Richie Benaud Richie Benaud - one of the greatest names in cricket history provides expert commentary throughout the game! Playing career : 63 Tests for Australia; 28 as Captain; never lost a Test series as Captain. The first cricketer ever to do the double of 2,000 runs and 200 Test wickets (vs South Africa 1963 at the Gabba). Later joined by Garfield Sobers (1971), Ian Botham (1982), Kapil Dev (1983), Imran Khan (1983) and Richard Hadlee (1985). One of ten Australian cricketers to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. The others were W.E.Alley, W.W.Armstrong, G.Giffen, V.E.Jackson, C.L.McCool, M.A.Noble, F.A.Tarrant, G.E.Tribe and A.E.Trott. First class debut: v Queensland SCG 1-1-1949 Test debut: v West Indies SCG 25-1-1952 Retired from first class cricket SCG 12-2-1964 Australian cricket tours to England 1953, 1956, 1961 Business : Journalist 1956 - BBC Television 1960 - International Sports Consultant 1969 - Channel Nine 1977 - Radio 2UE Sydney 1989 - Test matches covered as a journalist 300+ Test matches covered as a television commentator 250+ Limited-overs Internationals covered for television 300+ Books published : The Appeal of Cricket, On Reflection, Willow Patterns, The New Champions, Spin me a Spinner, Tale of Two Tests, Way of Cricket. Copyright © 1997 - Beam International Ltd Feedback - Comments - Questions