Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the special edition intake of 10 cricket icons of the game, for the Hall of Fame to celebrate the prestigious history of Test cricket, and to coincide with the first-ever World Test Championship Final scheduled to be played between India and New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton.
India’s Vinoo Mankad, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and England’s Bob Willis were among 10 icons to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. The list includes two players each from five eras, dating back to their glorious cricketing early days, making it to the list.
The 10 legends of the game, as inducted they have all made a significant contribution to the history of Test cricket, and join an illustrious list of ICC Hall of Famers, taking the total number to 103 as a result of this intake. Check out all the names here:
Aubrey Faulkner (South Africa) and Monty Noble (Australia) | Pre-1918
Aubrey Faulkner played 25 Test matches in all, scoring 1754 runs at 40.79 took 82 wickets at 26.58. Aubrey also starred during South Africa’s pathbreaking 4-1 win over England in 1906. Monty Noble, who captained Australia in 15 of his 42 Tests, scored 1997 runs and picked up 121 wickets.
Learie Constantine (West Indies) and Stan McCabe (Australia) | 1918-1945
Learie Constantine has played 18 Test matches before the Second World War and took West Indies’ first wicket in Test cricket. Stan McCabe played 39 Tests, scored 2,748 runs and took 36 wickets. He was a right-handed batsman.
Ted Dexter (England) and Vinoo Mankad (India) | 1946-1970
Ted Dexter, an aggressive middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium bowler, played 62 Tests, scored 4,502 runs and took 66 wickets. Considered one of England’s most gracious cricketer, his innings of 70 in the 1963 Lord’s Test lives long in the memory of all who saw it.
Vinoo Mankad considered one of India’s greatest-ever all-rounders, played 44 Tests, scored 2,109 runs and took 162 wickets. The left-arm bowler’s most famous feat was against England at Lord’s in 1952 when he scored 72 and 184 and bowled 97 overs in the match.
Desmond Haynes (West Indies) and Bob Willis (England) | 1971-1995
Desmond Haynes played 116 Tests, scored 7,487 runs and had one of the most prolific opening batting partnerships in Test history alongside Gordon Greenidge. Bob Willis played 90 Tests taking 325 wickets. He was England’s fourth-leading wicket-taker with 325 scalps in 90 Tests and 899 in first-class cricket.
He also assumed the role of the skipper at the 1983 World Cup, where England was defeated by India. His best figures were the famous 8/43 against Australia at Headingley in 1981.
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 1996-2016
Andy Flower played 63 Tests, scoring 4,794 runs. The left-handed wicket-keeper batsman is the first Zimbabwean player to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
Kumar Sangakkara played 134 Tests, scored 12,400 runs and took 182 catches and 20 stumpings, and was grace personified at the crease. Sangakkara ended his career as the most prolific run-scorer his country had ever known, with double-hundreds flowing from his bat with consummate ease.
