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Richie Benaud

1930 - 2015

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Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. Following his retirement from international cricket in 1964, Benaud became a highly regarded commentator on the game. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richie Benaud is the 39th most popular cricketer (down from 36th in 2024), the 758th most popular biography from Australia (down from 686th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Richie Benaud ranks 39 out of 136. Before him are Sourav Ganguly, Faf du Plessis, Brian Lara, Younis Khan, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Ian Chappell. After him are Allan Border, Anil Kumble, Rashid Khan, Usman Khawaja, Alastair Cook, and Wasim Akram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Richie Benaud ranks 651. Before him are Cathryn Damon, Terry Nation, Lawton Chiles, Carlos Loyzaga, Kenny Ball, and Jagjit Kaur. After him are Andreas Makris, and William Bender. Among people deceased in 2015, Richie Benaud ranks 584. Before him are Jean-Luc Sassus, Olga Syahputra, Jerome Kersey, Gregory Mertens, Suniti Solomon, and Márton Fülöp. After him are Greg Plitt, Tim Drummond, Yao Beina, Hussein Fatal, Nate Huffman, and Sean Price.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Richie Benaud ranks 758 out of 1,143. Before him are Brody Dalle (1979), Ashley Fisher (1975), Amanda Spratt (1987), Raelene Boyle (1951), James Troisi (1988), and Ken Wallace (1983). After him are Natalie Cook (1975), Allan Border (1955), Keiynan Lonsdale (1991), Fearless Nadia (1908), Kim Mickle (1984), and Robbie Kruse (1988).

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Among CRICKETERS In Australia

Among cricketers born in Australia, Richie Benaud ranks 7. Before him are Don Bradman (1908), Shane Warne (1969), Mitchell Johnson (1981), Bill Brown (1912), Steve Smith (1989), and Ian Chappell (1943). After him are Allan Border (1955), Steve Waugh (1965), Adam Gilchrist (1971), Phillip Hughes (1988), Ricky Ponting (1974), and Shaun Marsh (1983).

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