The ICC on Sunday inducted 10 icons of the sport, together with India’s Vinoo Mankad, into its illustrious Hall of Fame with two gamers every from 5 eras, courting again to cricket’s early days, making it to the listing.
The announcement has been coincided with the inaugural World Test Championship ultimate, to be performed between India and New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton.
“The finest Indian left-arm spinner ever.”
The nice Vinoo Mankad is inducted into the #ICCHallOfFame 2021 👏 pic.twitter.com/djFdwu8GS9
— ICC (@ICC) June 13, 2021
“The 10 legends of the game to be inducted 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,” the ICC mentioned in an announcement.
The inductees are Aubrey Faulkner of South Africa and Monty Noble of Australia for the early period (pre-1918), Sir Learie Constantine of West Indies and Stan McCabe of Australia for the inter-war Era (1918-1945), Ted Dexter of England and Vinoo Mankad of India for the post-war Era (1946-1970). Desmond Haynes of the West Indies and Bob Willis of England have been inducted from the ODI period (1971-1995) whereas Andy Flower of Zimbabwe and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka have been from the trendy period (1996-2016).
Considered one in every of India’s greatest-ever all-rounders, Mankad performed 44 Tests, scored 2,109 runs at 31.47, took 162 wickets at 32.32.
He was a gap batsman and gradual left-arm orthodox bowler. His most well-known feat was in opposition to England at Lord’s in 1952 when he scored 72 and 184 and bowled 97 overs within the match.
He is one in every of solely three cricketers to have batted in each place throughout his Test profession. Later, he additionally coached one other legendary cricketer and fellow ICC Hall of Fame member from his nation, Sunil Gavaskar in Mumbai.
🌟 Our #ICCHallOfFame 2021 inductees 🌟 pic.twitter.com/hXPLOcBIZv
— ICC (@ICC) June 13, 2021
On Mankad’s induction, Gavaskar mentioned: “Vinoo Mankad’s legacy has been to tell the aspiring Indian cricketer to believe in oneself. He was a great proponent of self-belief.”
“He was the one who kept saying to me that you need to keep scoring runs and keep at it. When you get a 100, let that be the knock on the selector’s door. If it is unheard, then score that double hundred and let that knock be even louder.”
“You can have the best technique, but if you do not have the temperament to support it you will not succeed, you have to keep hanging in there and have that self-belief. That was the greatest lesson I learnt from him.”
One of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen and astute captains of the trendy period, Sangakkara performed 134 Tests, scored 12,400 runs at 57.40, took 182 catches and effected 20 stumpings, and was grace personified on the crease. He ended his profession as essentially the most prolific run-scorer of his nation.
“Kumar Sangakkara is one of the finest wicketkeeper-batsmen that’s ever been produced.”
Sri Lanka nice @KumarSanga2 is one in every of our particular #ICCHallOfFame 2021 inductees 🙌 pic.twitter.com/TEg1HbuzID
— ICC (@ICC) June 13, 2021
An period earlier, Haynes was one half of essentially the most prolific opening batting partnership in Test historical past alongside Gordon Greenidge. He performed 116 Tests, scored 7,487 runs at 42.29. He featured in 4 ICC World Cups within the ODI period.
Willis spearheaded the English bowling assault throughout a few of their most memorable moments. He performed 90 Tests, taking 325 wickets at 25.20. Standing two metres tall, he may make the ball bounce awkwardly on most pitches and possessed a superb yorker and bouncer. His best consequence was the well-known 8/43 that helped beat Australia at Headingley in 1981.
An excellent batsman of the post-war period, Dexter performed 62 Tests, scored 4,502 runs at 47.89, took 66 wickets. He later served as England’s chairman of selectors and performed an influential function in growing what’s immediately’s MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings.
The ICC Hall of Fame Voting Academy, comprising lively Hall of Fame members, a FICA consultant, outstanding cricket journalists and senior ICC figures, had voted on-line to determine their alternatives for induction in every of the 5 eras.
