BILLY Birmingham has schooled 300 Richie Benaud wannabes in the ways of the cream, the bone, the white, the off-white, the ivory and the beige. Birmingham met with the Richies — who have become ...

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Richie Benaud was born on 6th October 1930 in Penrith, New South Wales. While many cricket fans know Richie as the ‘Voice of Cricket’, before starting commentary as his second innings ...

In geopolitics there’s such a thing as the shot that changed the world ... Close, a beefy southpaw, had just straight-driven one of Richie Benaud’s leg breaks for six. Benaud now bowled ...

Former Australian cricket captain and legendary commentator Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. Benaud’s family said the “voice of cricket” passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. Benaud ...

Former Australia cricket captain and legendary commentator Richie Benaud has been remembered as a national treasure following his death at 84. Cricket commentator Richie Benaud has been remembered ...

At Old Trafford in 1961, he seemed to be hauling England to an Ashes victory with 76 - "the finest short innings I have seen in a Test," wrote Richie ... a quite marvellous eight-iron shot to ...

All-rounder, Australia captain, journalist and author, Richie Benaud played other roles over his 84 years but they rarely took him far from the cricket oval. Few had more influence on the game in ...

Pakistan vs Australia: All Pakistan vs Australia Test series will now be called the Benaud-Qadir series, named after legendary Australia all-rounder Richie Benaud and Pakistani leg-spin great ...

The combination would send goosebumps down the spine of every cricket fan: the trumpets of the Wide World of Sports theme song followed by the sharp commentary and charming prose of Richie Benaud.

Richie Benaud was a fine cricketer ... here are some of our favourite moments from the truly ‘marvellous’ man. Benaud was a talented all-rounder: perhaps the most rounded leg spinner of ...

And Richie Benaud was one of the very few to get exactly ... He made himself synonymous with two words: “Simply marvellous”. His last commentary assignment in England was the Ashes series ...