Heavenly birthday legendary Richie Benaud
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He was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game.
Test career: 2201 runs @24.45 with 3 hundreds and 9 fifties & 248 wickets @27.03 with 16 five wicket hauls and 1 ten wicket haul, strike rate 77.0 (63 matches).
FC career: 11719 runs @36.50 with 23 hundreds and 61 fifties & 945 wickets @24.73 with 56 five wicket hauls and 9ten wicket hauls, strike rate 64.0 (259 matches).
Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder ,
blending leg spin bowling with lower-order batting aggression. Along with fellow bowling all-rounder Alan Davidson , he helped restore Australia to the top of world cricket in the late 1950s and early 1960s after a slump in the early 1950s. In 1958 he became Australia's Test captain until his retirement in 1964.
* Best Test bowling average for an overseas spinner in Asia- 19.32 (minimum 30 wickets).
* First player reach 200 wickets and 2000 runs in Test Cricket, achieved this feat in 1963.
* Joint 4th best win/loss ratio as captain in Test Cricket- 3.00 (minimum 25 Tests as captain).
