Perhaps nothing summed him up better than the last of the several pieces he wrote for Wisden: a tribute to his friend and hero Keith Miller in 2005. the editor muttered apologetically about the feebleness of the fee. No, he said, he didn't want a fee. This was a duty, an obligation, the right thing to do.
'Obituaries: Benaud, Richard', L. Booth (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2016), 195
I am a sucker for these moments. For a variety of reasons, there are lots in Wisden 2016. I liked this one best.
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