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Benaud took 5 / 72 and scored 43 in the First Test, but then injured himself in a grade match, so Bob Simpson captained the team for the Second Test and won the match in Benaud's absence.
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Benaud and took
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.
Benaud returned and scored 37 and took a total of 2 / 68 in the final match, ending the season with 184 runs at 36. 80 and 11 wickets at 34. 63.
In the next four matches, Benaud passed 15 only once, scoring a 34, and took only seven wickets.
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.
Benaud scored 78 and 68 and took a total of 5 / 238, his victims being Davidson and frontline Test batsmen in a 121-run win.
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.
When South Africa followed on, Benaud took 5 / 84, which left Australia needing only one run to win.
Benaud took 4 / 69 and 4 / 42 in the First Test in Dhaka ( now in Bangladesh ), sealing Australia's first win in Pakistan.
Benaud took over when Australian cricket was in a low phase with a young team.
The First Test in Brisbane ended in the first tie in Test history, which came about after Benaud and Alan Davidson, rather than settle for a draw, decided to risk defeat and play an attacking partnership, which took Australia to the brink of victory.
Benaud then took four wickets in the drawn Fifth Test to end the series 2 – 1.
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.
Benaud took 3 / 116 to complement scores of 43 and 90 on his return in the Third Test in Sydney.
* 1961 – With England firmly in control going into the fourth day, Richie Benaud took 6 – 70 to win Australia the game.
He did little in the first three Tests, making 78 in the first innings at First Test at Brisbane, where he hit 6 fours in 20 minutes off the leg-spin of Richie Benaud and Bobby Simpson, but then took another 210 minutes to make 40 more runs.
A partnership of 75 with Richie Benaud took them to within 16 runs of victory, but another collapse left the scores tied.
Benaud and 5
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.
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.
Benaud returned to form with match figures of 5 / 142 and 57 in the Fifth Test at Sydney, which ended in a painful draw when Benaud ordered Bill Lawry and Peter Burge to play out the last afternoon for a draw that would retain the Ashes.
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 /
On a green pitch, Benaud came in at 7 / 96 and featured in a century partnership in only an hour, making 43 himself.
Benaud ended his season with 97 and a total of 3 / 39 in an innings win over South Australia.
Benaud then struck an unbeaten 100 and totalled 1 / 64 in the next match against Western Australia before the Australians departed for England.
Benaud contributed 46 and match figures of 2 / 73 in a First Test victory at Kingston.
The first of these came in the First Test at Johannesburg, where after conceding 1 / 115, Benaud struck 122, his highest Test score, to see Australia reach a draw.
Benaud struck exactly 100 in the first innings, before taking 4 / 70 in South Africa's reply.
Benaud had less of an impact on the next two Tests, which Australia lost and drew, totalling 6 / 244.
Australia had fallen to 6 / 92 on the final day chasing a target of 233 with Benaud and Davidson at the crease.
Benaud had an unpenetrative match with the ball, taking 1 / 162.
Benaud had a heavy load in the match taking 8 / 199 after Davidson tore a hamstring mid-match.
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.
After Harvey led the team to victory at Lord's, Benaud had an unhappy return in the Third at Headingley scoring two runs in two innings and taking match figures of 2 / 108 as Australia lost within three days.
Benaud and scored
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.
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.
At one stage, New South Wales were six wickets down with less than 150 runs scored, but Benaud refused to attempt to defend for a draw.
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.
Benaud scored a century, prompting Robinson to describe Craig's action as " the most imaginative piece of captaincy of the season ".
Burge then scored 137 against Leicestershire between Tests and retained his position after captain Benaud was forced out with a shoulder rinjury.
Benaud and First
Benaud was recalled to the New South Wales First XI in late December for the Christmas and New Year's fixtures.
Benaud was given a chance against the tourists when New South Wales played them in Sydney after the First Test.
The First Test at Edgbaston was drawn with Benaud taking three wickets.
Benaud started the series with seven wickets and a half century as the First Test in Brisbane was drawn.
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.
First selected to play for Australia at age of 19, he toured England in 1961 under Richie Benaud.
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.
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