my spin on richie benaud...

so richie benaud has announced his retirement…

when i read about the news i got this feeling that something is lost silently but permanently within, you were thinking like ‘given’ all these years…

here's an interesting anecdote from sunil gavaskar on the intricacies of commentary involving one and only richie benaud...

to me he is like cricket grown in me and epitomizes the person who truly transcended the boundaries…i have not seen anyone who has influenced generations of cricket loving fans so much even after being 'behind the scene'…

you listen to ‘good morning everyone’...his silken voice…and suddenly even the dullest of cricketing moments would become tolerable…

but this post is not about how good was benaud...this is about his retirement...or rather exaggeratedly long retirement...

so after reading that he will retire in 2010 something also ‘yelled’ within me like eh…here’s an another ozie who could not keep himself away from the lure of planning a long retirement…

recently gilchrist enjoyed (or annoyed?) almost full summer as his farewell tour and only yesterday i came across news that they are planning yet another farewell party in sydney for hayden…

i just don’t understand their fixation with these long overdriven farewell parties…is it in their blood?

why they just can’t announce immediate retirement…is it so difficult to say i am retiring...and just...retire...

why?

PS: sachin tendlkar commented ‘no comments’ on benaud’s retirement in a press conference...

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