2017 50c Richie Benaud The Voice of Cricket Uncirculated Coin

Richie Benaud combined an outstanding record as a cricketer with a long and successful career as a respected commentator. As a cricketer he was devoted to attacking play a skilled leg-spin bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman. Richie was the first player to achieve ‘the double’ of 200 wickets/2000 runs in test cricket. As Australian captain he never lost a series. In Australia, he led the Nine Network commentary team for more than 35 ears, becoming the ‘voice of cricket’.