Discover the real story, facts, and details of Richie Benaud. Read about our approach to external linking. He was 84. Asked whether that was sad for her, Marcia said: 'I've accepted it'. Benaud, who was born in Penrith, just west of Sydney, into a family of Huguenot origin, had a keen cricketer for a father. Jeffrey Benaud is not involved in the court action Marcia and Greg Benaud have taken against Daphne Benaud in the Supreme Court. It's been very much appreciated.'. The opener at Brisbane delivered the thrill of crickets first tied Test match. 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 . Benaud enjoyed a long association with the BBC following his first radio appearance for the corporation in 1960. 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. She said that after their split, Richie Benaud had preferred to keep his past quiet and that she was not encouraged to call 'Coogee', the name she used to refer to Richie and Daphne Benaud when they were in Sydney at their apartment. Marcia remembers making the salads for the West Indies team, with Richie cooking on the barbecue he had made himself from Besser blocks, and legends including Everton Weekes, Garfield Sobers, Wes Hall and Frank Worrell standing around in the back yard. RIP Richie Benaud. He led from the front with his bowling, taking match figures of 7/112 in his debut as captain as Australia claimed the First Test in Brisbane.
Richie Benaud obituary | Richie Benaud | The Guardian [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. Following his retirement from international cricket in 1964, Benaud became a highly regarded commentator on the game. '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. In October 2018, Benaud became the 40th Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE ( / bno /; 6 October 1930 - 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer. 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". [75] His aggressive tactical style brought large crowds throughout the season, with almost 18,000 watching one match against South Australia. Australia had fallen to 6/92 on the final day chasing a target of 233 with Benaud and Davidson at the crease. [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. Opening the batting, he struck 135 in 110 minutes in the second innings, including an Australian record of eleven sixes, four of them in one over. In all he missed a third of the matches due to injury. Benaud did not bowl Meckiff from the other end, and at the end of the match Meckiff announced his retirement. A veteran of 63 Test matches,. 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. 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). [79] This was followed by three unproductive Tests which yielded only 5/360 and a win apiece. [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. I used to go to matches and even went on the Hill in Sydney when he was batting with Norm O'Neill.'. 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's personal form was a major factor in this success. [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. R ichie Benaud, Australia's legendary cricket captain and commentator, died in Sydney on Friday, his family said. He also made 113 against the touring side for the Prime Minister's XI. Benaud struck exactly 100 in the first innings, before taking 4/70 in South Africa's reply. But I will be doing all sorts of, what I regard as, interesting things for Channel Nine on the cricketspecial features on the cricket". They brought back all the old memories, sad ones. 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. Benaud led New South Wales throughout a dominant season, winning the Sheffield Shield with 64 of the 80 possible points. He had been receiving treatment for skin cancer since November.
Richie Benaud: 'Voice of cricket' dies at 84 | CNN [113][123], Benaud was buried on 15 April, in a private funeral ceremony attended only by his immediate family. Benaud's highest Test score of 122 was made against South Africa, His best Test bowling effort of 7 for 72 was against, He captained Australia in 28 Tests: 12 wins, 11 draws, 1 tie, 4 losses. He made another century in the return match, striking 144 not out and taking a total of 2/55. [29][36], When Ian Craig fell ill at the start of the 195859 season, Benaud was promoted to the captaincy ahead of vice-captain Neil Harvey. Catches/ stumpings. [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. [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 scored 78 and 68 and took a total of 5/238, his dismissals being Davidson and frontline Test batsmen in a 121-run win. We will remember him forever. A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in 1964 to pursue a career in journalism and broadcasting. The cricketer turned broadcaster had been battling skin cancer and recovering from the after-effects of a car accident . When, a few months later in England, Benaud took veteran Ray Lindwalls advice and bowled his leg-spin around the wicket into the rough, when all seemed lost in the Old Trafford Test, his wicket-taking that afternoon ensured that Australia retained the Ashes and raised the captain close to sainthood in the estimation of his team and his country. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' After attending Parramatta high school, Richie made his New South Wales debut on the final day of 1948. He came from a cricket family, with his younger brother John Benaud also going on to become an Australian Test cricketer. [4] He was appointed an OBE in that year and in 1962 was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. His control was admirable, and when Benaud gets a batsman in trouble he rarely if ever gives him a loose one.
Fans remember Richie Benaud for his famed pronunciation of '2/2/22 National Archives of Australia, A1200, L33209. [97], In 2004, Benaud starred in a series of television advertisements for the Australian Tourism Commission, aimed at promoting Australia as a tourist destination. But that extraordinary five-match encounter produced electrifying batsmanship, and bowling that was less concerned with shutting the game down than keeping it moving. [6] 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. Richie Benaud. 'When I heard that it was serious and Greg told me he had got [the cancer] in its bloodstream, I accepted that whatever God decided to do would be right,' she said. He was the accompaniment of an Australian summer, his voice was even more present than the chirping of the cicadas in our suburbs and towns, and that voice, tragically, is now still. Swanton.
Richie Benaud dies: Eight rules of commentary - The Independent Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards said Benaud was "the iconic voice of our summer", while the Australian government has offered to hold a state funeral. Benaud played international cricket from 1952 to 1964, and Australia never lost a series under his captaincy (28 games). Richie Benaud, who has died aged 84, was perhaps best known latterly for his work as a global cricket commentator, with his distinctive voice, familiar fixed gaze, prominent bottom lip and.
Richie Benaud Dead: Legendary Cricket Commentator Dies At 84 He appeared in Richie Benaud's Greatest XI, a video in which he chooses his own team. [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. [109] Chris Barrie of Red Dwarf fame incorporated impressions of Benaud into his stand-up repertoire. 'It was very, very difficult.'. It was screened before Australias Test series against India last December. 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. Benaud led his country. 'He likes to keep his privacy.'. [18][19] In another match for New South Wales against the touring team, he took a total of 5/95. 581 Former Australia cricket captain and renowned commentator Richie Benaud has died aged 84. Benaud was cementing his position and was in the senior team for four consecutive matches even with the Test players available. In England, Richie met Daphne Surfleet, who had worked for the English cricket writer E. W. Swanton. Legendary Australian cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died.
Australian Cricket Commentator Richie Benaud Dies at 84 | Time Marcia Benaud kept her surname 'for the sake of my sons. Having helped Australia win the 1955 series in the West Indies (Benauds century in Jamaica, one of five in an innings of 758 for 8 still Australias highest total in Tests came in a mere 78 minutes), after four years and 27 Test matches it was felt at last that he truly belonged in the side. His performances in South Africa in 1957-58 reinforced that belief.
Richie Benaud dies aged 84 - rolling reaction - the Guardian [15] Hassett allowed him to bowl only in the second innings, when nine West Indian wickets had fallen and Australia were on the verge of an inevitable victory. 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. 6 October 1930 City of Penrith: Date of death: 10 April 2015 Sydney: Manner of death: natural causes; Cause of death: cancer; Country of citizenship: Australia; Country for sport: Australia; Educated at: Parramatta High School; Occupation: cricketer; journalist; On a green pitch, Benaud came in at 7/96 and featured in a century partnership in only an hour,[14] making 43 himself. Benaud built his reputation as a commentator following an outstanding playing career in which he took 945 wickets in 259 first-class matches and made 11,719 first-class runs, scoring 23 centuries at an average of 36.50. [1], Gideon Haigh described him as "perhaps the most influential cricketer and cricket personality since the Second World War. When the time came for Richie Benaud's final departure, Greg and Jeff were given the opportunity to visit their father, and they informed Marcia who said she took the philosophical view 'that it might be God's will'. But I won't be on the live commentary roster. [51] Benaud contributed 132 runs at 26.4 and 31 wickets at the low average of 18.83,[29][36] as well as his shrewd and innovative captaincy. Although Benaud preferred to avoid controversy, he waded in when covering Australias tour of the West Indies in 1965, taking eye-opening photographs of the fast bowler Charlie Griffith and writing of his concerns over the legality of the Barbadians action. Benaud, whose witty one-liners from the commentary box resonated far beyond. John, who played in three Tests, was 13 years younger. 'He told me I should cut my hair for the funeral, but not to take toomuch off,' Greg told Daily Mail Australia. [42] He followed this with 5/114 in a drawn Third Test,[43] before a match-winning all round performance in the Fourth Test in Johannesburg. Vale Richie: Greg Benaud, 60, and his younger brother, Jeffrey, were very happy to be invited by Richie's second wife Daphne to attend the private funeral in April, for which Greg quipped he would have haircut, a shave and don a suit to farewell his Dad, 'I want to respect Jeff's privacy,' he said.
Richie Benaud: Australia cricket legend & commentator dies at 84 Richie Benaud - Bio, Personal Life, Family & Cause Of Death - CelebsAges Marcia Lavender was a shorthand typist from Strathfield in Sydney's inner west and working at a chartered accountants office in Sydney's CBD where young cricketer Richie Benaud was trying to make a career. 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!" This put him out of action until the last match of the season,[13] leaving him with little opportunity to impress the national selectors for his rise to international cricket. Biography - A Short Wiki His career in television then took off, while his contract with the News of the World was to proceed for half a century until the paper closed in 2011.
Richie Benaud - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [8] He contributed significantly with both bat and ball in New South Wales' Sheffield Shield triumph, the first of nine consecutive titles. 'Not as much as when we were children. In a one-off Test against Pakistan in Karachi, he scored 56 and took 1/36 as Australia fell to defeat. Oscar Cainer tells all. He was attacked by the touring batsmen, taking 1/75 from 16.5 overs in his first outing against an international outfit. This included figures of 2/70 and 4/90 against the touring Richie Benaud died on April 10, 2015, after being diagnosed with skin cancer. During the interview, Ms Benaud revealed details her life with Richie before she was left 'devastated' when he left her to marry his second wife, Daphne. Over the first years of their marriage, Benaud would tour overseas with the Australian cricket team to the West Indies, England, India, Pakistan and South Africa. 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. 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. [7] Benaud was the only bowler selected for all five Tests of the 195455 series when England visited Australia. 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. [124], Benaud was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 for services to cricket. There would be very few Australians who have not passed a summer in the company of Richie Benaud. Its one of those things in life: you live and learn as you go along.. He finished the innings with 6/70. Yes! He ended the Test series with 15 runs at 3.00 and two wickets at 87.00. [7] He was selected for an Australian XI match against England, in what was effectively a trial for Test selection, but suffered a chipped bone in his thumb. I've got a black dress hanging inside,' Marcia said, laughing. [101] Some of his other memorable moments he commentated on included Shane Warne's "Ball of the Century",[102] Ian Botham's dominant all-round display during the 1981 Ashes,[97] Dennis Lillee overtaking Benaud's record for most wickets, and subsequent 300th and 310th wickets, and Andrew Symonds' tackle on a streaker. [10] He had more success with the bat, scoring 93 and narrowly missing a century against South Australia. Benaud contributed 46 and match figures of 2/73 in a First Test victory at Kingston. He played the game the right way., Our country has lost a national treasure, Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards said in a statement.
Richie Benaud: Private funeral for cricket legend - BBC News Benaud took 3/116 to complement scores of 43 and 90 on his return in the Third Test in Sydney. But he was a survivor, even if his friendship with Bradman never quite recovered from that cricket civil war. Within hours of his death, Tony Abbott, the Australian prime minister, offered Benauds family a state funeral. It was screened before Australias Test series against India last December. The unprecedented public interest saw the Caribbean touring party farewelled with a ticker-tape parade by the Australian public. Benaud also used to live in Coraki, NSW. [12] Hassett struck 179 in four hours, and took 47 runs from Benaud's seven overs. Marcia had thought Richie's hanging up of the bat would bring him home. The couple honeymooned in Jervis Bay where, Marcia remembered with amusement, they were given a room in the naval barracks with two single beds. 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. 'But I wasn't invited Rich asked that I not attend. But that'll be no more television commentary". [7][11] He also put on 167 in a partnership with Alan Davidson, the first collaboration between the pair, who would later go on to lead Australia's bowling in the last five years of their career. ", "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. Such guarded humour as he evinced bore the touch of a man who was keen to be seen above all else as discerning. "[39], After a break in the international calendar of a year, the 195758 tour to South Africa heralded the start of a phase of three international seasons when Benaud was at his peak. Benaud hit a ball into the covers and the pair attempted a quick single when a direct hit from Joe Solomon saw Davidson run out. She and Richie Benaud had a second son Jeffrey in 1958, 'Dad said his cricketing commitments and distances for touring teams put strains on marriages.'. 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 . [31] Benaud and Daphne often stayed at their holiday home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. 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. [4] Educated at Parramatta High School, Benaud made his first grade debut for Cumberland at age 16, primarily as a batsman. [59], Benaud had contributed 91 runs at 15.16 and 29 wickets at 19.59. [7], In the next match against South Australia, he made 48, took 4/93 and 1/29 and suffered three dropped catches by the wicketkeeper in successive balls. Then came the 1953 tour, the first of three he was to make to England as a player. Reaction to the death of former Australian cricket captain and commentator Richie Benaud, known as the 'Voice of Cricket'. [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.
UPDATE 1-Cricket-Reaction to the death of the 'Voice of Cricket' Benaud [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. Richie Benaud had a thing for cars, starting off with a Morris Minor, graduating to Renaults when, as a lowly paid cricketer of the era, he took to advertising shaving cream, and the French cars with the jingle 'Renault for Benaud'. Elder son: Greg Benaud, 60, (pictured) at the public housing cottage he shares with his mother Marcia, who married Richie Benaud in 1953 and had two sons who would only see their famous father occasionally after their parents divorced, Glamorous: Marcia Benaud, in January 1953, following her marriage to Richie, after which the newlyweds went to the Adelaide Oval where the new Mrs Benaud is pictured, above, watching her husband play a Test against South Africa, Sons of the father: Richie Benaud pictured at the beach with his two sons, Jeffrey (left) and Greg (right) in the happier days of his marriage to first wife Marcia, when he was playing Test cricket for Australia, Young beauty: Marcia Lavender was a shorthand typist when she met cricketer Richie Benaud at a Sydney city accounting firm in the early 1950s and he went on to begin his Test career.
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