Famous Cricketers No 100 - Richie Benaud

Weekes and Sonny Ramadhin. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 222. International XI v New Zealand XI, Christchurch, March 16, 17, 19 (International XI won by eight wickets) * (6) not out 32 414-7d 25 12 49 5 G.T.Dowling b 207 M.E.Chapple b A.E.Dick c T.W.Graveney G.A.Bartlett lbw J.C.Alabaster c D.A.Ford did not bat - 35-2 21 5 62 5 P.T.Barton c and b 241 1 S.N.McGregor b G.A.Bartlett lbw J.R.Reid b J.C.Alabaster b 223. International XI v New Zealand Cricket Council President’s XI, Auckland, March 22, 23, 24 (International XI won by two wickets) * (7) c J.R.Reid b G.T.Dowling 14 295-6d 10.3 2 30 2 A.E.Dick lbw 285 2 D.D.Beard b (7) b J.R.Reid 44 292-8 30 7 69 2 B.G.Hadlee c R.Benaud 301-8d 1 R.W.Blair c E.D.Weekes 224. International XI v Cricket Club of India President’s XI, Bombay, March 31, April 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) * (7) c A.L.Wadekar b P.K.Shivalkar 73 518 44 16 103 1 V.H.Bhosle c H.W.Stephenson 472 (7) c A.L.Wadekar b S.J.Diwadkar 64 253 18 2 57 5 Suryaveer Singh c T.W.Graveney 214-6 V.H.Bhosle st H.W.Stephenson A.L.Wadekar b K.M.Rungta c I.D.Craig B.P.Gupte b 225. International XI v BCCP XI, Karachi, April 6, 7, 8, 9 (International XI won by nine wickets) * (7) not out 11 420-5d 24 9 67 2 Hanif Mohammad c E.D.Weekes 310-8d Shafqat Rana c R.B.Simpson did not bat - 152-1 35.2 16 62 3 Javed Burki c sub 259 A.D’Souza st H.W.Stephenson Haseeb Ahsan c R.Subba Row SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 4 6 2 238 73 59.50 - 2 4 Career 225 314 38 9644 187 34.94 19 47 215 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6b) 207.5 69 499 25 5-49 19.96 3 1 Career (8b) 4076.5 884 } 19978 839 7-32 23.81 51 7 (6b) 3124 1017 1962/63 This summer saw an eagerly awaited contest between Benaud’s team and Dexter’s English side. Such was the interest generated by the West Indies tour two years before and the bumper Shield season of 1961/62 that every TV station broadcast footage of the games. But there was little worth watching. The series was a flop, petering out in a dull 1-1 stalemate which saw Australia retain the Ashes. Early in the tour, Benaud sent shivers of panic through English cricket when he took 7/18 against England while playing for New South Wales. Most observers felt Benaud didn’t use his full variety 57