Commentary doyen Richie Benaud set to call Sydney Test Icon: Richie Benaud is on his way back to the commentary box. Channel Nine is planning for master commentator Richie Benaud to call the Sydney Test against India in January. The 84-year-old former Australian captain and broadcasting icon will make his first public appearance in more than a year on Monday when he helps launch Nine's summer of cricket at a function at the SCG, joined by the rest of the network's stable of ex-internationals. There has been doubt about whether Benaud would be able to return to the airwaves since the car accident in October last year that led to him being rushed to hospital with a broken sternum and shoulder and chest injuries. However, a Nine spokesperson said on Friday the network was planning for Sydney-based Benaud to be on hand at the SCG to commentate during the fourth Test between Australia and India, starting on January 3. Nine says it had a flood of positive feedback from the teaser Benaud voiced for the first Twenty20 international between Australia and South Africa in Adelaide on Wednesday night, his first work since the accident near his home in Coogee last year. The voice of cricket will be interviewed in a question-and-answer session at the Nine season launch on Monday by fellow commentator Mark Nicholas as he makes a welcome return to the fold.