Richie Benaud
| Full name: | Richard Benaud |
| Born: | 6th October 1930, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | 10th April 2015, Wolper Hospital, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-hand batter |
| Bowling: | Leg-break and googly |
| Biography: | Awarded OBE in 1962 New Year's Honours for services to cricket. New South Wales benefit year in 1968-1969. |
| Relations: | Brother: J Benaud; Father: LR Benaud |
| Teams: | Australia (Test: 1951/52-1963/64); New South Wales (Main FC: 1948/49-1963/64); All teams |
| Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1956/57 | |
| South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year: 1958 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1962 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | Lindsay Kline |
| Richie Benaud | |
| Benaud to end commentary stint | |
| Afridi could be in hot water with ICC | |
| List of all articles | |
| Galleries: | New Zealand in Australia 2011/12 Test 1 - pictures |
| Pictures: | Richie Benaud presents Mitchell Starc with his baggy green |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1951/52-1963/64) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Australia | 63 | 97 | 7 | 2201 | 122 | 24.45 | 3 | 9 | 65 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1951/52-1963/64) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Australia | 19108 | 805 | 6704 | 248 | 7-72 | 27.03 | 16 | 1 | 77.04 | 2.10 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1948/49-1967/68) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 259 | 365 | 44 | 11719 | 187 | 36.50 | 23 | 61 | 254 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1948/49-1967/68) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 60445 | 2231 | 23370 | 945 | 7-18 | 24.73 | 56 | 9 | 63.96 | 2.31 |
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