New Inductees to ICC's Hall of Fame
First, some history. Back in the late 90s / early 00s, the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) selected 55 players for induction into an unofficial Cricket Hall of Fame. These inductees included pretty much all the greats who had been retired for five years or more. The list is included at the bottom of this post for easy reading, and is also available here.
In January of 2009, the ICC finally recognized this list and decided to draft new inductees into the Hall of Fame every year during the ICC Awards Ceremony.
The new inductees for 2009 are: Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh, Herbert Sutcliffe, Clarrie Grimmett, and Victor Trumper. A group of people extremely deserving to be the first new inductees. However, I am surprised that Sutcliffe was not included in the original inductees.
Any bets for next year's inductees? Remember, they have to be retired for at least five years to be inducted. Courtney Walsh is a no-brainer for me, as is Andy Flower. Martin Crowe is another possibility. Maybe Richardson and Haynes too? Ranatunga and DeSilva could also be contenders. Azharuddin probably deserves it but the whole legal crap might be an issue (same with Hansie Cronje, but he is not as deserving as Azhar). In the bowling department, Waqar and Allan Donald, perhaps? Ambrose too?
What are your thoughts? Would be interested in hearing them.
I think the ICC Hall of Fame is pretty cool and look forward to the annual inductions.
The initial inductees are listed below.
Sydney Barnes, Bishan Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney, Gordon Greenidge, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Leonard Hutton, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Hanif Mohammad, Rodney Marsh, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Bill O’Reilly, Graeme Pollock, Wilfred Rhodes, Barry Richards, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell.
In January of 2009, the ICC finally recognized this list and decided to draft new inductees into the Hall of Fame every year during the ICC Awards Ceremony.
The new inductees for 2009 are: Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh, Herbert Sutcliffe, Clarrie Grimmett, and Victor Trumper. A group of people extremely deserving to be the first new inductees. However, I am surprised that Sutcliffe was not included in the original inductees.
Any bets for next year's inductees? Remember, they have to be retired for at least five years to be inducted. Courtney Walsh is a no-brainer for me, as is Andy Flower. Martin Crowe is another possibility. Maybe Richardson and Haynes too? Ranatunga and DeSilva could also be contenders. Azharuddin probably deserves it but the whole legal crap might be an issue (same with Hansie Cronje, but he is not as deserving as Azhar). In the bowling department, Waqar and Allan Donald, perhaps? Ambrose too?
What are your thoughts? Would be interested in hearing them.
I think the ICC Hall of Fame is pretty cool and look forward to the annual inductions.
The initial inductees are listed below.
Sydney Barnes, Bishan Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney, Gordon Greenidge, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Leonard Hutton, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Hanif Mohammad, Rodney Marsh, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Bill O’Reilly, Graeme Pollock, Wilfred Rhodes, Barry Richards, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell.
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