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Rest In peace Richard Benaud :(
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Stiffy
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A lot of folks here would've grown up with Richie wearing the Beige, Offwhite, Bone or Cream jacket.
R.I.P. Richie.
R.I.P. Richie.
yeah , sounds good dear , lol , gotta love the 12th man
Rip to a great man and commentator cricket commentary will not be the same without you
El Testicle
Goat that feeling
Respekt ..
It was the day Richie Benaud stood up for principle over patriotism.
As evening descended on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 1, 1981, Australasia was gripped by furious debate after an incident many were already describing as having changed cricket for ever.
With just one ball left to play, and New Zealand needing a six to tie the one-day international match, captain Greg Chappell ordered his brother, Trevor, to bowl the final delivery underarm.
As the ball rolled along the ground towards New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie, the crowd erupted in disgust, booing the victorious Australian team off the field.
In his post-match wrap up for Channel Nine, Benaud defiantly stared down the barrel of the camera and excoriated the Australian team, calling it "one of the worst things I have ever seen done on a cricket field."
The former Australian Test captain reserved his sharpest words for Greg Chappell.
"Everyone around Australia will have their own ideas on that," he began. "I don't expect anyone to agree with me."
"Let me just tell you what I think about it. I think it was a disgraceful performance from a captain that got his sums wrong today, and I think it should never be permitted to happen again."
Pre-empting the excuses that would inevitably follow, Benaud continued:
"We keep reading and hearing that the players are under a lot of pressure, and that they're tired and jaded and perhaps their judgement and their skill is blunted. Perhaps they might advance that as an excuse for what happened out there today.
"Not with me they don't," he summed-up brusquely.
And with that punishing judgement, the conscience of Australian cricket wished viewers goodnight.
It was the day Richie Benaud stood up for principle over patriotism.
As evening descended on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 1, 1981, Australasia was gripped by furious debate after an incident many were already describing as having changed cricket for ever.
With just one ball left to play, and New Zealand needing a six to tie the one-day international match, captain Greg Chappell ordered his brother, Trevor, to bowl the final delivery underarm.
As the ball rolled along the ground towards New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie, the crowd erupted in disgust, booing the victorious Australian team off the field.
In his post-match wrap up for Channel Nine, Benaud defiantly stared down the barrel of the camera and excoriated the Australian team, calling it "one of the worst things I have ever seen done on a cricket field."
The former Australian Test captain reserved his sharpest words for Greg Chappell.
"Everyone around Australia will have their own ideas on that," he began. "I don't expect anyone to agree with me."
"Let me just tell you what I think about it. I think it was a disgraceful performance from a captain that got his sums wrong today, and I think it should never be permitted to happen again."
Pre-empting the excuses that would inevitably follow, Benaud continued:
"We keep reading and hearing that the players are under a lot of pressure, and that they're tired and jaded and perhaps their judgement and their skill is blunted. Perhaps they might advance that as an excuse for what happened out there today.
"Not with me they don't," he summed-up brusquely.
And with that punishing judgement, the conscience of Australian cricket wished viewers goodnight.