Richie's golden anniversary
As Australia prepare to do battle against South Africa, Richie Benaud celebrates the golden anniversary of his appointment to the Australia captaincy against Peter May's English in 1958-59
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
As Australia prepare to do battle against South Africa, Richie Benaud celebrates the golden anniversary of his appointment to the Australia captaincy against Peter May's English in 1958-59. The Australian has the full story.
All Benaud's minions are pretty well retired given they have long been entitled to a seniors card. But not the skipper, who is three months into his 79th year and with a little more than a year of his Channel Nine contract to run. Benaud remains an active broadcaster and writer (this is his 50th year with the News of the World in the UK) with a work and travel diary bound to daunt those decades younger
Will Luke is assistant editor of ESPNcricinfo