Johnnie Moyes said " Certainly Benaud received a little help from the roughened patches, but he could do what the off-spinners could not do: he could turn the ball, mostly slowly, sometimes with more life.

Benaud said: " I won't be doing live commentary.

At an awards dinner at the end of the season, Australian commentator Richie Benaud, upon seeing Hadlee hobble up to the stage on crutches, said later that he thought Hadlee " would never play cricket again.

Playing with ten men, Benaud said that Harvey " proceeded, with a certain amount of anger, to play one of the best innings I have seen in Sheffield Shield ".

Richie Benaud said that Lindwall was " technically the best fast bowler " that he ever saw .< Ref name =" p211 "/> During the 1950s, Lindwall's action was copied by young children and a number of first-class Australian bowlers, including Ron Gaunt, John Power and Barry Fisher consciously copied his action .< Ref name =" az "/> Alan Davidson, who succeeded Lindwall as Australia's pace spearhead, labelled him as " the best fast bowler I ever saw ".< Ref name =" a159 "> Armstrong, p. 159 .</ ref > Lindwall's childhood hero Harold Larwood rated Dennis Lillee to be equal to Lindwall " but not ahead of him ".< Ref name =" a159 "/> Following Lindwall's tour of England in 1953, his English counterpart Alec Bedser said that Lindwall was " the best fast bowler I've seen, because of his variety and control ".

Described by The Times as lightly bow-legged, with a wonderful eye, wrists the envy of any batsman, and feet always the right place to play a shot, Richie Benaud stated that many Australians who saw Weekes in action said he was the closest batsman in style to the pre-World War II Donald Bradman.

" His captain for Australia and New South Wales, Richie Benaud said that he was " one of the greatest entertainers we've had in Australian cricket ".

Benaud erroneously recalled in an autobiography that this was his maiden wicket — it was his fourth — and described the ball as " the worst I ever bowled ".

", " Well, the answer to that ", Benaud replied, " If there is, as there always can be, some emergency or a sensational happening on or off the field where it would be quite ridiculous not to go into the commentary box, of course I'll be in there doing my job and doing it as professionally as I can.

Benaud was to describe the innings as " magnificent ", later saying " I knew I was watching a champion.

Commentating on the match, Richie Benaud called Hughes's actions " as curious a captaincy decision as I have ever seen ".

He had batted in all for 263 minutes, and his 94 runs included only two fours ; but Benaud ’ s defensive field-placing had contributed to that ".

Richie Benaud ’ s Greatest XI is a 2004 DVD in which cricketing doyen Richie Benaud selects an imaginary cricket team from the best players available from all countries and eras.

Following an injury to Benaud, Australia replaced him with a third seamer, allowing McKenzie to make his debut in the Second Test at Lord ’ s during the " Battle of the Ridge ".

Despite this, Benaud told chairman of selectors Don Bradman that he would still be going for an improbable victory in accordance with his policy of aggression.

Benaud was another contender with 219 wickets, but it was Statham who broke the record ( only to be overtaken by Trueman in New Zealand ) and Benaud had to be content with breaking Ray Lindwall's Australian record of 228 Test wickets.

At the start of the 1963-64 season, Benaud announced that it would be his last at first-class level.

Upon his return, Benaud advised the Australian Cricket Board that it would be in the better interests of the team if Simpson continued as captain for the remainder of the season.

It was developed by the software company Turtlez Ltd. 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!

On 18 February 2009, during a radio interview, Benaud announced that he would be retiring from television commentary.

Richie Benaud described Bradman as " a brilliant administrator and businessman ", warning that he was not to be underestimated.

Richie Benaud commented that the structures he put in place " will be of great of benefit to English cricket in years to come.

In a move regarded as surprising, the 21-year old Craig, rather than Richie Benaud, replaced the retired Miller as state captain and staked his claim to be a part of Australia's long-term future with a consistent season in which he scored 521 runs at an average of 47. 36, with two centuries.

Richard " Richie " Benaud OBE (; born 6 October 1930 ) is a former Australian cricketer who, since his retirement from international cricket in 1964, has become a highly regarded commentator on the game.

In the next Shield match against Victoria, led by Australian captain Lindsay Hassett, Benaud came in for attack.

The following Australian season in 1952-53, Benaud started modestly and in the five first-class matches before the Tests, scored 208 runs at 26. 00 including a 63 and 69, and 14 wickets at 38. 64.

After returning home from his first overseas tour, Benaud was prolific during the 1953 – 54 Australian season, which was purely domestic with no touring Test team.

Benaud took over when Australian cricket was in a low phase with a young team.

In 2004, Benaud starred in a series of television advertisements for the Australian Tourism Commission, aimed at promoting Australia as a tourist destination.

He formed an alliance with Australian captain Richie Benaud, seeking more attractive play, with some success.

The Australian captain Richie Benaud was another contender with 219 wickets, but it was Statham who broke the record.

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.

Barrington looked completely assured and began sweeping the Australian spin bowlers as Benaud, Simpson and Norm O ' Neill all tried their arm.

The selection committee comprises the former General Manager of Melbourne Cricket Club, Dr. John Lill, former Australian Test captains, Richie Benaud and Bill Lawry, the chief of the Australian Cricket Board and media representatives.

Therefore, Benaud was made Australian captain ahead of Harvey.

Described by Benaud as " one of the best innings at Test level ", it set up an Australian win.

The Australian captain Richie Benaud was another contender with 219 wickets, but it was Statham who broke the record in the Fourth Test at Adelaide.

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.

; Australia 2nd innings: Davidson and Australian captain Richie Benaud set a 7th-wicket partnership record of 134 between the West Indies and Australia.

In February 2007, Macartney was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame along with Richie Benaud, making them the 26th and 27th inductees.

Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder, blending thoughtful leg spin bowling with lower-order batting aggression.

" In his review of Benaud's autobiography Anything But, Sri Lankan cricket writer Harold de Andrado wrote: " Richie Benaud possibly next to Sir Don Bradman has been one of the greatest cricketing personalities as player, researcher, writer, critic, author, organiser, adviser and student of the game.

Benaud came from a cricket family.

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.

After retiring from playing in 1964, Benaud turned to full-time cricket journalism and commentary, dividing his time between Britain ( where he worked for the BBC for many years before joining Channel 4 in 1999 ), and Australia ( for the Nine Network ).

Benaud has become a staunch advocate of cricket being available on free-to-view TV.

It was announced on 15 November 2009, that Benaud had signed a three-year agreement with the Nine Network to continue being part of their cricket coverage until 2013, although his role would change from that of ball-by-ball commentary.

In 1967 Benaud married Daphne Surfleet, who had worked for the English cricket writer E. W.

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.

Benaud was an advocate of " go ahead " captaincy and Dexter for " brighting up " cricket and their reputations were badly tarnished.

As befits the name ( a reference to the non-playing reserve in an eleven-player cricket side ), Birmingham particularly focuses on cricket commentators such as Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry and Tony Greig.

Pundits Mike Atherton and Richie Benaud criticised the team's performances and suggested Bangladesh was not yet suited to Test cricket.

* Richie Benaud: " Perhaps the best one-day player to have ever lived and never played that form of cricket.

Both Worrell and his opposing captain, Richie Benaud, encouraged their teams to play attacking cricket.

Richie Benaud selected him in his all time cricket XI.