Vale Ritchie Benaud

[GregS]

R.I.P Ritchie. Just she a tear when I heard the news. We just lost a great man

[D4D]

RIP

The world has lost a true cricket gentleman

[xcvator]

One of my hero's as a kid  and one of life's gentlemen,  RIP 

[oldmate]

RIP

The world has lost a true cricket gentleman

Agreed

[noel_w]

Cricket will never be the same again. It was half the reason I watched it to hear the great man. R.I.P. Ritchie

[grc]

RIP Ritchie Benaud other great lost off a great man

[lino6]

Last of the true cricket legends. Will be sadly missed. RIP Ritchie.

[Bird]

Last of the true cricket legends. Will be sadly missed. RIP Ritchie.

Bill Lawry?

RIP Richie.
https://youtu.be/Ehfjl8CgP9Y


Sadly nobody has stepped up to replace him over time... look at the Shit commentary that is around now in cricket.

[lino6]

Bill Lawry?

Sadly nobody has stepped up to replace him over time... look at the Shit commentary that is around now in cricket.

Yeah. I was still holding onto the home Ritchie would be back commentating but knew Bill was no chance. So what I should have said was last hope of decent commentary.

What I liked was that even though he was old fashioned, he kept up with the modern game of cricket. Would have been an excellent coach I reckon.

[muzza01]

Cant believe it. Cricket will never be the same.

[Clouty]

RIP Richie

[Redcans]

Sad day. Cricket will never sound the same..


Cheers redcans
2009 unbreakable Hilux
2015 Johnnos tourer
Chick Norris couldn't break this combo!

[Bird]

Here are some of his most "marvellous."

As Shane Warne bowled the ball of the century in 1993:  "Gatting has absolutely no idea what happened to it. He still doesn't know."

"Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just ninety-eight runs short of his century."

"From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity."

"Laird has been brought in to stand in the corner of the circle."





From the papers;

Ten of the many reasons why Richie Benaud is an Australian legend


1. He was the undisputed voice of cricket: "Maaaarvelllous." "Super shot that." His lilt was so familiar that your blind grandmother could recognise his voice on the TV (and mine did). He was the last great broadcaster with a BBC-Australian accent. Pure class.


2. The cricket sartorialist: His cream commentary sports coats were legendary. The cream, the bone, the off white, the ivory and the beige (see 12th Man below).

3. He was a 'westie': Richie came from Penrith and went to Parramatta High.

4. Shane Warne: Benaud was the first properly attacking spin bowler in test cricket, paving the way for Shane Warne, and was not surpassed until Warne's ascent some 27 years later.

5. He was a modern professional cricketer before his time: Charismatic with a distinctive style and excellent instincts for public relations.

6. He was a cultural icon: During his playing days with Brylcreemed hair, his unbuttoned shirt and raised eyebrows. Fellow commentator Bill Lawry said last summer, "He would burst through the gate with the shirt open, the Brylcreem and the tan". "It was just magnificent. Forget the skin cancer, Richie, you looked beautiful back then, don't worry about that," Lawry said.

7. He was a staunch defender of cricket on free-to-air TV: As such, he ended his English commentary career after the 2005 Ashes when Channel 4 lost the coverage rights to Sky Sports.

8. He inspired an entire genre of Australian satire: "Two hundred and twenty two for two." The 12th Man was based upon his commentary and, of course, the rest of the Nine commentary team. Comedian Billy Birmingham produced eight albums over 22 years from 1984 to 2006, with a global following in the UK, South Africa and New Zealand.

9. He was an old-school police reporter. Unlike a lot of modern sports broadcasters he rose up through the ranks. Richie started his journalistic career at the (now defunct) News of the World in London, as a police roundsman, before moving into sports, and then working his way into radio and TV.

10. He was 1962 Wisden Cricketer of the Year: The cricketer's bible had this to say at the time, "If one player, more than any other, has deserved well of cricket for lifting the game out of the doldrums, that man is Richard Benaud. Captain of Australia in four successive and triumphant series to the end of 1961, he has demonstrated to enthusiasts all over the world that the intention to make cricket, particularly Test cricket, attractive and absorbing is every bit as important as skilled technique in batting, bowling and fielding. He has succeeded in his aim to re-create interest in cricket because he loves playing it."

[D4D]

[Barry G]

On the 12.00 news I heard an idiot politician mispronounce his name in saying " there would hardly be an Australian who wasn't familiar with the cricket commentary of Ritchie 'Ben-OH'."
Why the need for the pompous 'fake French' pronunciation?

Even if that were the original 'correct' way of saying it, I have never heard him name himself that way, or anyone else refer to him that way. 

Just another example of pollies who pretend to have an interest in the same things as ordinary people, but it is all just fake.

What's the betting that Abbott had never actually listened to Ritchie describe the bowling of a single ball - let alone an entire over.

Damn sad that the PM doesn't know enough to even pronounce the name of an Aussie who gave so much enjoyment to so many.

[dazzler]

On the 12.00 news I heard an idiot politician mispronounce his name in saying " there would hardly be an Australian who wasn't familiar with the cricket commentary of Ritchie 'Ben-OH'."
Why the need for the pompous 'fake French' pronunciation?

Even if that were the original 'correct' way of saying it, I have never heard him name himself that way, or anyone else refer to him that way. 

Just another example of pollies who pretend to have an interest in the same things as ordinary people, but it is all just fake.

What's the betting that Abbott had never actually listened to Ritchie describe the bowling of a single ball - let alone an entire over.

Damn sad that the PM doesn't know enough to even pronounce the name of an Aussie who gave so much enjoyment to so many.

That's quite the barrow to push.. 


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[D4D]

That's quite the barrow to push.. 

Agree, let's keep this thread to condolences not cheap shot political point scoring.

[mrdenn1s]

Here's my take on the great man:

http://dennisdoescricket.com/marvellous/

[lino6]

Nice tribute from Billy Birmingham

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/richie-benaud-12th-man-billy-birmingham-tribute-to-the-greatest-of-cricket-commentators/story-e6frf3g3-1227298360109

[Bird]

Imagine if there was still the boxing day test to come this season instead of it just ending.....

70,000 dressed as Richie?!

[tracker]

  Will truly miss this gentleman's dry sence of humour

                                                         At peace now.

[Nay-DMAX]

RIP Ritchie there wont be another like you.

[kylarama]

Sad day. Cricket will never sound the same..

X2



Very few people in this world have had admiration and respect across multiple generations.  Richie was definitely one of those people.


RIP Richie Benaud

[dg3754]

RIP Richie, the captain of the commentary team.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM39rnBTBFc

[Bird]

https://youtu.be/rPxyxKO48HQ

Lets not forget this bloke either
https://youtu.be/FZ1qxTvziT4