He loved winning. After his retirement from international cricket in 1964, he became a well-known commentator on the game. Our nation has lost an icon, he said at a media conference. 'I would have liked to have gone [to the funeral]. [45] He had been a major contributor to the series win, scoring 329 runs at 54.83 and taking 30 wickets at 21.93, establishing himself as one of the leading leg spinners of the modern era. EXCLUSIVE: Head teacher of leading grammar school is sacked for sending parents a list of striking teachers. The pharmacist, Ivan James, suggested a treatment with calamine lotion and boracic acid. Marcia Benaud, a gracious lady with a merry laugh and good sense of humour (pictured with son Greg, 60, at their Central Coast home) spoke with affection and sadness about her marriage to cricketing legend Richie, Greg Benaud (pictured), the elder son of cricketing legend Richie, was an off-break and then leg-spin bowler encouraged by his Dad. CNN Former Australia cricket captain and legendary broadcaster Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. In 1963 he became the first player to complete the Test double of 200 wickets and 2,000 runs. He made 1 in the second before a last-wicket partnership between Davidson and Graham McKenzie of 98 yielded a defendable target. And despite the years since she saw the only man she ever married, Marcia Lorraine Lavender Benaud said she had watched the television tributes to her late former husband with mixed feelings. This was enough for him to gain selection for the start of the Tests. or debate this issue live on our message boards. Thus, the 2005 Ashes series was the last that Benaud commentated on in Britain. 'Dad had two families to look after and back in the day when Mum was awarded custody, it was the law brought down in the Supreme Court rather than the family court that we lived with Mum and saw Dad once a fortnight,' Greg said. Benaud, Richard (Richie) (1930-2015) by Kersi Meher-Homji. It was presented to his wife. 'I watched all the broadcasts. The next season saw the last of Benaud on the field of play, apart from some later charity matches and light-hearted private tours. He was 84. After such an impressive playing career, he became even better known as a prolific author, columnist and commentator on cricket. He defined an era with conviction and sincerity.". 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. They were booed and heckled as they left the field and Benaud's reputation as a "go ahead" cricket captain was badly tarnished. They were different times and it was the right thing to do for them.'. Benaud was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at Test level. '"[116], In October 2013, Benaud crashed his vintage 1965 Sunbeam Alpine into a wall while driving near his home in Coogee, a beachside suburb in Sydney's east. [11] He scored 20 not out and was not called on to bowl in the second innings. After the 1956 Ashes tour in England, he completed a BBC training course while still a player, marking the beginning of a 40-year association with the corporation. Sprawling home where JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in 1996 is listed for sale for $7 MILLION by current Royal Mail increase price of first class stamp by 15p to 1.10 in record-breaking hike. His instinctive, aggressive captaincy and daring approach to cricket and his charismatic nature and public relations ability revitalised cricket interest in Australia. He made another century in the return match, striking 144 not out and taking a total of 2/55. In the previous seasons when he and his team were at their peak, he had scored 636 runs at 31.8 with taken 108 wickets at 20.27 in eighteen Tests, averaging six wickets a match. Australia had fallen to 6/92 on the final day chasing a target of 233 with Benaud and Davidson at the crease. [79] This was followed by three unproductive Tests which yielded only 5/360 and a win apiece. 'It was very, very difficult.'. His leg spin yielded ten wickets at 30.60, with a best of 4/118 in the Fourth Test in Adelaide when he was given a heavy workload, totalling 58 overs,[7] when Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller broke down during the match. Richie proposed to Marcia and the engaged pair planned to marry on January 15, 1953, in between the third and fourth tests against the touring South African team. Along with the West Indian captain Frank Worrell, Benaud's bold leadership enlivened interest in Test cricket among a public who had increasingly regarded it as boring. Benaud did not bowl Meckiff from the other end, and at the end of the match Meckiff announced his retirement. . 'It's obviously been a bit of a strain over the years with Mum and Dad, but Daphne was very kind. [72] Benaud then took four wickets in the drawn Fifth Test to end the series 21. RIP Richie Benaud." The 63 Test matches veteran was the first player to score 2,000 Test runs and take 200 Test wickets. Australia never lost a series under the leg-spinning all-rounder's . BBC Radio 5 live pays tribute to Richie Benaud. [62] He took 4/107 in a seven-wicket victory in Melbourne,[63] before the West Indies levelled the series with a 22-run win in Sydney. ", Benaud married Marcia Lavender in 1953 and had two sons, Greg and Jeffery, from this marriage; he divorced Marcia in 1967. [124], Benaud was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 for services to cricket. The cricketer turned broadcaster had been battling skin cancer and recovering from the after-effects of a car accident . Benaud enjoyed a long association with the BBC following his first radio appearance for the corporation in 1960. [127], In November 2015, Benaud became an honouree at Bradman Foundation, having been a long-serving patron in his life. A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in. [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. Pearce's XI at Scarborough. 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. His Australian cricket television commentary continued until it was brought to a halt by a car accident in 2013 and shortly afterwards he announced that he had skin cancer a legacy, he suspected, of his bareheaded days on the field. [10] He had more success with the bat, scoring 93 and narrowly missing a century against South Australia. Richie Benaud's Death - Cause and Date Born (Birthday) Oct 6, 1930 Death Date April 10, 2015 Age of Death 84 years Cause of Death Skin Cancer Profession Cricket Player The cricket player Richie Benaud died at the age of 84. "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. [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. When I was a kid we never ever wore a cap because Keith Miller never wore a cap, Benaud said at the time. Legendary Australian cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died. Then, within the year, Richie Benaud became captain of his country. Benauds crew cruised to a 4-0 victory, the skipper taking 31 wickets for an average of 18.83 runs each. His first series as skipper was remarkable for a number of reasons. and "That's stumps and time for a glass of something chilled". Greg joked that before his father's death he had visited him and gained some style advice for the funeral. His control was admirable, and when Benaud gets a batsman in trouble he rarely if ever gives him a loose one. [93] Benaud was regarded as one of the finest close-fielders of his era, either at gully or in a silly position. [76], In another match against Victoria, he ordered his team to attempt to score 404 on the final day to take an unlikely victory in accordance with a promise to score at 400 per day. With an attacking partnership, the pair took Australia to within sight of the target. 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. [78] Benaud started the series with seven wickets and a half century as the First Test in Brisbane was drawn. 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. Explore Richie Benaud's biography, personal life, family and cause of death. [74] Benaud was the leading wicket-taker of the season with 47 at 17.97. [36], Benaud was awarded life membership by the New South Wales Cricket Association, but he returned it in protest in 1970 when his younger brother John was removed from the captaincy. [7] 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. 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. Former Australia captain and legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. [125] In 1999, he was awarded a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sports Broadcaster. 'Not as much as when we were children. 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. [107], Benaud commentated for the BBC TV highlights of the 200607 Ashes in Australia as part of his continuing commentary work for Australia's Nine Network. Richard Benaud OBE (/bno/; 6 October 1930 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and the Australia national cricket team. It was something he shouldn't have done. [55] Benaud had less of an impact on the next two Tests, which Australia lost and drew, totaling 6/244. The boys played cricket in the yard and at school, where Jeffrey made the school eleven and Greg 'started as an off break bowler and ended up as leg spin'. He was 84 years old. Benaud was given a chance against the visiting team when New South Wales played them in Sydney after the First Test. [4], 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. He was shrewd not only from the weight of experience but in the cautious way he rationed opinions. [61], The Test was tied when Solomon ran out Ian Meckiff with a direct hit. Richie Benaud, ace all-rounder, captain, journalist, and doyen of commentators, passed away on April 4, 2015. [31] He was unable to maintain the standards he had set in the West Indies, contributing little apart from the Lord's Test. 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. 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. [87], 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. [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. In an early tour match Benaud took his best first class innings haul of 1810187 for New South Wales against the MCC, which lost by an innings and 80 runs, the state's biggest win against the English team. What an innings. In 1958 he became Australia's Test captain until his retirement in 1964. 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. He ended with 3/56, the first time he had taken three wickets in a match. Benaud, born in Penrith, New South Wales, enjoyed a successful career as a wily leg-spin bowler and middle-order batsman. He still managed to say I do quite firmly. [7], Despite this, Benaud was chosen for his Test debut in the Fifth Test against the West Indies in 195152 in Sydney. [25] After a draw in the Second Test,[26] he took three wickets in four balls to end with 4/15 in the first innings at Georgetown, Guyana, before scoring 68 (his first Test half century) as Australia moved to a 20 series lead. He was playing first class cricket in the Sheffield Shield series before being selected for his first test, against the West Indies in Sydney in 1952. In all he missed a third of the matches due to injury. As a batsman, he was tall and lithe, known for his hitting power, in particular his lofted driving ability from the front foot. In November, he revealed he was being treated for skin cancer. [7] However, this was not enough to ensure his selection in the First Test, where he was made 12th man. Three years later, against the West Indies at Sydney, he first played for Australia. Shortly after the the Australian cricket captain and celebrated commentator's death in April from cancer, Ms Benaud spoke to Daily Mail Australia from her housing flat on the NSW Central Coast, north of Sydney. Oscar Cainer tells all. Read about our approach to external linking. Benaud was born in Penrith, New South Wales, in 1930. After retiring, Benaud became a commentary icon, with the BBC and later for Channel 4 in the UK and also in his native Australia. He scored 47 not out and took 3/37 in an innings win over Queensland. England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke said cricket had "lost perhaps its greatest advocate and someone who was a true giant of the modern game". As a captain, he never lost a Test series. 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? 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. Ritchie Benaud pictured in 2004, when he was commentating for Channel 4. Richie Benaud was an all-time great all-rounder cricketer, a crafty leg-spinner who captured 248 wickets in 63 Tests, an attacking lower-order batsman who hit one of the fastest Test centuries, a brilliant gully . 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. [7] In the opening match of the season, he struck 158 and took 5/88 and 1/65 against Queensland. [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. Cricket great Richie Benaud dies at 84 In October 2013, Benaud, then 83, was involved in a car crash and did not recover sufficiently to broadcast the Ashes series and in November 2014, he announced he was been treated for skin cancers. He ended with 121 and took four wickets in the match as Australia won by an innings and took the series 30. He married after the match and had to mumble his wedding vows through a swathe of bandages. The couple honeymooned in Jervis Bay where, Marcia remembered with amusement, they were given a room in the naval barracks with two single beds. In a one-off Test against Pakistan in Karachi, he scored 56 and took 1/36 as Australia fell to defeat. National Archives of Australia, A1200, L33209. 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. [113][123], Benaud was buried on 15 April, in a private funeral ceremony attended only by his immediate family. ", added: "So sad to hear about the passing of Richie Benaud. Link to video: Richie Benaud became a household name for a whole new generation when he moved from the oval to the commentary box. 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. But I won't be on the live commentary roster. It is only a shame he did not get the send-off he deserved - the game of cricket has not had a chance to say goodbye, BBC commentator Jonathan Agnew told the broadcaster. 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. Marcia Benaud kept her surname 'for the sake of my sons. [19] Even so, he was promoted to vice-captain above several senior players when Ian Johnson and Keith Miller missed the 2nd Test at Sydney through injury and Arthur Morris was made temporary captain. Benaud went around the wicket and bowled into the footmarks, having Dexter caught behind and then Peter May bowled around his legs. Against Len Huttons dominant England tourists in 1954-55 he again did little with bat or ball, just as he struggled in 1956 on his second tour of England, the Lords Test apart: having taken a memorably sharp reflex catch in the gully to dismiss Colin Cowdrey, Benaud was at his cavalier best in an innings of 97, ended by a top edge as he tried to reach his hundred in the grand manner by hooking Fred Trueman. Biography - A Short Wiki But he was a survivor, even if his friendship with Bradman never quite recovered from that cricket civil war. When live Test cricket disappeared from the BBC in 1999 he moved to Channel 4, and when terrestrial broadcasting ended in 2005 he refused to switch to pay TV. However, he did not have much success in his five games, taking only five wickets at 54.00. Three of the Tests were drawn, Australias Bill Lawry, Bob Simpson and Ken Mackay scoring at a snails pace (matched by Geoff Pullar, Ken Barrington and Cowdrey for England). Benaud said: "I won't be doing live commentary any more." But I will be doing all sorts of, what I regard as, interesting things for Channel Nine on the cricketspecial features on the cricket". 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. [89][90] His batting had been steady though with 231 runs at 33,[29] but his bowling was less so, taking 12 wickets at 37.42. She kept me informed so that I knew when Dad was sick. [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. It was not the first time he had been hospitalised by a blow to the head. 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. Richie Benaud dies aged 84 - rolling reaction The former Australia cricket captain and commentator, who played 63 Test matches, has died at the age of 84 Updated 9 Apr 2015 9 Apr 2015 Flags. [4] Benaud took 5/72 and scored 43 in the First Test,[86] 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. There would be very few Australians who have not passed a summer in the company of Richie Benaud. Wonderful cricketer, great captain, a master craftsman commentator and top man. Benaud also used to live in Coraki, NSW. Benaud took 3/116 to complement scores of 43 and 90 on his return in the Third Test in Sydney. He spent two weeks in hospital for the surgery. [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. 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[7][11] He then finished the summer strongly, and ended the season with 811 runs at 62.38 and 35 wickets at 30.54. . After scoring 60 and 37 and taking 1/60 in an Australian XI against the South Africans following the Test, he was selected for the Second Test. [4] Benaud had the tendency to bowl around the wicket at a time when he was one of the first players to do so; it had an influence on spin bowlers like Shane Warne and Ashley Giles. 'It's 39 years since I spoke to or saw him, except on TV,' she said. He played three Tests against South Africa in 1963-64 under his successor as captain, Simpson, whacking a memorable 90 on his home ground, Sydney, having calmly endured the trauma at the start of the season of captaining for the last time while his key fast bowler, Ian Meckiff, was repeatedly called by umpire Colin Egar for throwing. [111], It was announced on 15 November 2009, that Benaud had signed a three-year contract 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. 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. But that extraordinary five-match encounter produced electrifying batsmanship, and bowling that was less concerned with shutting the game down than keeping it moving. "Meeting Ivan James was a remarkable piece of luck," he wrote later; "walking into that chemist's shop in Timaru saved my bowling career. Then came the 1953 tour, the first of three he was to make to England as a player. He took 18 wickets in these matches, including 3/20 and 3/37 against Oxford University, 5/13 against Minor Counties and 4/38 against Hampshire. Death date: 10 April, 2015, Friday. He was buried on April 15 in a private funeral ceremony attended only by immediate family members. [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. [37] At this stage of his career, he had yet to perform consistently with bat and ball simultaneously, apart from his breakthrough series in the Caribbean. [119] He died in his sleep on 10 April 2015. Her son Greg told Daily Mail Australia that the pretty young brunette was 'one of Sydney's top three beauties', but Marcia passes that off, laughing, as 'nonsense'. Lou Benaud, who had once taken all 20 wickets in a bush match, keenly and wisely guided his two sons. He ended the series with 200 runs at 25 and eight wickets at 42.5. They brought back all the old memories, sad ones. 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 . Listen to impressionist Rory Bremner paying tribute to Richie Benaud. [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. 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. This was exhibited in the 196061 Test series against the visiting West Indians, in which the grounds were packed to greater levels than they are today despite Australia's population doubling since then.

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