Author: Richie Benaud

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The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.

The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.

- 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

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

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

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