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Richie Benaud
Fri, June 27 2025
Pat Cummins breaks 62-year record, climbs to no. 2 behind Imran Khan in elite wicket-takers list
Pat Cummins continued rewriting history by breaking a 62-year-old all-time record. The Australian skipper claimed the wicket of West Indies captain Roston Chase to reach the major milestone in the ongoing Barbados Test.
Mon, December 09 2024
Top 5 players with the most wickets taken as captain in Test cricket
These are the Test skippers who carried their respective sides in the bowling department on numerous occasions throughout their illustrious careers
Mon, July 30 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 3: Lindsay Kline
Lindsay Kline averaged 22.82 with ball in Test cricket, doing particularly well overseas. Alas, he played only 13 Tests.
Sun, May 13 2018
Bill Lawry retires as commentator
Bill Lawry had dropped speculations that Ashes 2017-18 could be his last in the commentary box after a career spanning almost 40 years.
Wed, April 18 2018
Cricket on Channel Nine: The first experience
Channel Nine made the Indian viewer of the 1980s feel, for the first time, that cricket can be designed for the viewer, and not executed just for the sake of it.
Thu, October 26 2017
Keith Miller pushes Bobby Simpson to get his googly going
Keith Miller is often remembered as the greatest captain to have never led Australia in Test cricket. Here is an incident to demonstrate why.
Thu, September 21 2017
Richie Benaud solves Michael Slater’s predicament
Richie Benaud could be deceptively mischievous off the air, even in the commentary box.
Tue, August 29 2017
Ashes 1958-59: The Don Bradman-Richie Benaud repartee at Melbourne
His commentary days were still some time away, but Richie Benaud was never short on comebacks.
Sun, August 27 2017
Bangladesh vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 1: Nathan Lyon surpasses Richie Benaud’s record
Nathan Lyon bagged two wickets on Sunday to surpass Richie Benaud to become Australia’s ninth most successful Test bowler in history.
Wed, August 23 2017
The drunken agony of Richie Benaud
Eleven doubles and a treble later, Richie Benaud had a torrid night, but his agonies were far from over...