The show, hosted by commentator Alan Wilkins, featured retired greats Sunil Gavaskar, Melanie Jones and Shaun Pollock as the main guests and had Wasim Akram, Graeme Smith and Alyssa Healy join in to congratulate and appreciate the 2020 inductees.

Kallis is the fourth African player inducted and Zaheer the sixth from Pakistan. Lisa is the 27^th from Australia and the ninth woman player in the list, which includes five from Australia. In all, 93 players have been inducted so far under the system, which sees retired players become eligible five years after playing their last international match. 

Some career highlights of the latest inductees

Jacques Kallis – ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

• The only player to score at least 10,000 runs and take at least 250 wickets in both Test and ODI cricket
• ICC Player of the Year and ICC Test Player of the year in 2005
• South Africa’s leading Test run-scorer, and currently third on the all-time list
• The most capped South African player in both Test and ODI cricket
• Scored 113 not out in the semi-final and took 5-30 in the final as South Africa won the first ICC Knockout Tournament (later the ICC Champions Trophy) in 1998
• Won 23 ‘Player of the Match�?awards in Test cricket, more than anyone else
• Spent 592 days as the No.1 ranked Test batsman (2005-2011)
• Spent 4028 days as the No.1 ranked Test all-rounder (2000-2013) and a record 493 matches ranked number 1

Lisa Sthalekar – ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

• Over the course of her career, topped both ODI batting and bowling rankings
• The first woman to achieve the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in ODI cricket
• Spent 934 days as the No.1 ranked ODI all-rounder (2007-2010)
• Part of the Australia teams that won the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2005 and 2013 and ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2010 and 2012
• She won 12 Women’s National Cricket League titles with New South Wales, and was captain for five victories in a row
• Short-listed for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in both 2007 and 2008 and for ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year in 2012

Zaheer Abbas – ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

• The only player from Asia to have scored at least a 100 first-class hundreds
• Became just the second player to score his hundredth first-class century in a Test Match
• He scored two centuries in the same first-class match on a record eight occasions
• On a record four occasions he scored a double-century and a century in the same first-class match
• The first player to score three successive centuries in ODI cricket
• Spent 215 days as the No.1 ranked ODI batsman (1983-1984)
• Captained Pakistan in 14 Test Matches, and only lost one of them
• Later served as an ICC Match Referee and as ICC President

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At the meeting of the IBC Board (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC); windows for the next three ICC men’s events were also agreed to bring clarity to the calendar and give the sport the best possible opportunity over the next three years to recover from the disruption caused by COVID-19.

The windows for the Men’s T20 World Cup events are:

• The ICC Men’s T20 WC 2021 will be held October �?November 2021 with the final on 14 November 2021
• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be held October �?November 2022 with the final on 13 November 2022
• The ICC Men’s Cricket WC 2023 will be held in India October �?Nov 2023 with the final on 26 November 2023

The IBC Board agreed to continue to monitor the rapidly changing situation. Assess all the information available in order to make a considered decision on future hosts. To ensure the sport is able to stage safe and successful global events in 2021 and 2022.

The IBC Board will also continue to evaluate the situation in relation to being able to stage the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand in February next year. In the meantime, planning for this event continues as scheduled.

ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said: “We have undertaken a comprehensive and complex contingency planning exercise and through this process. Our number one priority has been to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in the sport.

“The decision to postpone the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was taken after careful consideration of all of the options. The best possible opportunity of delivering two safe and successful T20 World Cups for fans around the world.

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It is a respect to be accepted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, which treasures the commitment of cricketers over ages. They have all added to the development and ubiquity of the game and I am glad to have done my bit,” Sachin Tendulkar said at the acceptance function held in London.

The 46-year-old previous right-hand batsman is viewed as the best to have made the showing alongside Sir Donald Bradman and remains the top run-collector in the two Tests and ODIs. He has 34,357 runs across formats and is the only batsman to have 100 internationals hundreds under his bet.

He expressed gratitude toward his family and mentor, who has bolstered him in his voyage in global cricket for near two and half decades.

“On this event, I might want to thank those who were close by over a long international career . My parents, sibling Ajit and spouse Anjali have been mainstays of solidarity while I was fortunate to have somebody like mentor Ramakant Achrekar as an early guide and coach,” the maestro said.

Tendulkar, the most productive batsman ever, was enlisted following getting to be qualified for acceptance, which necessitates that a player ought to have played his last universal match in any event five years prior. The 46-year-old previous right-hand batsman is respected the best to have made the showing alongside Sir Donald Bradman and remains the top run-aggregator in the two Tests and ODIs.

Sachin Tendulkar, who resigned in November 2013, counted 15,921 runs in Tests and 18,426 in ODIs, the two of which remain records. He is the 6th Indian to be enlisted into the ICC Hall Of Fame.

“I am likewise grateful to every one of my skippers, individual players and the BCCI and the MCA executives throughout the years for their help and for causing me to appreciate the game such a great amount of and for such a long time. I thank the ICC for this energy about my cricket vocation and I am glad to take note of that cricket keeps on developing with three famous configurations.”

The 52-year-old Donald is probably the best bowler to have made the showing and had 330 Test and 272 ODI wickets surprisingly before throwing in the towel in 2003.

Fitzpatrick is the second most astounding wicket-taker ever in ladies’ cricket with 180 ODI scalps and 60 in Tests. As a mentor, she guided the Australian ladies’ group to three World Cup titles.

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The 36-year-old, who has officiated in three Tests, 24 ODIs and 16 T20Is, replaces England’s Nigel Llong and is the third from his country to make the prestigious panel after Srinivas Venkatraghavan and Sundaram Ravi.

A selection panel consisting of ICC General Manager – Cricket, Geoff Allardice (Chairman), former player and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, and match referees Ranjan Madugalle and David Boon, picked Menon, who was earlier part of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Umpires.

Nitin Menon: “It’s a great honor and matter of pride for me to be named in the Elite panel. To be officiating regularly along with the leading umpires and referees of the world is something that I always dreamt of and the feeling has yet to sink in.

“Having already officiated in Tests, ODIs and T20Is as well as in ICC events, I understand the great responsibility that comes with the job. I look forward to the challenges and will do my best at every opportunity I get. I also feel this is a responsibility for me to take Indian umpires forward and help them by sharing my experiences.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, BCCI and ICC for their support and believing in my ability over the years. I would also like to thank my family for their sacrifices and unconditional support throughout my career.”

Adrian Griffith, ICC Senior Manager �?Umpires and Referees: “Nitin has come through our pathway system with very consistent performances. I congratulate him for being selected to the Elite panel and wish him continued success.”

The other members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires are Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Bruce Oxenford, Paul Reiffel, Rod Tucker and Joel Wilson.

Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for 2020-21:

Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees for 2020-21:

Credit: @ICC

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ICC Board members met for a second time this month via video conference on Thursday, but the T20 World Cup, scheduled for October-November, was not taken up with only the timeline for the chairman’s election discussed. “There were good discussions on the chair process and it may be finalised in the next week or so,�?said a source.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves is the front-runner to succeed the outgoing Shashank Manohar. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly could contest if he is forced into a cooling-off period as per the board’s constitution. BCCI has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking to amend the rule that will enable Ganguly to complete a full three-year term.

After its previous board meeting a fortnight ago, ICC said it would “continue exploring a number of contingency plans�?over the T20 World Cup 2020 “whilst planning for delivery of the event in the scheduled window is ongoing.�?/p>

Cricket Australia has said pulling off the World Cup this year amid the pandemic is ‘unlikely�?and ‘unrealistic�? BCCI anxiously awaits a postponement so that it can try and utilise the window to stage IPL, a R4,000 crore-a-year property.

BCCI officials say even the broadcasters, who hold the rights for both T20 competitions, are keen that IPL finds a window this year.

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It all started on this day in 1975 at Lord’s when Clive Lloyd led West Indies to victory at the inaugural Cricket World Cup – then known as the Prudential Cup.

Lloyd made the difference in the final with a stunning 102 off 85 balls to shepherd his side to a 17-run victory, and claim the first World Cup trophy.

The West Indies would go on to retain the trophy four years later, this time with a big triumph over England in London again. They have not won the tournament since.

The Aussies led by Ian Chappell asked the Windies to bat first. They put up a stiff 291/8 in 60 overs and in reply, the Aussies were all out for 274 in 58.4 overs. Chappell scored 62.

The tournament was played just four years after the one-day format had been introduced. Stadiums were full and the competition was a success paving the way for World Cups in cricket in the future.

Eight teams took part in the tournament, including a team from East Africa which replaced South Africa due to the anti-apartheid boycott.

India could only win one game, that too against minnows East Africa. In that tournament, Sunil Gavaskar played the infamous innings of 36 off 174 balls. The team finished fifth out of the total eight participating teams. Arch-rivals finished below India on sixth position. Both teams won one game each.

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