Richie Benaud Quotes

• Cricket is a batsman’s game.

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• The slow-motion replay doesn’t show how fast the ball was really travelling.

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  Tags in Show, Fast, Ball

• The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

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  Tags in Right, Win

• My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what’s on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.

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  Tags in Brain, Put, Shut

• In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

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  Tags in Over, After, Fact

• I know it’s more five-star now than it was then, but it’s still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that.

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  Tags in Find, Still, Same

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

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  Tags in Simply, Grass

• Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don’t try it without that 10 per cent.

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  Topics in Luck

  Tags in Try

• But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it’s me doing it.

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  Tags in Someone, Find

• A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.

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  Tags in Cricket, Around, Earth

Richie Benaud (10)

Birth:	6th October, 1930
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Cricketer

About

Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE is a former Australian cricketer who, since his retirement from international cricket in 1964, has become a highly regarded commentator on the game.

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