He ended with 121 and took four wickets in the match as Australia won by an innings and took the series 30. But he chose to study architecture over cricket, although not finishing his degree, Marcia Benaud (pictured in the garden of her Central Coast home) said following the end of her marriage to Richie Benaud, the cricketing great preferred to keep his past quiet and contact with their famous Dad became less frequent as they got older, Richie and Marcia Benaud pictured with their two sons, Jeffrey (left) and Greg (centre) in the early 1960s during the early days of his Test career at a time when cricketers earned little reward and Benaud had do advertisements to pay for keeping a family. Marcia had thought Richie's hanging up of the bat would bring him home. [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. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Richie Benaud. ', 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.'. Reaction to the death of former Australian cricket captain and commentator Richie Benaud, known as the 'Voice of Cricket'. How did Richie Benaud Die? ', Marcia said she waited two years to get divorced, 'because of my sons.' Marcia Benaud described the times when Richie was overseas as lonely and trying. 'I kept on seeing Dad throughout my life - occasionally,' confirmed Greg Benaud. When South Africa followed on, Benaud took 5/84, which left Australia needing only one run to win. [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 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. Australia needed six runs from the final over, in which Benaud was caught and the last two wickets fell to run outs while attempting the winning run. 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. 2. His instinctive, aggressive captaincy and daring approach to cricket and his charismatic nature and public relations ability revitalised cricket interest in Australia. [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. 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. Three months later, Benaud married Daphne Surfleet and they embarked on a life of adventure in which Richie would cement his name in history and he and Daphne Benaud would forge an ironclad relationship that endured until his death last Friday. The world of sport reacts to the news that former Australia captain and broadcaster Richie Benaud died overnight at the age of 84. [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. or debate this issue live on our message boards. He made another century in the return match, striking 144 not out and taking a total of 2/55. Often bare-headed, and a somewhat stooping, rangy figure at the crease, he cracked a century in both the Johannesburg Tests, averaged 54 in the series, and took 30 wickets at a rate of just under 22 runs each in the five Tests. But that'll be no more television commentary". [7][11] He then finished the summer strongly, and ended the season with 811 runs at 62.38 and 35 wickets at 30.54. Benaud was the first player to score 2,000 Test runs and take 200 Test wickets yet was as renowned for his captaincy. 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. 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. 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. His voice was even more present than the chirping of the cicadas in our suburbs and towns and that voice, tragically, is now still., British prime minister David Cameron said: I grew up listening to Richie Benauds wonderful cricket commentary. [105] It was also emulated by New Zealand broadcaster John Campbell. The selectors long-term planning had reached fulfilment. 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. 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. On March 29, 1967 Marcia divorced Richie Benaud on the grounds of desertion. Benaud also used to live in Coraki, NSW. Australia had fallen to 6/92 on the final day chasing a target of 233 with Benaud and Davidson at the crease. Witch, Harridan, Harpy, and new insults like Karen and Terf. 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. 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. [104], He also helped to design a computer-based parody of himself available for download off Channel 4's website called "Desktop Richie". [7], For the next season, England toured Australia, and with the Test players back, Benaud was initially forced out of the team. He was with us as a player, journalist . The next season saw the last of Benaud on the field of play, apart from some later charity matches and light-hearted private tours. Death date: 10 April, 2015, Friday. [64][65] 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. He still managed to say I do quite firmly. "[94], After the 1956 England tour, Benaud stayed behind in London to take a BBC presenter training course. 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. I've got a black dress hanging inside,' Marcia said, laughing. [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. [84][85] The draw meant that the series was shared 11, the first time he had drawn a series after five successive wins. [4], Benaud was not a large spinner of the ball, but he was known for his ability to extract substantial bounce from the surface. He was a great player and a great captain; a wonderful leader of men and he continued that off the field, Clarke told the Nine Network. He said of her, "She improved my love of vegetables by introducing the phrase, 'You can't go out and play cricket until you have eaten all your vegetables. [8], Relegated to the Second XI after this match, he was struck in the head above the right eye by a ball from Jack Daniel while batting against Victoria in Melbourne, having missed an attempted hook. Catches/ stumpings. ", added: "So sad to hear about the passing of Richie Benaud. [127], In November 2015, Benaud became an honouree at Bradman Foundation, having been a long-serving patron in his life. But I won't be on the live commentary roster. There would be very few Australians who have not passed a summer in the company of Richie Benaud. 581 Former Australia cricket captain and renowned commentator Richie Benaud has died aged 84. [8], He also showed his hitting ability in a tour match against T.N. The couple honeymooned in Jervis Bay where, Marcia remembered with amusement, they were given a room in the naval barracks with two single beds. 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. More surprisingly, its patron until his death was Richie . There would be very few Australians who have not passed a summer in the company of Richie Benaud. Pearce's XI at Scarborough. Benaud was given a chance against the visiting team when New South Wales played them in Sydney after the First Test. Benaud was the top wicket-taker on the tour, with 32 wickets at 19.31, and Australia's top wicket-taker in the three matches against New Zealand, with 15 wickets at 21.73. He finished the innings with 6/70. Only seven runs were required with four wickets in hand as time was running short. His record reads 12 wins, 11 draws, one tie, and four losses from 28 Tests in charge of Australia. His performances in South Africa in 1957-58 reinforced that belief. [20] Benaud struck an unbeaten 100 and totalled 1/64 in the next match against Western Australia before the Australians departed for England. [56][57] He returned to form with 5/43 and 3/43 as India were defeated by an innings after being forced to follow on in the Fourth Test in Madras. Marcia Benaud, who always refers to her only husband as 'Rich' rather than 'Richie', spoke about the fantastic life she had with Benaud, the young Test cricketing star she had been married to in the 1950s and 60s, and their two sons she had sometimes struggled to raise in the years since. CNN Former Australia cricket captain and legendary broadcaster Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. 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. Soon after television came to Australia he appeared in a commercial, tending his garden with a Victa lawnmower. Craig had fallen ill, and just when the senior player, Neil Harvey, was expected to succeed to the leadership, Benauds name was announced. 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. 254/-. and "That's stumps and time for a glass of something chilled". Six further wickets in the drawn Third Test saw Benaud end the series with 84 runs at 28 and 18 wickets at 21.11. Will always be remembered and admired. [28] Benaud had contributed 246 runs at 41 and taken wickets steadily to total 18 at 26.94. Former Australia captain and legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died at the age of 84. [27] In the Fifth Test at Kingston, he struck a century in 78 minutes, despite taking 15 minutes to score his first run. Five days before their wedding and listening to the match on the radio, Marcia heard that her fianc had been struck in the lip while fielding. He was 84 years old. [60], Both men were noted for their hitting ability and viewed attack as their most effective chance of survival. Some tedious contests had been inflicted on the watching public, with more to follow in the 1960s. Benaud often spoke of a return to commentary but, to the great sadness of his legions of admirers, it did not materialise. He had been receiving treatment for skin cancer since November. The pharmacist, Ivan James, suggested a treatment with calamine lotion and boracic acid. He was buried on April 15 in a private funeral ceremony attended only by immediate family members. The opener at Brisbane delivered the thrill of crickets first tied Test match. After his retirement from international cricket in 1964, he became a well-known commentator on the game. Australian cricketer who led his country in 28 Test matches and later became one of the worlds most respected commentators. Overall he played in or commentated on approximately 500 Test matches, as he himself noted in one of his final interviews in Britain when asked if he would miss Test cricket. Lou Benaud, who had once taken all 20 wickets in a bush match, keenly and wisely guided his two sons. He ended with 3/56, the first time he had taken three wickets in a match. [7], Up to this point, his first-class batting average was below 30 and his bowling average close to 40, and he had never taken more than four wickets in an innings or six in a match. 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". [36] His batting was reliable, with 227 runs at 32.47. 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. [9] This was the only match he played for the second-string state team that summer. 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. ", Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkaraexternal-link added: "So sad to hear about the passing of Richie Benaud. He finished the first-class tour with 627 runs and 61 wickets at 23.54. [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. They were booed and heckled as they left the field and Benaud's reputation as a "go ahead" cricket captain was badly tarnished. A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, Such guarded humour as he evinced bore the touch of a man who was keen to be seen above all else as discerning. 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. The young leg spinner claimed Hassett in the second innings when a ball landed in a crack and skidded through onto his foot. [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. [31] He was unable to maintain the standards he had set in the West Indies, contributing little apart from the Lord's Test. 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. One of Benauds last public contributions was a touching voiceover tribute to Phillip Hughes, who died when struck by a bouncer in November 2014. 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. Despite this impairment to his bowling shoulder, his team played with an aggressive strategy leading them to lose only one Test match and no other matches during the tour, honouring his pre-series pledge. 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. [52] He took four wickets in a Second Test in Lahore that sealed the series 20,[53] the last time Australia would win a Test in Pakistan until Mark Taylor's men in 1998, 37 years later. He became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket, arriving at that milestone in 1963. He was a one-off., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. He made 140, in a seventh-wicket partnership of 255 in just 176 minutes, an Australian record that still stands. 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'. 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. ", Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycottexternal-link said: "Farewell Richie Benaud. I know Mum found it difficult to live on ten pounds a week. [citation needed], 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. It was his first five-wicket haul in a Test innings. [120][121][122], Prime Minister Tony Abbott offered his family a state funeral; however, his widow, Daphne, declined, respecting his wishes for a private funeral. 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 carefully tended coiffure. By Andrew McGarry. 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. [7] Although his form with the willow dropped off in his remaining six matches before the Testsa 35 was his only score beyond 20 in seven attemptsBenaud continued to strike regularly with the ball. Benaud was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at Test level. Gallery: Richie Benaud his life in pictures, Richard Cooke pays tribute to crickets permanent witness, From the archive The Joy of Six: Richie Benaud. But some of them played below expectation, and Australias attack contained several bowlers whose actions were perceived as highly suspicious. [7], In the next Shield match against Victoria, led by Australian captain Lindsay Hassett, Benaud came in for attack. Richie Benaud, 1959. Benaud played international cricket from 1952 to 1964, and Australia never lost a series under his captaincy (28 games). Wonderful cricketer, great captain, a master craftsman commentator and top man. Leading opposition batsman Everton Weekes edged Benaud in his first over, but Gil Langley dropped the catch. 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. She kept me informed so that I knew when Dad was sick. [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. Swanton. Source: Cricinfo, 22 December 2007. In his final Ashes series, in 1962-63, the tempo reverted to that of the bad old days. [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. [8] Selected as a batsman, he scored 3 and 19. 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. Following the divorce hearing in the NSW Supreme Court, Richie Benaud was required to pay Marcia and her sons ten pounds per week. [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. Benaud had a heavy load in the match, taking 8/199 after Davidson tore a hamstring mid-match. [124], Benaud was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 for services to cricket. 'I watched all the broadcasts. 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. [29], Benaud's bowling reached a new level on the return leg of Australia's overseas tour, when they stopped in the Indian subcontinent in 195657 en route back to Australia. His final commentary came near the end of the final day of the Fifth Test at the Oval. His final commentary in England came during the 2005 Ashes series, but he continued to work for Channel Nine in Australia until 2013. Marcia was to live in the house at Beecroft until 2002, when she sold it and gave the profits to her two sons and moved into the housing cottage on the Central Coast with Greg. [74] Benaud was the leading wicket-taker of the season with 47 at 17.97. Our nation has lost an icon, he said at a media conference. RIP Richie Benaud. 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