article_snippet.sent: As a player, Cricket commentator Richie Benaud was a trailblazing all-rounder who took 248 wickets and scored 2,201 runs in 63 Tests while never losing a series in charge of Cricket commentator Richie Benaud country.
article_snippet.sent: Cricket commentator Richie Benaud scored three Test centuries and once hit 11 sixes in a first class innings.
article_snippet.sent: Cricket commentator Richie Benaud was the first player to score 2,000 Test runs and take 200 Test wickets yet was as much renowned for Cricket commentator Richie Benaud captaincy - Cricket commentator Richie Benaud never lost a Test series as Australian captain.
article_snippet.sent: As a player, Cricket commentator Richie Benaud appeared in 63 Test matches between 1951 and 1963, becoming the first man from any nation to score 2000 Test runs and take 200 Test wickets .
article_snippet.sent: As a player, Cricket commentator Richie Benaud appeared in 63 Test matches between 1951 and 1963, becoming the first man from any nation to score 2000 Test runs and take 200 Test wicketsTest Test .
article_snippet.sent: Cricket commentator Richie Benaud Australian record Test tally of 248 wickets has since been overtaken by many, most notably fellow legspinner Shane Warne, whose career tally of 708 was unimaginable in Cricket commentator Richie Benaud's day.
article_snippet.sent: Cricket commentator Richie Benaud scored three Test centuries and once hit 11 sixes in a first class innings.