Benaud says he wants a new anchorman in place before The Ashes.Byline: ANI Sydney, Feb.21 (ANI): Noted cricket commentator Richie Benaud Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE (born October 6, 1930 in Penrith, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and longstanding media commentator who is widely regarded to be the doyen of television commentators. has revealed that the motivation for pulling up stumps was primarily a desire to see a new anchorman on Channel Nine for the 2010 Ashes series This is a list of Ashes cricket series played between Australia and England. Most Ashes series have consisted of five Test matches between the two countries. The Ashes series with the fewest Test matches was the 1887-88 Ashes series, consisting of only one Test. . "There's quite a good reason for that because it's the Ashes year and it's necessary for Channel Nine to get another commentator to come in for the Ashes series," Benaud said. "You need to get commentators in and let them have a bit of experience. I'm retiring from commentary, but not from working 22 hours a day," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying. Asked if he would nominate Mark Nicholas as his obvious successor, Benaud said it was up to Channel Nine. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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