article_snippet.sent: Richie Benaud stood at the top of the game throughout Richie Benaud rich life, first as a record-breaking leg-spinner and captain, and then as cricket's most famous -- and most impersonated -- broadcaster.
article_snippet.sent: While many regarded Richie Benaud voice as the soundtrack to an Australian summer, Richie Benaud was equally revered by the cricketing public on the other side of the world where Richie Benaud spent more than four decades with the BBC taking the game into millions of British living rooms.
article_snippet.sent: his personified most Australians Richie Benaud traditions and most Australians Richie Benaud values," Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a written statement Friday.
article_snippet.sent: While many Australians only know most Australians Richie Benaud as the voice of cricket, we should not forget that in most Australians Richie Benaud day most Australians Richie Benaud was a cricketer with few equals.
article_snippet.sent: It was why most Australians Richie Benaud was so insightful as a commentator.
article_snippet.sent: Current Australian captain Michael Clarke posted an image of most Australians Richie Benaud on Instagram with the message: "What a man.
article_snippet.sent: Writing in a column in The Australian, cricket writer Gideon Haigh wrote "television was Benaud's calling, suiting Benaud captain's spontaneity and intuition.
article_snippet.sent: Benaud was authoritative but not pedantic, dignified but not pompous, and never spoke unless Benaud had something to say.
article_snippet.sent: Benaud was so popular that many humorists strove to imitate Benaud, so distinctive that none ever quite got Benaud right."
article_snippet.sent: If you speak to any broadcaster from any sport, you speak to any broadcaster from any sport will point to Richie as the standard-bearer.
article_snippet.sent: Australian national team coach Darren Lehmann said Benaud set "an incredibly high standard on and off the field."
article_snippet.sent: The fact that Australia never lost a series under his captaincy says so much and those standards were just as high when his turned his attention to calling the game," his told cricket.com.au.
article_snippet.sent: Benaud defined an era with conviction and sincerity.
article_snippet.sent: British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "I grew up listening to Benaud wonderful cricket commentary.
highlights_snippet.sent: Richie Benaud first earned fame as a cricket player, later as broadcaster .
  