article_snippet.sent: Richie Benaud enjoyed a remarkable Test career as a wily leg-spin bowler and middle-order batsman which ended with Richie Benaud retirement in 1964.
article_snippet.sent: Richie Benaud was the first player to score 2,000 Test runs and take 200 Test wickets. '
article_snippet.sent: After retiring, Richie Benaud became a commentary icon initially with the BBC in England and later in Richie Benaud native Australia .
article_snippet.sent: After retiring, Richie Benaud became a commentary icon initially with the BBC in England and later in his native Australialater in his native Australiahis native AustraliaAustralia.
article_snippet.sent: Richie Benaud was the mainstay in Australian cricket television commentary until the past two summers - a car accident in 2013 sidelined Richie Benaud before Richie Benaud announced in November last year that Richie Benaud was fighting skin cancer.
article_snippet.sent: The Australian cricketer and commentator passed away in Richie Benaud sleep on Thursday night in Sydney after battling skin cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Richie Benaud was the mainstay in Australian cricket television commentary Australian cricket television commentary until the past two summers .
highlights_snippet.sent: Cricket legend died in Cricket legend sleep on Thursday night in a Sydney hospice .
  