Only the real followers of cricket would know how good a leg spinner and captain Benaud was. Gideon Haigh here describes in detail the reasons why Benaud is not more popular as a cricketer.
A nice excerpt
I could have that 12 year old lad when I too was 12.
I really admire some of those things he says in the commentary box. In a group of Australian biased commentators he is the sane voice!
A nice excerpt
"Did you ever play cricket for Australia, Mr Benaud?" In his On Reflection, Richie Benaud recalls being asked this humbling question by a "fair-haired, angelic little lad of about 12", one of a group of six autograph seekers who accosted him at the SCG "one December evening in 1982".
I could have that 12 year old lad when I too was 12.
I really admire some of those things he says in the commentary box. In a group of Australian biased commentators he is the sane voice!
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