Benaud During A Memorial Service For Kerry Packer
Cricket commentator Richie Benaud (L) gives an address next to a picture of Australian businessman Kerry Packer and Tony Greig at a memorial service for Packer in the Sydney Opera House February 17, 2006. Packer, who was Australia's richest man, died on December 26, 2005 and even in death, Packer continued to stir divisive emotions on Friday as mourners and protesters gathered for a state memorial service at the Sydney Opera House. Reuters/Will Burgess

Former cricket icon and Test captain, Richie Benaud, is battling skin cancer. He is currently undergoing radiation therapy and treatment for cancers on his forehead and on the top of his head.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Benaud said in an interview at the Channel Nine season launch at the Sydney Cricket Ground that he was coping well and that the doctors were pleased. He was looking frail, but his sense of humour hadn't taken a setback.

He also said that he was going along slowly and that the cancers had to be treated. He explained that when he was a kid, he never wore a cap. He wished that he had and he'd recommend everybody to do it now. He continued that one lives and learn as they go along. In praise of the medical staff, he said that medical people did wonderful things.

He said that because Keith Miller did not wear a cap, he didn't either because people follow other people. In his first public appearance in more than a year, he warned people about the harmful effects of the sun. He said that he recommended to all the people to wear protection on their heads. He advised the young people to use creams and also asked the not so young ones to do the same.

For the benefit of his health, he and his wife have been going walking regularly for a span of about 40 minutes every day. Apart from being diagnosed with cancer, in October 2013, he met with a car accident close to his home in Coogee. He suffered from injuries which included two fractured vertebrae when his car went over a nature strip and hit a fence.

Ian Chappell, the former Australian captain, caught up with Benaud. Chappell said that it was good to see him as well as hear that he was going in the right direction. He hoped that during the summer, he would get to work closely with Benaud. He said that he had no idea whot role Benaud would play, but he was concerned about just one criterion, being what was best for Benaud's health.