Cricket Career Highlights
- Early in his career, he hit 100 runs against the West Indies in 78 minutes, the third fastest Test century of all time (in terms of minutes at the crease, not balls faced) and the second fastest by an Australian.
- Benaud was in charge for the inaugural 1960-61 Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies, a series that included the famous Tied Test.
- Benaud's highest Test score of 122 was made against South Africa, Johannesburg, 1957–1958
- His best Test bowling effort of 7 for 72 was against India, Madras, 1956–1957
- He captained Australia in 28 Tests: 12 wins, 12 draws, 4 losses
- In 1963 he became the first player to complete the Test double of 200 wickets and 2,000 runs. He is one of only 10 Australian cricketers to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken over 500 wickets in first-class cricket.
- He ended his Test career in Sydney with statistics of 248 wickets (the Test record at that time) at 27.03 and 2,201 runs at 24.45.
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