Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Chimwe chezvinhu zvisinganyanyi kurumbidzwa mubasa rinoshamisa raRichie Benaud chaiva kuoneka kwake nguva dzose muchikamu ichocho chebhokisi renhau umo munogara vatori venhau vanonyora. Benaud akanga ari muterevhizheni wokutanga uye mukuru, munhu ane unyanzvi hunoshamisa hunoshamisa uyo akambopindura pamhepo kune waunoshanda naye Chris Broad's malapropism ("Kutendeseka, iwe unomhanya kunze kwezvinyorwa paunorondedzera fielding yaJonty Rhodes") pasina kusvetuka rwiyo: "Ndeupi chaiye wawaive mupfungwa?" Asi Benaud akanyorawo chitsauko chenguva dzose cheNews of the World, achitora nzvimbo yake pakati pevavhimi - havasi varume vose veTV vanotora nhamo - yokunyora kopi yake pose paiitika mutambo weTest. Richie Benaud, ari pamufananidzo muna Ndira 2013, afa ava nemakore 84 mushure mekurwara nekenza yeganda. Benaud akanga ari mumwe wavanhu vakuru vekiriketi uye achayeukwa nokuda kwouchenjeri hwake uye zivo. Mitero inoonekwa pamufananidzo waBenaud paSydney Cricket Ground mushure mekufa kwake. Kwakataurwa kuti nguva dzose aizoisa mashoko 700 kana kuti 800, ayo zvichida 150 kana kuti 200 aizoona chiedza chezuva. Asi, somunhu aiva nyanzvi, Benaud akaramba achinyora. Aida cricket, uye aida kuratidza rudo rwake, nenzira dzokuona kana kuti dzokutaura. Ikoko kwakanga kuri pachena zvikuru mukati memazuva ake okutamba. Akakunda makapu makumi matanhatu nematatu ekuedzwa pakati paNdira 1952 naFebruary 1964, achiunganidza 248 wickets nemakumbo ake-kutenderera (paavhareji yakanaka kwazvo ye27) uye achihwina 2,201 kumhanya pa24. Asi yakanga iri mutoo zvikuru sezvinongoita nhamba. Yakanga iri nguva yakaderedzwa, yakaratidzirwa nekuramba kwakasimba kwaJim Laker kupemberera chero ipi zvayo ye19 wickets yaakatora kuAustralia kuOld Trafford muna 1956 (Benaud c Statham b Laker 0; Benaud b Laker 18). Benaud akaita zvose zvaaigona kuti achinje zvose izvozvo. Mutambo waiva unofadza, waibata mwoyo uye waiva womunhu: kana akawana wicket, aiita zvinopfuura kungosunga bhurugwa rake, nenzira yeLaker. Akapopota uye akasvetuka uye akasvetuka: tarisa paYouTube paari kunakidzwa nekubata kwaBob Simpson kuOld Trafford muna 1961, apo kuputsika kwemakumbo ake kwakakurudzira Australia kukunda. Mazuva ano vatambi vanopfuura ipapo. Asi...
Richie Benaud akafa ava nemakore 84 pashure pokurwisana kwenguva pfupi nekenza yeganda. Benaud akatungamira Australia semutambi asati aenda kunhepfenyuro. Nzira yake yokutsinhira yakava yakafanana munyika yose nekiriketi. Dzvanya apa kuti unzwe kurumbidzwa kwaBenaud apo nyika yecricket iri kuchema kufa kwake.