Author: Richie Benaud

Quotes

It was sad leaving the BBC; not quite like being divorced, but you don't leave after a period stretching from 1960 to 1999 without feeling a certain number of pangs.

It was sad leaving the BBC; not quite like being divorced, but you don't leave after a period stretching from 1960 to 1999 without feeling a certain number of pangs.

- Richie Benaud

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

- Richie Benaud

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

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

- Richie Benaud

Writing is difficult all the time; the thing is to learn something every day.

Writing is difficult all the time; the thing is to learn something every day.

- Richie Benaud

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

- Richie Benaud

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

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

- Richie Benaud

Similar Authors: