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Richie Benaud will be farewelled at a small, private, family gathering this week after his wife Daphne phoned Canberra to inform the Prime Minister's office that her husband had not wished to be the subject of a state funeral

Richie Benaud has been described by his contemporary Garry Sobers as "a wonderful cricketer and captain", as well as a brilliant commentator and good friend

Richie Benaud, the former Australia captain, journalist and legendary broadcaster, has died in Sydney aged 84

Richie Benaud, the former Australia captain and now world-famous commentator, is recovering in hospital following a car crash in Sydney

Ricky Ponting is not the first man to play on after resigning as Australia's captain. ESPNcricinfo looks at some of the others

Ricky Benaud might be retiring from ball-by-ball commentary at the end of the summer but he won't be leaving Nine's cricket coverage

Richie Benaud will retire from television commentary next year, ending a second career spanning almost 50 years

Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the third day of the third Test between Australia and South Africa at the SCG

The 12 members of New South Wales' team of the past 150 years will be the first inductees of the state's Hall of Fame when it is opened on Friday night

Steve Waugh has rejected the call from Geoff Boycott to cut Tests to four days

Cricket Australia has released a warts-and-all history of the way it has governed cricket for the past century, including frank accounts of the board's behaviour in several controversial areas

Richie Benaud is still unmatched when it comes to finding Australia's most magical cricket broadcaster

Richie Benaud has been recognised for his life-long contribution to cricket and will join Charles Macartney as the two newest members of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

Herschelle Gibbs' appeal against the ban imposed by Chris Broad following an incident during the first Test between South Africa and Pakistan at Centurion has been rejected by Richie Benaud

Herschelle Gibbs's appeal against his two-Test ban occurred via teleconference on Wednesday and Richie Benaud, Australia's nominee as a Code of Conduct Commissioner, will give his decision tomorrow

The cricket world has been cautioned not to expect too much of the young spin bowlers who will be the long-term replacements for Shane Warne

To choose his favourite Test matches over 15 years Shane Warne looked to the beginning and the end

Richie Benaud has turned his back on some of Australia's greatest captains to pick Ricky Ponting as the leader of his ultimate Ashes XII of the past 30 years

Richie Benaud, the former Australian captain, has said that last week's ICC hearing into ball-tampering controversy has hurt world cricket

Shane Warne says it's possible he could still be playing Test cricket when Australia return to England for the 2009 Ashes series