Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Richie Benaud akaita kuti kutsinhira kuite sokuri nyore. Nditendei, hazvisi. Asi akashanda nesimba uye akasvika pakakwirira. Pane chidzidzo ipapo nokuda kwavashomanene vavakomana avo vanotora maikorofoni nhasi. Ndakanga ndine rukudzo rukuru rwokuita basa paChannel 9 muAustralia mukati meAshes Test makore mashomanene apfuura. Vakanga vachangobva kuunza pfungwa yokushandisa vatsinhiri vatatu panguva imwe chete uye, senguva dzose, Richie akanga achidzivirira mipiro yake pazvishoma. Ndinoreva izvozvo nenzira yakanaka <unk> zvakare, chimwe chidzidzo cheboka ranhasi. Zvisinei, Richie akanga aona chimwe chinhu pakati ndokufambisa chatinodana kuti chinja chinononoka, saka aigona kuva neshoko rakanyarara nomugadziri vateereri vasinganzwi. Akanga achida mifananidzo yechimwe chiitiko chaakanga aona mavhesi mashomanene pamberi pezvi Shane Warne akanga aita chimwe chinhu mumaslip uye chakanga chapfuura vamwe vedu. Richie Benaud akanga ari mumwe wavanhu vakuru vekiriketi uye acharangarirwa nokuda kwouchenjeri hwake uye zivo. Benaud akanga ari inzwi rekiriketi kwezvizvarwa, achitaura muAustralia yekumusha kwake uye neBBC. Benaud, akafananidzirwa pazuva romuchato wake kumudzimai wake Daphne, uye mumakore ake ekupedzisira muna August 2005. Benaud akanga ari kaputeni akashinga uye akava mutambi wekiriketi wokutanga kunyorera mamakisi 2 000 uye kutora makwikiti 200 muTest. Pakupedzisira, mugadziri wacho akawana zvaaida. Warne, uyo akanga asati ambotamba bhora asi uyo aizoenderera mberi achibata England kwenguva isingaverengeki akanga atora chiratidzo chake chokutamba bhora, dhisiki duku jena, ndokurikandira kwaaifunga kuti aizotanga kumhanya kwake. Pakati peovers, vanoparadzira chiito chaWarne. Richie akati: "Shane Warne achangobva kuisa chiratidzo pasi". Ndiwo wakanga uri mupiro wake bedzi mukati mehafu yeawa yatakanga tiri pamwe chete, asi wakakunda chinhu chipi nechipi chataigona kupa. Mutsetse mumwe! Yakanga iri tsika yaRichie: akanga ane ziso regondo rokuona zvakanga zvichiitwa naWarne pakutanga, chivimbo chokuramba akanyarara apo takapfuurira, uye chisarudzo chakakwana chemashoko. Seizvo iye amene angadai akazvitaura: kunoshamisa. Ndakafunga nezvaRichie pamutambo wokupedzisira weWorld Cup mwedzi wapfuura. Nokuda kwechimwe chikonzero...
Aimbova kaputeni weAustralia uye mutsinhiri Benaud akashaya aine makore makumi masere nemana ekuberekwa. David Lloyd akava neropafadzo yokutaura pamwe chete na Benaud. Kutarisira zvinhu kwaBenaud kwakanga kusingaenzaniswi, anodaro Lloyd. Aiva noukama hunoshamisa naTony Greig naBill Lawry. Mhuri yaBenaud yakapa Tony Abbott mariro ehurumende.