real story, facts, and details of Richie Benaud. Richie Benaud had a thing for cars, starting off with a Morris Minor, graduating to Renaults when, as a lowly paid cricketer of the era, he took to advertising shaving cream, and the French cars with the jingle 'Renault for Benaud'. [77], 196263 saw an English team under Dexter visit Australia. 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[126], In 2007, he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the Allan Border Medal award evening and in 2009 he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. A strong England party, led by Peter May, were widely expected to retain the Ashes. [29][36], It was the first of his successes against India, against whom he took his wickets at an average of 18. [32] He claimed his Test innings best of 7/72 in the first innings of the First Test in Madras, allowing Australia to build a large lead and win by an innings. [112], "This is the greatest loss for cricket since the loss of Don Bradman and for that reason I'm pleased to have offered the Benaud family a state funeral. [72] Benaud then took four wickets in the drawn Fifth Test to end the series 21. It came from Jeff and I'm glad he told me because I didn't know why.'. [35] He took 6/52 and 5/53, his best-ever match analysis, ending the series with 113 runs at 18.83 and 24 wickets at 17.66. 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Marcia Benaud's eyes misted up when she spoke about watching the tributes which flowed on TV following her late ex-husband's death in April, saying the coverage brought back sad memories of the life they had together, Muzzled: Richie Benaud, pictured in 1953, with his fiancee Marcia Lavender prior to their wedding and following an injury while he was fielding and a ball hit him in the face, causing his lip to split, but Marcia says he managed to utter a firm 'I do', Marcia Benaud (pictured with son Greg) remembered the day her then husband Richie rang up to say Sir Donald Bradman was coming over for dinner and after an initial panic over what to serve, she came up with chicken soup followed by roast chicken with salad for the legend in her Beecroft living room, Richie Benaud in his Test playing days, pictured in 1961, when he was still married to Marcia and they were bringing up two young sons, Greg, then aged six and Jeffrey, aged four, 'There was another time when the prime minister Robert Menzies invited us to have dinner with the Queen on the Britannia when it was docked in Sydney. He was the accompaniment of an Australian summer, his voice was even more present than the chirping of the cicadas in our suburbs and towns, and that voice, tragically, is now still. Former Australia captain and legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. Abbott described him as the voice of cricket. Richie Benaud was a pioneering leg-spin bowler In the memorial booklet, Benaud's family described him as "a special person who means so much to each of us in many different ways". He ended with 121 and took four wickets in the match as Australia won by an innings and took the series 30. After scoring 44 and taking 2/66 in the opening first-class match against Worcestershire, the all-rounder starred in his next match, against Yorkshire. When it became clear that the cricketing legend was finally about to succumb to skin cancer, Daphne contacted Jeff and Greg Benaud. 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How remorseless Stephen Bear continued his arrogant antics up until or debate this issue live on our message boards. [6], In November 1948, at the age of 18, Benaud was selected for the New South Wales Colts, the state youth team. 'It's very different to what it is like now. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Fleet-footed cop chases an offender riding a scooter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up. [64][65] In Adelaide, with Davidson absent, Benaud bowled long spells to take match figures of 7/207 in addition to a score of 77 in the first innings. Benaud was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at Test level. 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Having downloaded this, cricket fans would be treated to live Test match updates and weather reports from a cartoon version of Benaud with real voice samples such as "Got 'im!" [60], Both men were noted for their hitting ability and viewed attack as their most effective chance of survival. Richie Benaud obituary: the 'voice of cricket' was the game's shrewdest South Africa. [80][81][82] Benaud returned to form with match figures of 5/142 and 57 in the Fifth Test at Sydney,[83] which ended in a draw when Benaud ordered Bill Lawry and Peter Burge to play out the last afternoon for a draw that would retain the Ashes. Benaud went around the wicket and bowled into the footmarks, having Dexter caught behind and then Peter May bowled around his legs. He made another century in the return match, striking 144 not out and taking a total of 2/55. [7], The 195152 season saw a tour to Australia by the West Indies. UPDATE 1-Cricket-Reaction to the death of the 'Voice of Cricket' Benaud He married after the match and had to mumble his wedding vows through a swathe of bandages. Jeffrey Benaud is not involved in the court action Marcia and Greg Benaud have taken against Daphne Benaud in the Supreme Court. Fred Trueman with 216 Test wickets and Brian Statham with 229 were poised to overtake the record of 236 Test wickets set by the assistant-manager Alec Bedser. [7], Up to this point, his first-class batting average was below 30 and his bowling average close to 40, and he had never taken more than four wickets in an innings or six in a match.