Editing Richie Benaud (section)

==Cricket career highlights==
*Early in his career, he hit 100 runs against the West Indies in 78 minutes, the third fastest Test century of all time (in terms of minutes at the crease, not balls faced) and the second fastest by an Australian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/FASTEST_TEST_100S_50S.html|title=Test matches – Batting records – Fastest hundreds|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 August 2017|archive-date=20 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120085342/http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/FASTEST_TEST_100S_50S.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Benaud was in charge for the inaugural 1960–61 [[Frank Worrell Trophy]] against the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]], a series that included the famous [[Tied Test]].<ref name=tie/>
*Benaud's highest Test score of 122 was made against South Africa, [[Johannesburg]], 1957–1958<ref name=cricinfobio/>
*His best Test bowling effort of 7 for 72 was against [[India cricket team|India]], [[Madras]], 1956–1957<ref name=cricinfobio/>
*He captained Australia in 28 Tests: 12 wins, 11 draws, 1 tie, 4 losses<ref name=cricinfobio/>
*In 1963 he became the first player to complete the Test double of 200 wickets and 2,000 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/australia/11526632/Richie-Benaud-dies-aged-84-live.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=Richie Benaud dies – aged 84: sport pays tribute|access-date=10 April 2015|date=10 April 2015|first1=Charlie|last1=Eccleshare|first2=Alan|last2=Tyers|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924171402/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/australia/11526632/Richie-Benaud-dies-aged-84-live.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was one of only 10 Australian cricketers to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken more than 500 wickets in [[first-class cricket]].<ref name=muchmore/> He ended his Test career in Sydney with statistics of 248 wickets (the Australia Test record at that time) at 27.03 and 2,201 runs at 24.45.<ref name=cricinfobio/>