India’s Vinoo Mankad, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower had been amongst 10 cricket icons to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on Sunday because the governing physique introduced a ‘special edition intake’ to coincide with the primary ever ICC World Test Championship Final. The ICC Hall of Fame now has 103 cricketers.
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Aubrey Faulkner (South Africa), Monty Noble (Australia), Sir Learie Constantine (West Indies), Stan McCabe (Australia), Ted Dexter (England), Desmond Haynes (West Indies) and Bob Willis (England) are the opposite seven gamers to have been inducted on Sunday.
Mankad had performed 44 Tests for two,109 runs at a mean of 31.47. He additionally took 162 wickets at 32.32, being a gap batsman and left-arm spinner. One of India’s best all-rounders, he scored 72 and 184 towards England at Lord’s in 1952.
Mankad additionally bagged 12 wickets towards England in Madras in 1952 to present India their first ever Test win. Mankad additionally coached India legend Sunil Gavaskar. Mankad was additionally the primary bowler to expire a non striker on the bowler’s finish earlier than delivering the ball, a dismissal that has since been informally named after him.
Andy Flower in the meantime grew to become the primary Zimbabwe participant to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
“He performed 63 Tests, scoring 4,794 runs at 51.54, took 151 catches with 9 stumpings as a left-handed wicket-keeper batsmen. His grit, dedication and will to succeed meant at one level he was ranked number one batsman on the earth. Andy carried his nation’s batting for lengthy intervals, setting the file for the best Test rating by a wicketkeeper with an innings of 232 not out towards India at Nagpur in 2000. Later, he grew to become a vastly profitable coach, main England to the number one spot within the MRF Tyres ICC Test Rankings for Men,” the ICC mentioned in a launch.
“Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka played 134 Tests, scored 12,400 runs at 57.40, 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. In 2014 he struck 319 and 105 in the same Test match against Bangladesh and in 2017 fell just 16 runs short of striking six successive centuries in first-class cricket.”
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