Matty76
Banned User
Today is the anniversary of Richie's passing. His knowledge and common sense remains a world away from what "modern" broadcasting has become.
RIP Richie Benaud
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The Mad Hatter
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I'd rather have 12th Man imitating Richie than have real commentators.
RIP Richie
RIP Richie
Wookiedragon
OzCardTrader
Hard to believe its been 12 months.
RIP to a legend
RIP to a legend
mounteverest
OzCardTrader
Solely missed,get sick of listening to some of the crap they rattle on about
The Mad Hatter
OzCardTrader
The ironic thing is, they all say what Richie taught them and quite obviously didn't listen or have chosen to ignore him.
Either way, they're disrespecting his legacy.
Either way, they're disrespecting his legacy.
Matty76
Banned User
From Lawrence Booth's "Notes By the Editor" section in the recently-released 2016 Wisden Almanack:
"Banter was not for Richie Benaud. Instead, there were two measures of his unique place in cricket commentary. The first was the number of colleagues who, following his death, said how often they tried to bear in mind his dictum about speaking only when you can add to the picture. The second was the number of colleagues who actually managed to put his dictum into practice. For it was easier said – or, in Benaud’s case, not said – than done. This is where cricket will miss him. Not because he always made for great TV: viewers often longed to know what he really thought, and his perennial irritation about the front-foot no-ball law proved he could do trenchant opinion. It will miss him because his pithiness balanced out the tactic of talking more and more about less and less until everything has been said about nothing. Benaud has gone now, and with him his pact with the cricket-watching public, who are a lot brighter than most commentators evidently imagine. "
"Banter was not for Richie Benaud. Instead, there were two measures of his unique place in cricket commentary. The first was the number of colleagues who, following his death, said how often they tried to bear in mind his dictum about speaking only when you can add to the picture. The second was the number of colleagues who actually managed to put his dictum into practice. For it was easier said – or, in Benaud’s case, not said – than done. This is where cricket will miss him. Not because he always made for great TV: viewers often longed to know what he really thought, and his perennial irritation about the front-foot no-ball law proved he could do trenchant opinion. It will miss him because his pithiness balanced out the tactic of talking more and more about less and less until everything has been said about nothing. Benaud has gone now, and with him his pact with the cricket-watching public, who are a lot brighter than most commentators evidently imagine. "
