Richie Benaud

[Wozzer]

RIP.

 

One of, if not the, greatest sports commentators of all time - and a great player too.

[Stevie_J]

A fantastic commentator.  His tribute to Phil Hughes demonstrates beautifully how good he was.

 

 

And he was pretty good with bat and ball in his day.

 

RIP Richie.

[BP1960]

I wrote to him way back with a cricket question, I was amazed he actually personally replied as though I was an old friend, one of sports great and nice guys.

Edited April 11, 2015 by BP1960

[opinions4u]

The voice of childhood summers. A remarkable record as Australia's captain. And a man who, it seems, remained modest and likeable.

 

Probably the reason I was drawn to watching cricket rather than just playing it on a Devon beach for two weeks a year.

 

How the football commentators (and "expert" summarisers) could learn from his "say little but add value" approach to television.

[dave_ragg1984]

BBC did a tribute show to him on 5 live last week. They last 15 minutes was an interview he did with TMS on his last day commentating in England, which is just a brilliant listen.

 

You can find it on iPlayer if you want to listen.

[boysinblue]

There's also a couple of podcasts available if you subscribe to the Test Match Special feed.