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Benaud made a strong start to the series against India, taking 3 / 0 in the first innings of the First Test in Delhi, before a 5 / 76 second innings haul secured an innings victory.
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Educated at Parramatta High School, Benaud made his first grade debut for Cumberland at age 16, primarily as a batsman.
In his early career, Benaud was a batting all-rounder, marked by a looping backlift which made him suspect against fast bowling but allowed him to have a wide attacking stroke range.
On arrival in the British Isles, Benaud quickly made an impression with both bat and ball.
On Channel 4's live commentary, Benaud often made sarcastic comments regarding the advertisement of Desktop Richie.
The recommendation to name the award after Sobers was made by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding, who were asked by the ICC " to select an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award ".
He led the Australians in their morning exercises during the sea voyage, which captain Richie Benaud made optional.
Therefore, Benaud was made Australian captain ahead of Harvey.
Craig made 24 and put on 70 with Benaud to take his team towards victory, but the match eventually ended in a tie.
The First Test in Brisbane was a low scoring match described by Australian captain Richie Benaud as producing " some of the slowest and worst cricket imaginable ", O ' Neill made 34 in Australia's first innings of 186 to help secure a lead of 52.
He made 6 in the first innings and was 47 not out when Benaud declared in the second innings of the drawn First Test in Brisbane.
An opening batsman, he made his Test debut in the 5th Test against West Indies at Sydney in January 1952, alongside fellow debutants George Thoms, also an opening batsman, and Richie Benaud.
Benaud and strong
Further strong performances during the Shield season saw him selected at age 19 for the 1961 Ashes tour under Richie Benaud.
Benaud and start
After a break in the international calendar of a year, the 1957-58 tour to South Africa heralded the start of a phase of three international seasons when Benaud was at his peak.
When Ian Craig fell ill at the start of the 1958-59 season, Benaud was promoted to the captaincy ahead of vice-captain Neil Harvey.
At the start of the 1963-64 season, Benaud announced that it would be his last at first-class level.
Benaud and series
Australia won 4 – 0 in 1958 – 59, having found a high-quality spinner of their own in new skipper Richie Benaud, who took 31 wickets in the five-Test series, and paceman Alan Davidson, who took 24 wickets at 19. 00.
Experienced journalists including Richie Benaud rated the series as the most exciting in living memory.
An incident in the second Test of the 1960 – 61 series involved the West Indies player Joe Solomon being given out after his hat fell on the stumps after being bowled at by Richie Benaud.
Despite his inability to contribute with either bat or ball in England, Benaud was the only bowler selected for all five Tests of the 1954-55 series when England visited Australia.
After taking four wickets in the drawn Second Test in Bombay, Benaud bowled Australia to victory in the Third Test in Calcutta, sealing the series 2-0.
Benaud produced an all-round performance of 46, 5 / 91 and 4 / 82 in the Fourth Test in Adelaide to take an unassailable 3-0 series lead and regain the Ashes, before scoring 64 and match figures of 5 / 57 to help take the Fifth Test and a 4-0 series result.
Six further wickets in the drawn Third Test saw Benaud end the series with 84 runs at 28 and 18 wickets at 21. 11.
Australia won the series 2 – 1, and although Benaud was below his best, scoring at 21. 77 and taking 23 wickets at 33. 87, the series was a success for cricket.
With the series balanced at 1-1, the Fourth Test at Old Trafford initially brought no improvement, with Benaud scoring 2 and taking 0 / 80 in the first innings.
Benaud then took four wickets in the drawn Fifth Test to end the series 2 – 1.
Benaud had a poor series with the bat, scoring 45 runs at 9 and taking 15 wickets at 32. 53.
Benaud started the series with seven wickets and a half century as the First Test in Brisbane was drawn.
* Benaud was in charge for the inaugural 1960-61 Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies, a series that included the famous Tied Test.
In 2004, Benaud starred in a series of television advertisements for the Australian Tourism Commission, aimed at promoting Australia as a tourist destination.
Thus, the 2005 Ashes series was the last that Benaud commentated on in Britain.
It was a parody of Paul Hardcastle's number one hit, 19, with Bremner impersonating cricket commentators, including Richie Benaud and Brian Johnston, and replacing references to the Vietnam War with references to the England cricket team's disastrous 1984 home series against the West Indies in which the England captain David Gower had averaged 19.
Dexter's negative field placings and lack of urgency failed to regain the Ashes and the painful draws in the Fourth and Fifth Tests particularly spoilt the atmosphere, as Richie Benaud was determined to hold onto the Ashes and Dexter was content to draw a series in Australia.
Led by Ted Dexter and managed by His Grace Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, PC they were to face the shrewd Australian captain Richie Benaud in the 1962-63 Ashes series and few thought they would win.
Benaud returned for the Third Test, when England levelled the series despite twin half-centuries of 73 and 53 from Harvey, who top-scored in both innings on a dustbowl in a match that lasted only three days.
Lindwall had taken 19 wickets at 20. 16 in just three and a half Tests for the series, and Australia seemed unlikely to find replacements for their leading strike pair anytime soon ; their eventual successors Richie Benaud and Alan Davidson were still to become regular internationals.
He was seen by some of his team mates as " dictatorial " with Benaud and Harvey particularly resenting Johnson's insistence on the entire touring party attending every lead-in match before 1956 Test series in England.
In his debut match, and the second match of the series at Lord's, McKenzie stood in for an injured Benaud and went on to take the last three English wickets in twelve balls which gave him a card of 5 / 37 off 29 overs.
Benaud and against
In the next Shield match against Victoria, led by Australian captain Lindsay Hassett, Benaud came in for attack.
Benaud was given a chance against the tourists when New South Wales played them in Sydney after the First Test.
Benaud scored his maiden first-class century, 117 against South Australia, in the next match, two years after falling short of the milestone by seven runs.
Despite this, Benaud was chosen for his Test debut in the Fifth Test against the West Indies in 1951-52 in Sydney.
Benaud then struck an unbeaten 100 and totalled 1 / 64 in the next match against Western Australia before the Australians departed for England.
In eight first-class matches after his Test campaign was over, Benaud added a further half-century in addition to the century against Pearce's XI, and took 22 more wickets, including 4 / 20 against the Gentlemen of England.
In an early tour match Benaud took his best first class innings haul of 18-10-18-7 for New South Wales against the MCC, which lost by an innings and 80 runs, the state's biggest win against the English team.
The first Test of the season, against the touring South Africans, saw high drama as Australia's left arm paceman Ian Meckiff was called for throwing by Colin Egar and removed from the attack by Benaud after one over.
He appealed against the ban but this was rejected by the ICC's code of conduct commissioner, Richie Benaud.
The highlight of his season was scoring 209 not out for an Eastern Province Invitational XI against the International Cavaliers, which included bowlers such as Richie Benaud and Graham McKenzie.
This included most of the first month of the tour ; Benaud hurt his shoulder in the first match against Worcestershire, and spent most of the next three weeks either not bowling or travelling to London away from his men for specialist treatment.
In the following 1953 – 54 season, Burge found a regular place and began the season in November with 103 against a New South Wales attack which included Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller and Richie Benaud.
Burge then scored 137 against Leicestershire between Tests and retained his position after captain Benaud was forced out with a shoulder rinjury.
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