Twenty four hours after one of the happiest cricketing days of every year, the launch of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac, came the announcement of one of the saddest cricketing days of any year. Richie Benaud OBE has finally gone to the great cricket pavilion in the sky. Or should that be commentary box in the Sky?
For Richie Benaud was a master of all the trades he plied.
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