Talk:Richie Benaud

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Comment

The section about Richie Benaud's cricket career is far too brief and gives no sense of his impact on the game. He was probably the best captain of a side ever and one of the very few leg spin bowlers to make an impact before the arrival of Shane Warne.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.9.52.174 (talk • contribs)

Expanded -- I@n 09:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I also think their should be a better picture then the one cuurrently in the article. - unsigned comment

I have removed the link to the British paper The Sun, as it didn't exist at the time. Possibly the newspaper was the Melbourne Sun paper in pre-Herald Sun days. Rothorpe 23:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Outstanding Man

I have been an avid cricket fan since 1950. There has never been a more intelligent cricketer than Benaud. More to the point, he was a gentleman on and off the field. I had some "en passant" dealings with him as a little boy in Parramatta, he was even then a person of great decency. Great sportsmen (and women) must be evaluated by their behaviour as well as their performance. In my opinion, Benaud ranks up there with Garfield StA. Sobers, Frank Worrell et al as one of crickets (indeed any sports') great ambassadors.Historygypsy (talk) 12:14, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More recent photo?

Perhaps someone could put in a photo of the TV-pundit-era Benaud. (Even I am not old enough to remember him as a cricketer.) Rothorpe (talk) 20:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC) - Done.[reply]

commentary

this article implies richie stopped commentating in 2010. something needs to be added beacuse he still commentates as of january 2012. 122.57.129.200 (talk) 23:46, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

World Series Cricket

Wasn't Benaud part of the team forming Kerry Packer / Nine's WSC? Becoming a disapproved person etc? I think that's worth a mention in terms of his impact on the fabric of the game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.16.123 (talk) 10:32, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article Upgrade

I reckon this article is in reasonable shape (though it does need some more references in various sections) so I'd like to see an effort made to move it up to Good Article status. Any thoughts? Perry Middlemiss (talk) 06:30, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]