Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ahakoa i eke a Richie Benaud mai i te taone nui ki te rangatira o Ahitereiria, ka maumahara tonu ia mo tona mohio ki te korero. I hurihia e te kaitakaro whutupaoro whutupaoro te korero ki roto i tetahi momo toi, ka whiwhi ia i te taitara 'te reo o te Cricket'. He iti noa iho tana kōrero, he mea whakarite, he tino ngahau hoki, ā, he tino tika te wā o ana rārangi kotahi. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua mate a Richie Benaud, 84-tau te pakeke o te kaikorero kirikiti i muri i tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku kiri. Ko ana korero mai i nga rau o nga whakataetae Test me One Day Cricket i korerohia e ia puta noa i te ao, ko nga mea i maumahara ai nga kaiwhaiwhai mai i nga waa nui. Kāore i roa ka iti iho te kupu kotahi i roto i āna tuhinga. Ka hono tonu te 'Whakaahua...' ki te pakiwaitara kirikiti. I runga i te kōrero, ka mea a Benaud: 'Ko taku tikanga - hoatu tou roro ki te taputapu, a ki te taea e koe te tāpiri ki te mea i runga i te mata ka mahi i te reira, te kore e noho puku.' I whakaahua ia i te tirohanga i runga i te papa: 'Mai i to maatau pouaka whakawhitiwhiti kaore koe e kite i tetahi tarutaru, he kaakahu noa iho o te tangata.<unk> I runga i te rangatira, a ko ia tetahi o nga rangatira Whakamatau pai rawa atu i a Ahitereiria, he whakaiti a Benaud: 'Ko te tohu o te rangatira nui ko te kaha ki te wikitoria i te kopae, i te wa tika. Ko ana korero i whakaitihia, i te nuinga o te waa he tino ngahau, a ko ana raina kotahi i tino tika te waa. I hurihia e te kaitakaro whutupaoro o mua te korero ki roto i te ahua toi, i hoatu ki a ia te taitara 'te reo o te Cricket' Engari i whakatupato ia i taua whakaahuatanga me: 'Ko te rangatira he 90 ōrau te waimarie me te 10 ōrau te pukenga. Engari kaua e whakamatau ki te kore i te 10 ōrau. A, no te tahi tahi waewae spinner Shane Warne whakaputaina te mea i huaina 'Pōro o te Century' ki te maka Ingarihi batsmen Mike Gatting, ka mea a Benaud: 'Gatting he tino kahore whakaaro he aha kua tupu ki reira. Kāore anō ia kia mōhio. Engari ko tōna pūkenga ki te whakahīhī i ngā kōrero kāore i te kī e kore e taea e ia te tuku i ngā whakaaro tika mō te tautohetohe kirikiti hou. I runga i te kaupapa bowling underarm rongonui o te kaitakaro o Ahitereiria a Trevor Chappell i te Hui-tanguru 1, 1981, i kii a Benaud: "He mahinga whakama... me...
Kua mate te kaitohutohu kirikiti a Richie Benaud i muri i tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku. Ka maumahara tonu te 84-tau-tau mo tana tohungatanga ki te kōrero. I riro i a ia te taitara 'Te reo o te Cricket' Ko tana rārangi waitohu ko 'Tere nui e' me 'Whakaahua'