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Full name Richard Benaud
Born October 6, 1930, Penrith, New South Wales
Current age 77 years 335 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Other Commentator, Journalist, Author
Relations Brother - J Benaud
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
63
97
7
2201
122
24.45
3
9
8
65
0
First-class
259
365
44
11719
187
36.50
23
61
254
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
63
116
19108
6704
248
7/72
11/105
27.03
2.10
77.0
16
16
1
First-class
259
60481
23370
945
7/18
24.73
2.31
64.0
56
9
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 25-29, 1952 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Feb 7-12, 1964 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1948/49 - 1963/64
Profile
Few cricketers have matured so gradually yet ripened so fruitfully as Richie Benaud. With little to show for his first six years in Test cricket, he blossomed as a fully fledged allrounder in South Africa in 1957-58, then flowered as a charismatic captain at home against England in 1958-59. He repossessed the Ashes, which his teams then successfully defended twice. As a legspinner, he was full of baits and traps, and he batted and fielded with verve. Yet it was his presence, as much as anything, which summoned the best from players: cool but communicative, he impressed as one to whom no event was unexpected, no contingency unplanned for. The same has applied to his journalism: terse, direct and commonsensical, and his broadcasting: mellow and authoritative. His wise head was sought by Kerry Packer in the formation of World Series Cricket in 1977, conferring respectability on the breakaway professional circuit. A guru to Ian Chappell and Shane Warne among others, he is perhaps the most influential cricketer and cricket personality since the Second World War. Gideon Haigh
