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Richie Benaud: Factfile of the legendary cricketer

Updated on: 10 April,2015 08:48 AM IST  | 
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Factfile on former Australia captain Richie Benaud, whose death at the age of 84 was announced on Friday

Richie Benaud: Factfile of the legendary cricketer

Richie Benaud

Sydney: Factfile on former Australia captain Richie Benaud, whose death at the age of 84 was announced on Friday:


Full name: Richard Benaud


Date of birth:


October 6, 1930

Place of birth: Penrith, New South Wales

Batting style: Right-handed

Bowling style: Leg-break, googly

Test batting record (matches, innings, not outs, runs, highest score, average, 100s, 50s, caught): 63 97 7 2201 122 24.45 3 9 65 Test bowling record (matches, innings, balls, runs, wickets, best bowling in an innings, best bowling in a match, average, five wickets in an innings, 10 wickets in a match): 63 116 19108 6704 248 7/72 11/105 27.03 16 1


Richie Benaud
Richie Benaud 

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