He was also a highly regarded tactician and never lost a Test series as Australia captain, winning five and drawing two. [6] At the start of the 194950 season, he was still in the Second XI, but when the Test players departed for a tour of South Africa soon afterwards,[7] vacancies opened up. Benaud, Richard (Richie) (1930-2015) by Kersi Meher-Homji. As a captain, he never lost a Test series. 'We have been comfortable and had a contented life here,' she said. "He was an integral part of the BBC team for decades and will be sorely missed by everyone who had the pleasure of working with him.". Richard (Richie) Benaud, cricketer and commentator, died on April 10th, aged 84. EXCLUSIVE: Head teacher of leading grammar school is sacked for sending parents a list of striking teachers. But I will be doing all sorts of, what I regard as, interesting things for Channel Nine on the cricketspecial features on the cricket". This memorial website was created in memory of Richie Benaud, 84, born on October 6, 1930 and passed away on April 10, 2015. He ended the series with 200 runs at 25 and eight wickets at 42.5. How Prince Harry's chat with guru who compared Hamas terrorists to Jews who battled the Nazis has appalled JAN MOIR: Goodbye Ken, the world always seemed safer with you on the airwaves, Abstaining from masturbating RAISES risk of anxiety, depression and erectile dysfunction, study warns. How remorseless Stephen Bear continued his arrogant antics up until or debate this issue live on our message boards. He finished the innings with 6/70. [113][123], Benaud was buried on 15 April, in a private funeral ceremony attended only by his immediate family. He was the mainstay in Australian cricket television commentary until the past two summers - a car accident in 2013 sidelined him before he announced in November last year that he was fighting skin cancer. The opener at Brisbane delivered the thrill of crickets first tied Test match. They brought back all the old memories, sad ones. He justified their decision prior to the team's departure, scoring 167 not out and taking match figures of 7/137 for the touring team against a Tasmania Combined XI, his wickets including Test batsmen Miller, Ian Craig and Neil Harvey. It was his first five-wicket haul in a Test innings. [92], During Benaud's captaincy, Australia did not lose a series, and became the dominant team in world cricket. ", Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycottexternal-link said: "Farewell Richie Benaud. Our nation has lost an icon, he said at a media conference. RIP Richie Benaud." The 63 Test matches veteran was the first player to score 2,000 Test runs and take 200 Test wickets. Marcia said that from time to time when people inquired about her name, she would quietly respond that yes, she was the first Mrs Richie Benaud. The death of Richie Benaud has reverberated around the world after news broke on Friday morning of the former Australia cricket captain's death at the age of 84. [84][85] The draw meant that the series was shared 11, the first time he had drawn a series after five successive wins. He was known for his unbuttoned shirt, and raised eyebrows with his on-field exuberance. [4], On his third and final tour to England in 1961, he was hampered by damaged tendons in his right shoulder, which forced him to miss the Second Test at Lord's known as the "Battle of the Ridge". [8] Selected as a batsman, he scored 3 and 19. He was buried on April 15 in a private funeral ceremony attended only by immediate family members. She rushed to St Vincent's Hospital where he was having his mouth stitched. Prince Andrew has 'offered to manage prestigious Royal estates including Balmoral but King Charles has told PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Yes, Madonna toyboys are fun but not if you value your dignity. If I knew, when I was at school and playing in my early cricket days, the problems that would have come if I didnt do something about protection of the head and using sunscreens and all sorts of things like that, Id have played it differently. Legendary Australian cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died. RIP Richie Benaud. Regular boundaries and quickly-run singles took the score to 226, a seventh-wicket partnership of 134. He was buried on April 15 in a private funeral ceremony attended only by immediate family members. After retiring, Benaud became a commentary icon, with the BBC and later for Channel 4 in the UK and also in his native Australia. [17] Benaud went on to play in the final four Tests. [74] Benaud was the leading wicket-taker of the season with 47 at 17.97. 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. Plastic surgeon reveals five cosmetic procedures she would NEVER get - from dangerous Brazilian butt lifts BEL MOONEY:Why does caring for my dad take over my life? Explore Richie Benaud's biography, personal life, family and cause of death. The chairman of selectors, Sir Donald Bradman, made it clear that he was keen to see Test cricket rescued from a period of dull introversion, and the two captains approached the series in a positive frame of mind. They are Richie Benaud's secret first family, whose lives are far removed from the glittering sporting career the cricket legend led in the media spotlight before his death in April. Australia won the series 21, and although Benaud was below his best, scoring at 21.77 and taking 23 wickets at 33.87,[29][36] the series was a success for cricket. Recruited by Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer in the 1970s, Benaud would become a driving force behind World Series Cricket, his voice lending respectability to the breakaway professional circuit that would ultimately change the game. ", said: "Farewell Richie Benaud. Benaud embraced his players when opposition wickets fell, something that was uncommon at the time. Benaud led New South Wales throughout a dominant season, winning the Sheffield Shield with 64 of the 80 possible points. Some famous Benaud phrases and one-liners: "It's gone straight into the confectionary stall and out again"", "And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just ninety-eight runs short of his century", Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards said Benaud was "the iconic voice of our summer", while the Australian government has. Reaction to the death of former Australian cricket captain and commentator Richie Benaud, known as the 'Voice of Cricket'. Six further wickets in the drawn Third Test saw Benaud end the series with 84 runs at 28 and 18 wickets at 21.11. What an innings. The matter will return to court on December 4. A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in. [20] Benaud struck an unbeaten 100 and totalled 1/64 in the next match against Western Australia before the Australians departed for England. He married after the match and had to mumble his wedding vows through a swathe of bandages. Selected as a batsman who could bowl, he had totalled 309 runs at 15.45 without passing 50, and taken 23 wickets at 37.87 with only two four-wicket innings hauls. In 1963 he became the first player to complete the Test double of 200 wickets and 2,000 runs. Benaud had an ineffective match with the ball, taking 1/162. The parents who fear their 11-year-olds will be scarred for life by the graphic sex education lessons that Two Insulate Britain protesters are jailed for contempt of court after they defied a judge's orders not to 'Derek fights on, it makes me fall in love with him all over again:' Kate Garraway reveals there are days French authorities fear 'narco-tourists' could flock to Normandy beaches after 'more than two tonnes of Hopes for cervical cancer vaccine after trials in mice showed it reduced tumours 80 per cent of the time. Benaud played international cricket from 1952 to 1964, and Australia never lost a series under his captaincy (28 games). Now an 85-year-old pensioner, Marcia Benaud hadn't seen Richie Benaud since the 1970s when he was contesting the maintenance paid to support her and their sons. 'Dad thought it was important not to cut us off from our grandparents,' Greg said, 'and so we kept in contact with Nan and Pa Benaud and Nanna and Grandpop Lavender and continued to visit them when Dad was overseas. . 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. [7] This was part of a month-long run in which he made only 123 runs in eight innings and took only seven wickets in four matches. In England, Richie met Daphne Surfleet, who had worked for the English cricket writer E. W. Swanton. Greg Benaud had just turned twelve and his brother Jeffrey was nine. The best of his career hung principally on the exhilharating Test series of 1960-61, when he captained Australia against the visiting West Indies side led by Frank Worrell. What an innings. Benaud's personal form was a major factor in this success. "Richie was not just a great cricket commentator, he was one of the finest sports commentators of his generation," said Barbara Slater, Director of BBC Sport. On a green pitch which was struck by a downpour on the opening day, Benaud's spin was not used by Arthur Morris, and he failed to make an impression with the bat in his only innings, scoring only two. [106], Benaud became a staunch advocate of cricket being available on free-to-view TV. Death date: 10 April, 2015, Friday. [72], During England's chase on the final afternoon it became apparent that, with Ted Dexter scoring quickly, Australia would lose the Test unless England were bowled out. By that summers end, with the beaten but popular West Indies having had a tickertape motorcade send-off in Melbourne, Richie Benauds own popularity was sealed. Benaud had a heavy load in the match, taking 8/199 after Davidson tore a hamstring mid-match. Australia had fallen to 6/92 on the final day chasing a target of 233 with Benaud and Davidson at the crease. In October 2018, Benaud became the 40th Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. [114][115], On 29 October 2008, Benaud's mother, Irene, died, aged 104. [7][11] He then finished the summer strongly, and ended the season with 811 runs at 62.38 and 35 wickets at 30.54. [29][36][54] 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. His performances in South Africa in 1957-58 reinforced that belief. Birth date: 6 October, 1930, Monday. Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE ( / bno /; 6 October 1930 - 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer. 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. [4], Benaud was not a large spinner of the ball, but he was known for his ability to extract substantial bounce from the surface. Newspaper reports said he drank champagne 'through a straw'. His success was based on his ability to attack, his tactical boldness and his ability to extract more performance from his players, in particular Davidson. At the age of 83, he crushed two vertebrae when his 1963 Sunbeam vintage sports car hit a brick wall near his home in Coogee, Sydney. 'I would have liked to have gone [to the funeral]. His final commentary in England came during the 2005 Ashes series, but he continued to work for Channel Nine in Australia until 2013. The great voice of cricket is no more. ", Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbottexternal-link said Benaud's passing was "a sad day for Australia", adding: "We have lost a cricketing champion and Australian icon. The reason for Richie Benaud death was stated that he died due to Skin cancer. [68] After Harvey led the team to victory at Lord's,[69] 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, whose witty one-liners from the commentary box resonated far beyond. Benaud was given a chance against the visiting team when New South Wales played them in Sydney after the First Test. In 2017, the Australian Mint issued a 50-cent coin commemorating Benaud. Greg said he did not wish to discuss his brother Jeff, who is married with no children and is believed to have worked in marketing. A petite and gracious lady with a merry laugh and a gentle demeanour, Marcia Benaud has lived a 'contented' life a world apart from the public life Richie Benaud led with second wife Daphne. [66] With Davidson back, Australia won the final Test by two wickets,[67] after a controversial incident in which Australian wicketkeeper Wally Grout was not given out hit wicket when a bail was dislodged and the umpires did not notice. [7] As a specialist batsman, he made his first-class debut for New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground against Queensland in the New Year's match of the 194849 season. Marcia Benaud spoke of her past with Richie with laughter and tears, but said although she believed he should have never left their marriage she has made a life of contentment, politely responding that she was 'the first wife' if people asked about her name, Richie Benaud, pictured shaking the hand of Queen Elizabeth II, before the start of play during his Test cricket years, which his first wife Marcia said led to some delightful occasions, including her invitation to dine with the Queen on the Britannia when in Sydney. His final commentary came near the end of the final day of the Fifth Test at the Oval. He made 124 runs at 20.66, making double figures in four of seven innings, but was unable to capitalise on his starts, with a top score of 45. 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". Benauds first marriage, to Marcia Lavender, with whom he had two sons, Greg and Jeffery, was dissolved; he later married Daphne Surfleet, who had been secretary to the cricket writer EW Swanton. According to Eryk Bagshaw of The Sydney Morning Herald, Benaud had been in hospice care while. Australia never lost a series under the leg-spinning all-rounder's . Only seven runs were required with four wickets in hand as time was running short. Richie Benaud was the captain of the Australian team that was in charge of the Australian side which featured in Test cricket's first-ever tied match, against the West Indies in 1960-61. On the way home Benaud finally fulfilled his potential by taking 7 for 72 (this remained his best Test return) at Madras to set up an Australian innings victory over India, the short series being sealed at Calcutta in the third Test when Benaud took 11 wickets for 105. [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. He became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket, arriving at that milestone in 1963. While a heart attack was the cause of Warne's death while holidaying in Thailand, Healy revealed that he feared the spin king would succumb to another health issue. Inside Matt Hancock's 41-hour battle to save his career when photo of 'a snog and heavy petting' with aide Will Vladimir Putin's empress pay the ultimate price for his war on the West? Up to this point, in seven matches for the season, the young all-rounder had only scored 307 runs at 27.90 and taken ten wickets at 64.80. ', Home territory: Richie Benaud was the king of the commentary box and at complete ease on cricket grounds around the world including the SCG (above), but as he forged his international commentary career he saw less of his two sons by first wife Marcia, Marcia Benaud said: 'I was at the stage where I preferred to be happy with a little, than rich and unhappy and so I accepted it and I haven't seen him since that day in court.'. Benaud did not bowl Meckiff from the other end, and at the end of the match Meckiff announced his retirement. Pearce's XI at Scarborough. Thus, the 2005 Ashes series was the last that Benaud commentated on in Britain. Marcia had thought Richie's hanging up of the bat would bring him home. [6][46] Benaud had little prior leadership experience, and faced the task of recovering the Ashes from an England team which had arrived in Australia as favourites. The next season saw the last of Benaud on the field of play, apart from some later charity matches and light-hearted private tours. Talking about her marriage to the onetime Australian cricket captain, Ms Benaud's eyes filled with tears and she said: 'He shouldn't have left'. He had been receiving treatment for skin cancer since November. Greg Benaud said he and brother Jeffrey met Australian Test players, such as Alan Davidson and Arthur Morris, who his father invited round for team meetings in the garage of the Beecroft home, 'starting off with Davo leading a prayer and then they would discuss tactics and show 8mm home moves of games'. [7] In the opening match of the season, he struck 158 and took 5/88 and 1/65 against Queensland. He appeared in Richie Benaud's Greatest XI, a video in which he chooses his own team.
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