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Benaud as a player
Richie Benaud has been on our TV screens for so long that most will not
remember him as a player. This is a great shame because he was an outstanding cricketer. His career figures are 259 matches 11719 runs at 36.50 with 23 centuries and 254 catches and 945 wickets at 24.73. His Test figures are 63 matches 2101 runs at 24.45 with three centuries and 65 catches plus 248 wickets at 27.03. He was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he was originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman anywhere - his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational - and a leg spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken 100 or more Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower average and Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to bowl at. ). RH -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |
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You forgot to mention that he was a fantastic captain as well.
Malcolm. "Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:KFLNt3ZUDaHDFwPl@anywhere.demon.co.uk... > Richie Benaud has been on our TV screens for so long that most will not > remember him as a player. This is a great shame because he was an > outstanding cricketer. > > His career figures are 259 matches 11719 runs at 36.50 with 23 centuries > and 254 catches and 945 wickets at 24.73. > > His Test figures are 63 matches 2101 runs at 24.45 with three centuries > and 65 catches plus 248 wickets at 27.03. > > He was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he was > originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman anywhere - > his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational - and a leg > spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken 100 or more > Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower average and > Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to bowl at. ). > RH > > > -- > Robert Henderson > Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ > Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |
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Re: Benaud as a player
Robert Henderson wrote: > was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he > was originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman > anywhere - his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational > - and a leg spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken > 100 or more Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower > average and Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to > bowl at. ). > RH Er...neither has Warne. He hasn't played Bangladesh, and 1 game vs Zimbabwe, taking 6 wickets @ 22.83. -- Jan |
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"Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:KFLNt3ZUDaHDFwPl@anywhere.demon.co.uk... > Richie Benaud has been on our TV screens for so long that most will not > remember him as a player. This is a great shame because he was an > outstanding cricketer. > > His career figures are 259 matches 11719 runs at 36.50 with 23 centuries > and 254 catches and 945 wickets at 24.73. > > His Test figures are 63 matches 2101 runs at 24.45 with three centuries > and 65 catches plus 248 wickets at 27.03. > > He was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he was > originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman anywhere - > his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational - and a leg > spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken 100 or more > Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower average and > Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to bowl at. ). > RH A good point, badly made. Warne has never bowled in a test against Bangladesh and only once against Zimbabwe,taking 6 for 137 which impoved his test average by the staggeringly massive margin of 0.017 |
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Why would that twat state the truth when a lie gives him a reason to state
that 'things were better in my day, when racism ruled through the UK'. |
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JP wrote:
> "Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:KFLNt3ZUDaHDFwPl@anywhere.demon.co.uk... > > Richie Benaud has been on our TV screens for so long that most will not > > remember him as a player. This is a great shame because he was an > > outstanding cricketer. > > > > His career figures are 259 matches 11719 runs at 36.50 with 23 centuries > > and 254 catches and 945 wickets at 24.73. > > > > His Test figures are 63 matches 2101 runs at 24.45 with three centuries > > and 65 catches plus 248 wickets at 27.03. > > > > He was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he was > > originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman anywhere - > > his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational - and a leg > > spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken 100 or more > > Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower average and > > Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to bowl at. ). > > RH > > A good point, badly made. > Warne has never bowled in a test against Bangladesh and only once against > Zimbabwe,taking 6 for 137 which impoved his test average by the staggeringly > massive margin of 0.017 Robert is (how unusual) being unfair. It is true that Warne only played the Zimbos once and never had the opportunity to play Bangladesh, but Benaud got to play England 27 times out of 63 tests at an average against England of 31.81, whereas Warne has had only had the opportunity of 30 tests against England out of a career of 127 for an average against England of 22.44. Problem for Robert is that if we look at Benaud's figures (sans Bangladesh/Zimbabwe) and Warne's figures (sans England), Warne is still the better bowler - both at home and away. To some extent it helps explains why Benaud loves Warne's arse (metaphorically speaking). Benaud was always the better batsman though, and we haven't had the opportunity to see if Warne could produce the goods in test cricket if he was also Captain. Regards Declan, Okazaki, Japan |
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<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1126106828.491370.231050@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... > JP wrote: > > "Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:KFLNt3ZUDaHDFwPl@anywhere.demon.co.uk... > > > Richie Benaud has been on our TV screens for so long that most will not > > > remember him as a player. This is a great shame because he was an > > > outstanding cricketer. > > > > > > His career figures are 259 matches 11719 runs at 36.50 with 23 centuries > > > and 254 catches and 945 wickets at 24.73. > > > > > > His Test figures are 63 matches 2101 runs at 24.45 with three centuries > > > and 65 catches plus 248 wickets at 27.03. > > > > > > He was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he was > > > originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman anywhere - > > > his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational - and a leg > > > spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken 100 or more > > > Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower average and > > > Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to bowl at. ). > > > RH > > > > A good point, badly made. > > Warne has never bowled in a test against Bangladesh and only once against > > Zimbabwe,taking 6 for 137 which impoved his test average by the staggeringly > > massive margin of 0.017 > > Robert is (how unusual) being unfair. It is true that Warne only played > the Zimbos once and never had the opportunity to play Bangladesh, but > Benaud got to play England 27 times out of 63 tests at an average > against England of 31.81, whereas Warne has had only had the > opportunity of 30 tests against England out of a career of 127 for an > average against England of 22.44. Problem for Robert is that if we look > at Benaud's figures (sans Bangladesh/Zimbabwe) and Warne's figures > (sans England), Warne is still the better bowler - both at home and > away. To some extent it helps explains why Benaud loves Warne's arse > (metaphorically speaking). Benaud rates Warne as the greatest leggie of all time, and who are we to dispute that judgement? His great experience of the game in general and the art of leg spin in particular, makes him perhaps uniquely qualified in that respect. It's difficult comparing cricketers of different eras merely by reference to career statistics, though, because things do change, e.g. the calibre of the opposition, rules on covering pitches, pitch maintenance, construction of cricket balls, equipment, lbw laws, etc. But some stats are simply outstanding, and I doubt many leg spin bowlers will eclipse Warne's test wicket taking record. > |
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In message <1126106828.491370.231050@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
declan_murphy@hotmail.com writes > >Robert is (how unusual) being unfair. It is true that Warne only played >the Zimbos once and never had the opportunity to play Bangladesh, but >Benaud got to play England 27 times out of 63 tests at an average >against England of 31.81, whereas Warne has had only had the >opportunity of 30 tests against England out of a career of 127 for an >average against England of 22.44. Benaud had to bowl against Hutton, Compton, Hutton, Edrick (W), Washbrook, Simpson, Watson, Bailey, Richardson, May, Cowdrey, Dexter, Barrington, Subba Row, Pullar, MJK Smith. Care to produce an equivalent galaxy for Warne in Ashes Tests? RH , -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |
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"Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:qoCV2tKwVzHDFwZ2@anywhere.demon.co.uk... > In message <1126106828.491370.231050@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>, > declan_murphy@hotmail.com writes >> >>Robert is (how unusual) being unfair. It is true that Warne only played the >>Zimbos once and never had the opportunity to play Bangladesh, but Benaud got >>to play England 27 times out of 63 tests at an average against England of >>31.81, whereas Warne has had only had the opportunity of 30 tests against >>England out of a career of 127 for an average against England of 22.44. > > Benaud had to bowl against Hutton, Compton, Hutton, Only one Hutton! > Edrick (W), Washbrook, Simpson, Watson, Bailey, Richardson, May, Cowdrey, > Dexter, Barrington, Subba Row, Pullar, .... Sheppard, Graveney, Parfitt. > MJK Smith. Not that it matters, but I reckon Benaud probably never bowled to Smith in a Test. They only met once, at Edgbaston in 1961. Smith was out second ball to Mackay in the first innings and in the second, Simpson took the wicket that brought Smith in, and the match ended one run later. -- David North Email to this address will be deleted as spam Use usenetATlaneHYPHENfarm.fsnet.co.uk |
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<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1126106828.491370.231050@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... > JP wrote: >> "Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:KFLNt3ZUDaHDFwPl@anywhere.demon.co.uk... >> > Richie Benaud has been on our TV screens for so long that most will not >> > remember him as a player. This is a great shame because he was an >> > outstanding cricketer. >> > >> > His career figures are 259 matches 11719 runs at 36.50 with 23 centuries >> > and 254 catches and 945 wickets at 24.73. >> > >> > His Test figures are 63 matches 2101 runs at 24.45 with three centuries >> > and 65 catches plus 248 wickets at 27.03. >> > >> > He was a most dashing middle order batsmanwith an upright style - he was >> > originally selected by NSW as a batsman - a superb fieldsman anywhere - >> > his catch to dismiss Cowdrey in 1956 at Lords was sensational - and a leg >> > spinner out of the top drawer ( of leggies who have taken 100 or more >> > Test wickets only O'Reilly, Grimmett and Warne have lower average and >> > Benaud unlike Warne did not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to bowl at. ). >> > RH >> >> A good point, badly made. >> Warne has never bowled in a test against Bangladesh and only once against >> Zimbabwe,taking 6 for 137 which impoved his test average by the staggeringly >> massive margin of 0.017 > > Robert is (how unusual) being unfair. It is true that Warne only played > the Zimbos once and never had the opportunity to play Bangladesh, but > Benaud got to play England 27 times out of 63 tests at an average > against England of 31.81, whereas Warne has had only had the > opportunity of 30 tests against England out of a career of 127 for an > average against England of 22.44. Problem for Robert is that if we look > at Benaud's figures (sans Bangladesh/Zimbabwe) and Warne's figures > (sans England), Now try that again. >Warne is still the better bowler - both at home and > away. To some extent it helps explains why Benaud loves Warne's arse > (metaphorically speaking). Very funny </sarcasm>. Of course, Benaud's average was higher against England than against anyone else. His best average was against India, which is, of course, the country against which Warne has had the most difficulty by far. -- David North Email to this address will be deleted as spam Use usenetATlaneHYPHENfarm.fsnet.co.uk |
