Ka taƙaita labarin:  An ba wa dangin Richie Benaud jana'izar jihar bayan da Firayim Ministan Australia Tony Abbott ya kira mutuwarsa "babbar asara ga wasan kurket tun bayan asarar Don Bradman". Tsohon kyaftin din Australia kuma fitaccen mai watsa shirye-shirye ya mutu a ranar Laraba yana da shekaru 84 bayan yaƙi da cutar kansa ta fata. Abbott ya ce: "Za a sami 'yan Australiya kaɗan waɗanda ba su yi bazara a cikin kamfanin Richie Benaud ba. Richie Benaud yana daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan cricket kuma za a tuna da shi saboda rashin hankali da ilimi. Benaud ya kasance muryar wasan kurket na shekaru da yawa, yana sharhi a ƙasarsa ta Australia da kuma BBC. Firayim Ministan Australia Tony Abbott ya baiwa iyalan Benaud jana'izar kasa. Benaud, wanda aka zana a ranar bikin aurensa ga matarsa Daphne, kuma a lokacinsa a matsayin kyaftin din Ostiraliya. Benaud ya kasance kyaftin mai jaruntaka kuma ya zama dan wasan cricketer na farko da ya zira kwallaye 2,000 kuma ya dauki wickets 200 a Tests. Ya kasance rakiyar lokacin bazara na Ostiraliya, muryarsa ta kasance har ma fiye da muryar cicadas a cikin unguwanninmu da garuruwanmu, kuma wannan muryar, abin takaici, yanzu ya yi shiru. Amma muna tunawa da shi tare da ƙauna mai girma. A Ostiraliya ana yin jana'izar jihar ne kawai ga 'yan siyasa. Har ma Bradman da kansa ya ƙi tayin ɗaya kafin mutuwarsa a shekara ta 2001. Amma irin wannan darajar da aka yi wa Benaud, duka a matsayin dan wasan cricketer mai shiga tsakani - ya dauki wickets 248 na gwaji tare da karya kafafunsa kuma ya zira kwallaye 2,201 - kuma a matsayin mai sharhi, cewa Abbott ya motsa ya yi banbanci. David Gower, Geoffrey Boycott da Benaud sun haɗu da babban rukuni don BBC a 1995. Maigida tare da makirufo a bakinsa, Benaud kuma ya san da kyau game da ikon shiru. An ci gaba da girmamawa a ranar Juma'a ga mutumin da ake kira "muryar cricket". Abokinsa mai wasan kafa Shane Warne ya ce, "A gare ni abin girmamawa ne da gata na kira ku aboki na kusa da jagora", yayin da Sachin Tendulkar ya bayyana mutuwarsa a matsayin "babbar asara ga duniyar wasan cricket". Kyaftin din wasan Australia...
Richie Benaud ya rasu yana da shekara 84 a ranar Juma'a. Firayim Ministan Australia Tony Abbott ya yi wa Richie Benaud jinƙai. A Ostiraliya ana yin jana'izar jihar ne kawai ga'yan siyasa. Bradman ya yi watsi da damar yin jana'izar jihar kafin mutuwarsa. Danna nan don ƙarin girmamawa ga Benaud.