A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.
All these things are nice but you've got to bear in mind that out there - and I do get correspondence to confirm this - there are others who don't have me at the top, who say why don't you talk more, why don't you do this or that. Everyone has their own idea about commentating.
Although I've seen some lousy satire in recent times from different people, stuff that I think is thoroughly objectionable, which I don't class as proper satire anyway. But Billy Birmingham doing satire - some shouldn't give up their day jobs - but there are quite a few who do it pretty well.
Because out in the field, you haven't got anyone whispering into your ear saying all sorts of things, you've got to do it yourself.
But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.
Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.
From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.
I keep reading it is too long a summer but we keep having sell-outs at the matches. I think it would be crazy to pay too much attention to suggestions we need to shorten the summer.
I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that.
I was desperately keen, I didn't want to be taken off, I wanted to bowl all day.
In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.
The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.
The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.
The situation is that the BBC lost the cricket after 60 years, they started in '38, and I've been with them for 38 years.
The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.
They took me down to Newbury for the autumn meeting to trail round Peter O'Sullevan and it was the best training I could possibly have. He was the most organised man I've ever seen on television.
In 1951 Richie was selected to play for the Australian Test Team in their series against the West Indies in Sydney. He only scored a combined innings total of 17 runs, and had bowling figures of 1/14.
Richie attended Parramatta High School for his education.
The Sri Lankan cricket writer Harold de Andrado commented on Richie claiming that "Richie Benaud, possibly next to Sir Don Bradman, has been one of the greatest cricketing personalities as, player, researcher, writer, critic, author, organiser, adviser and student of the game."
Richie has a younger brother, John, who also played Test cricket for Australia.
Richie has two sons from his first marriage.
In 1961 he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to cricket.
Richie Benaud is considered as one of the best leg-spinners to have ever played the game of cricket.
Richie Benaud captained Australia to 28 test matches, winning 12, losing 4, drawing 11 and tieing 1. And, overall having a 42.85% winning conversion.
Richie Benaud is right handed and played his cricket career out bowling and batting right handed.
Famous for his pronunciation of the word "two". He pronounces it: choo. For example "choo for twenty choo".
Known as: Richie, the great man, the voice of cricket.
Finished his 42 year commentary career of the English summer after the completion of the epic 2005 Ashes Series. Richie will continue commentary of the Australian summer to 2008 due to having three years left on his Channel Nine Australia commentary contract.
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