Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Shane Warne akarumbidza Richie Benaud sa'mubati wecricket' zvichitevera kufa kweaimbove kaputeni weAustralia uye mutambi wenhepfenyuro pazera remakore makumi masere nemana. Benaud aizivikanwa zvikuru nokuda kwekutaura kwake sekiriketi yake mushure mekuenda kune basa mumashoko muna 1956 izvo zvakamuona achiva inzwi remutambo muEngland uye kumusha kwake. Asi akanga ariwo mutambi wenhabvu akakurumbira uyo akatora mavhiketi 228 uye akarova 2,201 mumitambo yeTest 68 asi asina kumbobvira atadza kukunda mumakwikwi achitungamirira nyika yake. Vanhu vari kunamata chifananidzo chaRichie Benaud paSydney Cricket Ground mushure mekufa kwake ava nemakore 84. Mutero wemakrofoni ine nhamba yeBenaud's Test cap ye190 yakasiyiwa pachifananidzo. Mureza uri pamusoro peSydney Harbour Bridge unogona kuonekwa uchibhururuka nehafu yemasita semutero kuna Benaud. Mureza weAustralia paSCG wakaderedzwa nehafu yehafu yemutambi weAustralia wekiriketi uye mutsinhiri. Imwe yemashoko aBenaud akakurumbira yaive pa'bhora rezana ramakore' - kuendesa kwekutanga kwaWarne muAshes cricket iyo yakadzinga Mike Gatting - uye mukwikwidzi wemakumi mana nemashanu-makore-ekubheja-mutambi akabhadhara mutero wekunzwa kumudzidzisi wake pa Instagram. 'Richie anodiwa,' akanyora kudaro. 'Ndakakuzivai imi naDaphne kweanodokusvika makore 30 uye kumunhu ari wose maiva ngano pamwero yose uye nenzira yakaruramawo. Somutambi wekiriketi, mutsinhiri uye somunhu, wakanga uri munhu akanakisisa akambovapo uye kumusoro kwacho, murume chaiyeiye... 'Kwandiri kwaiva rukudzo neropafadzo kukudanai shamwari yepedyo nomurayiridzi, takava nenguva dzakawanda dzakanaka pamwe chete, tichitaura nezvecricket uye zvikurukuru, kuda kwedu uye kuda kwedu kugadzira makumbo. Ndicharangarira kudya kwedu kwemanheru kunofadza & nguva dzose dzomufaro dzatakagoverana kwenhambo refu yenguva. 'Ndinodawo kukutendai imi naDaphne nerutsigiro rwenyu rwese nenguva yamakandipa semutambi wechidiki wekiriketi uye mutambi wemakumbo achiedza kuita nzira yake semunhu ane makore gumi nemasere, matipi ako nemazano parwendo urwu zvaireva zvakawanda!!! 'Richie, waidiwa nemunhu ari wose, kwete mhuri yekiriketi bedzi, waiva godfather wekiriketi uye uchashaikwa navose... R.I.P. shamwari yangu.' Shane Warne akabhadhara...
Richie Benaud akafa pazera ramakore 84 neChishanu. Akanga achizivikanwa zvikuru nokuda kwezvitsinhiro zvake sekiriketi yake. Benaud haana kumborasikirwa neseri apo akanga ari kaputeni weAustralia. Vanhu vakakurumbira vomutambo wacho vakakurumidza kupa rukudzo.