The best-loved lines of Richie Benaud

First up, his signature comment.

@ESPNcricinfo Marvellous

— Tabish Siddiqui (@mtabishs) April 10, 2015

His distinctive speaking style was often mimicked, and if two early wickets went down, fans hoped Benaud was on commentary, for him to say ...

@ESPNcricinfo Its twooo for twenty twooooo

— Nikhil Daware (@nikhil_daware) April 10, 2015

Even his no-frills greeting as he began his commentary stint became a household phrase.

@ESPNcricinfo Has to be "Morning, everyone." I knew I was in for a good day, regardless of the result. #RIPRichieBenaud

— steveh11 (@steveh11) April 10, 2015

@ESPNcricinfo it has to be "Morning everyone beautiful day here at Trent Bridge"

— Peter Joy (@petermjoy) April 10, 2015

He was on the air for some of cricket's most memorable moments

@ESPNcricinfo There are better ones, but "Jones! Bowden!" when England won at Edgbaston in 2005 will live with me forever.

— James Ash (@JamesAsh_89) April 10, 2015

@ESPNcricinfo "Allan Lamb has been cleaned up, perhaps, so too England" 1992 world cup final.

— Waqas ur Rahman (@WakasRahman) April 10, 2015

@ESPNcricinfo "You wouldn't believe it. He's done 'im between his legs." Warne to Basit Ali. THAT ball. In THAT voice. #RIPRichie

— Shamit (@thelittlechamp) April 10, 2015

His description of an Ian Botham six in the 1981 Ashes became the name of a blog on ESPNcricinfo

.@ESPNcricinfo #riprichiebenaud ' It's gone into the confectionery stand and out again. Don't bother looking for that'

— Robert Drummond (@robertd1981) April 10, 2015

There was plenty of dry wit in his understated commentary

@ESPNcricinfo "Glenn Mcgrath got out just 98 run short of the century"- Richie Benaud #RIPRichieBenaud

— Yashaswi (@yk_deepak) April 10, 2015

.@ESPNcricinfo Mike Atherton hit in the unmentionables. Hadlee: 'And that ball did bounce Richie' RB: 'Which one, Richard?'

— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) April 10, 2015

@ESPNcricinfo captaincy is 90% luck and 10% skill. But don't try it without that 10%.

— Soft Southern Jim (@Timbers_Jim) April 10, 2015

One of his rules on cricket commentary was ...

@ESPNcricinfo Put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up #RIPRichieBenaud

— Abhishek Dwivedi (@ABDW1987) April 10, 2015

Even the wisest man in the game - he covered and played in around 500 Tests - could sometimes slip up.

@espncricinfo - "The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling."

— Vivek (@VivekGajjala) April 10, 2015

His voice was used in several video games as well, earning him another generation of fans.

@ESPNcricinfo From EA sports game commentary "That will be very very sore in the morning."

— Akshit Redij (@aks_gunner) April 10, 2015