da bet vitoria： We asked readers for their favourite lines of legendary broadcaster Richie Benaud. Here are the responses we got
da betsson： Siddarth Ravindran10-Apr-20153:07
Archive: ‘Will the real Richie Benaud please stand up?’
First up, his signature comment.
@ESPNcricinfo Marvellous
— Tabish Siddiqui (@mtabishs) April 10, 2015
His distinctive speaking style was often mimicked, and if two early wickets went down, fans hoped Benaud was on commentary, for him to say …
@ESPNcricinfo Its twooo for twenty twooooo
— Nikhil Daware (@nikhil_daware) April 10, 2015
Even his no-frills greeting as he began his commentary stint became a household phrase.
@ESPNcricinfo Has to be "Morning, everyone." I knew I was in for a good day, regardless of the result. #RIPRichieBenaud
— steveh11 (@steveh11) April 10, 2015
@ESPNcricinfo it has to be "Morning everyone beautiful day here at Trent Bridge"
— Peter Joy (@petermjoy) April 10, 2015
He was on the air for some of cricket’s most memorable moments
@ESPNcricinfo There are better ones, but "Jones! Bowden!" when England won at Edgbaston in 2005 will live with me forever.
— James Ash (@JamesAsh_89) April 10, 2015
@ESPNcricinfo "Allan Lamb has been cleaned up, perhaps, so too England" 1992 world cup final.
— Waqas ur Rahman (@WakasRahman) April 10, 2015
@ESPNcricinfo "You wouldn't believe it. He's done 'im between his legs." Warne to Basit Ali. THAT ball. In THAT voice. #RIPRichie
— Shamit (@thelittlechamp) April 10, 2015
His description of an Ian Botham six in the 1981 Ashes became the name of a blog on ESPNcricinfo
.@ESPNcricinfo #riprichiebenaud ‘ It’s gone into the confectionery stand and out again. Don’t bother looking for that’
— Robert Drummond (@robertd1981) April 10, 2015
There was plenty of dry wit in his understated commentary
@ESPNcricinfo "Glenn Mcgrath got out just 98 run short of the century"- Richie Benaud
#RIPRichieBenaud
— Yashaswi (@yk_deepak) April 10, 2015
.@ESPNcricinfo Mike Atherton hit in the unmentionables.
Hadlee: 'And that ball did bounce Richie'
RB: 'Which one, Richard?'
— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) April 10, 2015
@ESPNcricinfo captaincy is 90% luck and 10% skill. But don't try it without that 10%.
— Soft Southern Jim (@Timbers_Jim) April 10, 2015
One of his rules on cricket commentary was …
@ESPNcricinfo Put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up #RIPRichieBenaud
— Abhishek Dwivedi (@ABDW1987) April 10, 2015
Even the wisest man in the game – he covered and played in around 500 Tests – could sometimes slip up.
@espncricinfo – “The slow-motion replay doesn’t show how fast the ball was really travelling.”
— Vivek (@VivekGajjala) April 10, 2015
His voice was used in several video games as well, earning him another generation of fans.
@ESPNcricinfo From EA sports game commentary "That will be very very sore in the morning."
— Akshit Redij (@aks_gunner) April 10, 2015