Cricket commentator Richie Benaud reveals he has cancer and is receiving radiation treatment... a year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash Richie Benaud revealed he has skin cancer He is currently receiving radiation treatment The growths are located on his forehead and the top of his head Benaud suffered serious injuries in a car accident last August Cricket commentary box legend Richie Benaud has revealed he is receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer. The development comes a little more than a year after Benaud, 84, suffered serious injuries in a car crash while returning from a game of golf. His iconic voice has been missing from the Nine Network's commentary since the accident thirteen months ago. Skin cancer: Richie Benaud has revealed he has skin cancer and is receiving radiation treatment Fan favourite: Australian cricket fans dressed up as Richie Benaud are pictured enjoying the action at an Ashes Test in January 2014 'Master of the microphone': Cricket fans hold Benaud in high regard 'Morning everybody': Richie Benaud has commentated the cricket for more than four decades Doctors are pleased with Benaud's progress, who told reporters he was 'coping with it very well'. The cricket legend said he believed the cancers, on his forehead and the top of his head, were caused by playing cricket in the sun without a hat or sunscreen. 'When I was a kid we never ever wore a cap,' Benaud told the Nine Network. I wish I had. You live and learn as you go along. Long history behind the mic: Richie Benaud looks on during the fifth test match between England and Australia in August 1989 Now there's a voice you can trust: Richie Benaud is one of the sport's great personalities Richie Benaud, pictured here with his wife, Daphne. Benaud today told reporters he and his wife were walking for '40 minutes a day' to ease him back to good health Classic picture: Australian all-rounder and captain Richie Benaud, seen here back in 1956 The former Australian test cricketer seized on the opportunity to encourage Australians to protect themselves from the sun. 'I recommend to everyone they wear protection on their heads,' he said. 'Eighty-four-year-olds don't seem to mend as well as they used to.' He said he was still recovering from the car accident injuries which included two fractured vertebrae. However, he confirmed he would make a return to cover the fourth Test against India at the SCG in his home town. A common sight: Benaud impersonators wield Nine Network microphones at a Test match in January Here he is! Benaud, pictured with commentators Ian Healey, Michael Slater, Brett Lee, Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry during a McGrath Foundation piece in January 2013 'Progress is slow,' he said. 'I've been doing a lot of walking. 'We are out every morning, doing 40-minute walks every morning and it's showing beneficial effects.' Without the information on skin cancer danger now available during his playing days, Benaud revealed he was influenced by the example of great allrounder Keith Miller. 'When I was a kid, you never ever wore a cap - not a flash one,' Benaud said. 'That's because Keith Miller never wore a cap. Arthur Morris did when he went out to bat. 'We follow various people and 'Nugget' Miller never wore anything on his head, so I didn't.