Ah shit. Vale Benaud! He’ll always mean cricket to me and many. Good cricket. Honourable cricket.
My Dad was involved in setting up One Day Cricket for TV in the late 70’s and worked with him and Kerry Packer pretty closely. It goes without saying that he was as genuinely gentlemanly off the TV as on it.
Marvelous innings
End of an era.
absolutely. I’d loved to have heard his opinion on some of the morons currently occupying the commentary box.
Ditto. For a lot of years, it wasn’t cricket season till you’d heard Richie’s dulcet tones.
His reaction to the underarm ball was all class.
Don’t think we would get that kind of reaction from the current crop of commentators.
This is pretty good.
http://media.goodfood.com.au/sport/sports-hq/richie-benaud-australias-cricket-icon-6121898.html
I like that video.
It made me think about something my wife often points out, that old people have amazing stories to tell, if only we’d listen.
Ho. Lee. Shit.
quite.
absolute bloodbath.
English looked like they were bowling a half taped tennis ball.
Aussies were clueless on how to play swing.
I was only getting updates via facebook from a pommy mate. Was hilarious.
Seriously, it’s not even shameful, or embarrassing: just funny.
Apparently there was a mix-up and the Australian Croquet team was sent to Nottingham in error
#ashes on twitter was full of funny.
Still would’ve been better at blocking wickets, amirite?
Clarkey about to retire.
Gooooone