Famous Cricketers No 100 - Richie Benaud

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 154 48 330 8 3-89 41.25 - - Other matches 430.5 140 1007 52 6-31 19.36 3 1 Tour (6b) 584.5 188 1337 60 6-31 22.28 3 1 Career (8b) 1488.4 225 } 8823 306 7-46 28.83 10 1 (6b) 1269.3 348 1956/57 – Australia in Pakistan and India The marathon tour was into its fifth month by the time Australia rolled into Pakistan and Pakistan stunned the cricket world by upsetting the weary tourists in the one-off Test at Karachi. The Australians struggled mightily on the unfamiliar matting pitch, crawling to a total of 80 after almost a full day’s play. Benaud top-scored for Australia with a half century in the second innings, but ultimately the Australians had no answer to Fazal Mahmood. The fast medium bowler achieved prodigious movement throughout, routing the Australians with match figures of 13/114. Never the easiest of tours, this trip to Pakistan, the first undertaken by an Australian Test team, was particularly difficult. Benaud summed it up as “Ten days of illness, injury and a beating on the field”. Things went better in India, where Benaud exploited the spin-friendly conditions perfectly, finishing with 7/72 in the first innings, his best-ever figures at Test level. He backed this up with four wickets in the second innings, completing his only ten wicket match in Tests. Many of the Australians struggled with illness, including Benaud who contracted the dreaded and energy-sapping dengue fever. Remarkably, he didn’t miss a match and finished with 23 wickets for the series, which Australia won 2-0. He was named one of India’s five cricketers of the year for his efforts. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 117. AUSTRALIA v PAKISTAN, Karachi, October 11, 12, 13, 15, 17 (Pakistan won by nine wickets) (7) c Waqar Hasan b Fazal Mahmood 4 80 17 5 36 1 Imtiaz Ahmed c C.C.McDonald 199 (7) b Fazal Mahmood 56 187 - - - - 69-1 118. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Madras, October 19, 20, 22, 23 (Australia won by an innings and 5 runs) (7) b Ghulam Ahmed 6 319 29.3 10 72 7 M.H.Mankad c C.C.McDonald 161 P.Roy c R.N.Harvey P.R.Umrigar c I.D.Craig V.L.Manjrekar lbw J.M.Patel c I.W.G.Johnson Ghulam Ahmed c R.N.Harvey S.P.Gupte c C.C.McDonald 20 5 59 1 N.S.Tamhane c W.P.A.Crawford 153 119. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Bombay, October 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) (7) c sub (R.G.Nadkarni) b S.P.Gupte 2 523-7d 25 6 54 2 V.L.Manjrekar c R.N.Harvey 251 D.G.Phadkar c L.V.Maddocks 42 15 98 2 M.H.Mankad c J.W.Burke 250-5 P.Roy c L.V.Maddocks 120. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Calcutta, November 2, 3, 5, 6 (Australia won by 94 runs) (7) b Ghulam Ahmed 24 177 29 10 52 6 N.J.Contractor lbw 136 V.L.Manjrekar c R.N.Harvey M.H.Mankad lbw G.S.Ramchand st G.R.A.Langley A.G.Kripal Singh c K.D.Mackay N.S.Tamhane b (7) b S.P.Gupte 21 189-9d 24.2 6 53 5 P.R.Umrigar c J.W.Burke 136 V.L.Manjrekar c R.N.Harvey M.H.Mankad c R.N.Harvey A.G.Kripal Singh b N.S.Tamhane b 35