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April 11, 2015

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Source: AP | April 11, 2015, Saturday |

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SOME notable Richie Benaud quotes:

• “My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what’s on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.”

• “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.”

• “Captaincy is 90 percent luck and 10 percent skill. But don’t try it without that 10 percent.”

• “And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just 98 runs short of his century.”

• “There was a slight interruption there for athletics” (referring to a streaker at Lord’s).

• “The slow-motion replay doesn’t show how fast the ball was really travelling.”

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