Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Tsitsi dzinoyevedza dzakabhadharwa nezuro kunhau yekiriketi Richie Benaud, pashure porufu rwake pazera ramakore 84 nekenza yeganda. PaLord's, mireza yeMCC yakaderedzwa, uye hurumende yeAustralia yakapa mariro ehurumende kumurume uyo asina kumborasikirwa nemutambo weTest semutungamiriri wenyika yake, ndokuzova mutsinhiri. David Cameron akati akanga "akura achiteerera Richie Benaud's wonderful cricket commentary", ukuwo mumwe wake wekuAustralia Tony Abbott akati "zuva rinosuruvarisa kuAustralia". Achirega somutambi muna 1964, kuongorora kwaBenaud kwakanaka kwakakudzwa munyika yose. Pano, tinodzokorora mutero wakapiwa nomunyori wenhau dzemitambo akaisvonaka weMail, IAN WOOLDRIDGE, uyo akanyora muna 2005 pashure pokunge nhau dzomutambo wekiriketi wenyika yose muEngland dzashandurwa kubva paterevhizheni yepasi kuenda paterevhizheni yesatellite, zvichiita kuti vateveri vekiriketi vasaone inzwi raBenaud... Richie Benaud mubhokisi remashoko paOval nokuda kwomuedzo wokupedzisira weAshes ya2005. Pashure pacho vateveri vekiriketi vemarudzi ose muEngland vakarasikirwa nouchenjeri hwake apo mutambo mhenyu wakachinjwa kubva kuterestrial kuenda kuSatellite TV. Saka zvino, kwaziwai, Tenzi Wemashoko Akayerwa. Richie Benaud haazodzokeri kuEngland zhizha rinotevera kuti arambe ari mukurumbira somutsinhiri wecricket akanakisisa. Ikoko hakusati kuri bedzi kurangarira kwangu. Ongororo ichangobva kuitwa nemagazini inonzi The Wisden Cricketer yakawana mavhoti anoshamisa 12 000. Chaizvoizvo 10,128 vavo vakasarudza Benaud somunhu akanakisisa. Nenzira inofadza, haatisiyi tisina shoko rimwe kana kuti anoverengeka ezano kune avo vanotsvaka kutevedzera kubudirira kwake, zvikurukuru vatambi vakarega basa avo vamiririri vavo vanovaona vakagadzirirwa pakarepo kutora maikorofoni uye kutitsamwisa nemvura yeTembere yeBhabheri. Anoita kudaro mubhuku rokuonekana iro riri enisaikoropidhiya youchenjeri hwokutepfenyura. Haatauri mazita. Iye ane ruremekedzo zvikuru nokuda kwaizvozvo. Uyewo hapana chiratidzo chechinyararire icho pane dzimwe nguva chinotambudza mifananidzo mumakore avo okuenda pamudyandigere. Pazera ramakore 74, Benaud achiri akasimba sezvinoita nhunzi, chibereko chomugariro woupenyu sezvaunoyerwa nokutaura kwake. Hungu, pane zviitiko zvisingawanzoitiki apo iye acharega bvudzi rake richidzika ne...
Vateveri vekiriketi vemarudzi ose muEngland vakarasikirwa nenzwi renhetembo pashure peAshes ya2005. Ikoku kwakatungamirira Ian Wooldridge kupa rukudzo ku'mukurukuri akanakisisa wekiriketi' Somutambi akatungamirira nyika yake mu 28 ye 63 yake Tests uye haana kutongorasikirwa nehurongwa. Mashoko okuti'usatuka vateereri'nokutaura zvakawandisa akamuita mukuru.