The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday, June 9, introduced seven iconic gamers within the newest listing of additives to the ICC Corridor of Fame at a glittering ceremony held on the iconic Abbey Highway Studios in London.
Hashim Amla, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Matthew Hayden, Graeme Smith and Daniel Vettori have been the 5 males’s gamers inducted as the category of 2025 with Sana Mir and Sarah Taylor the ladies’s gamers within the listing, taking the listing of ICC Corridor of Fame inductees to 122.
The seven distinguished cricketers have been voted by the ICC Corridor of Famers, senior executives and members of the media and inducted throughout ‘A Day with the Legends’ occasion that was watched in several components of the world because it was telecast reside by a number of of ICC’s broadcast accomplice networks.
Jay Shah, ICC Chairman, stated: “By means of the ICC Corridor of Fame, we pay tribute to the best gamers the sport has seen, people whose outstanding careers have formed cricket’s legacy and impressed generations.”
“This 12 months, we’re privileged to induct seven actually excellent people into this prestigious group. On behalf of the ICC, I lengthen my heartfelt congratulations to every of them and hope they cherish this well-deserved recognition as a defining second of their cricketing journey.”
The occasion additionally served as a prelude to the ICC World Check Championship Remaining with captains Temba Bavuma of South Africa and Pat Cummins of Australia looking forward to the much-awaited match to be performed at Lord’s from 11-15 June.
The ICC Corridor of Fame pays tribute to the extraordinary achievements of cricket legends who’ve formed the game’s wealthy and vibrant historical past with gamers inducted solely 5 years after they’ve performed their final worldwide match.
The ICC Corridor of Fame was launched in January 2009 as a part of the ICC’s centenary celebrations. Since then, it has helped rejoice the best gamers ever to have graced the sport throughout its lengthy and illustrious historical past.
Hashim Amla:
“It’s an honour to be inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame, particularly alongside Graeme. The Corridor of Fame contains among the most celebrated gamers within the historical past of cricket, all of whom have large achievements. Such recognition feels surreal, and I’m actually grateful.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni:
“It’s an honour to be named within the ICC Corridor of Fame, which acknowledges the contributions of cricketers throughout generations and from all around the world. To have your title remembered alongside such all-time greats is a superb feeling. It’s one thing that I’ll cherish endlessly.”
Matthew Hayden:
“The ICC Corridor of Fame contains a lot of my heroes of yesteryear in addition to contemporaries whom I admired and loved competing towards. Every of those gamers gave one thing to the sport in their very own approach. It’s unimaginable to be acknowledged together with them.”
Graeme Smith:
“It feels superb to be inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame alongside some legendary cricketers, all of whom have made important contributions to the sport in their very own approach. That is additionally a proud second for South Africa, as two of us have gotten recognition this 12 months.”
Daniel Vettori:
“Wanting on the previous inductees of the ICC Corridor of Fame, one can see the excellent expertise and contribution they made to the expansion and recognition of the sport. To achieve recognition alongside them is solely overwhelming and I can’t discover phrases to explain the sensation.”
Sana Mir:
“From dreaming as somewhat woman that at some point there would even be a girls’s group in our nation to now standing right here, inducted among the many very legends I idolized lengthy earlier than I ever held a bat or a ball – this can be a second I couldn’t have dared to think about. I’m extremely grateful for this honour and hope to present again to the game in any approach I can. I wish to take this chance to thank my teammates, coaches and household for all their assist through the years.”
Sarah Taylor:
“Being inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame is likely one of the greatest moments of my life and actually appears like a dream come true. Ladies’s cricket has been thriving lately, and receiving this award throughout such a major time makes it much more particular. I’m grateful to the members of the ICC Corridor of Fame choice panel for this recognition.”
Temporary profiles of the inductees:
Males:
Hashim Amla (South Africa)
9,282 runs at 46.64 in 124 Assessments
8,113 runs at 49.46 in 181 ODIs
1,277 runs at 33.60 in 44 T20Is
The primary South African to attain a triple century in Check cricket when he struck an unbeaten 311 towards England at The Oval in 2012, he ended because the second-leading run-scorer for his nation within the longer type of the sport. He led South Africa in 14 Assessments, captaining them to victory towards Sri Lanka in his first sequence as everlasting captain. He was equally environment friendly in ODI cricket, the place he’s nonetheless the quickest to achieve 6,000 and seven,000 runs.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
4,876 runs at 38.08 in 90 Assessments with 256 catches and 38 stumpings
10,773 runs at 50.57 in 350 ODIs with 321 catches and 123 stumpings
1,617 runs at 37.60 in 98 T20Is with 57 catches and 34 stumpings
Underneath his management, India rose to take the highest prize in all codecs: successful the inaugural ICC Males’s T20 World Cup in 2007, main the Check rankings for 18 months from December 2009, and eventually successful the 50-over World Cup in 2011, when he struck the successful six within the closing towards Sri Lanka. No-one has captained his nation in additional worldwide matches, and he was named within the ICC’s ODI and T20I Groups of the Decade on the finish of 2019.
Matthew Hayden (Australia)
8,625 runs at 50.73 in 103 Assessments
6,133 runs at 43.80 in 161 ODIs
308 runs at 51.33 in 9 T20Is
After a gradual begin to his Check profession, which noticed him dropped from the Check group for 2 and a half years, he epitomised the all-conquering Australian facet of the 2000s. He set a report for the very best particular person rating in Check cricket when he struck 380 towards Zimbabwe at Perth in 2003 and made three centuries as Australia received ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2007 within the Caribbean.
Graeme Smith (South Africa)
9,265 runs at 48.25 and eight wickets at 110.62 in 117 Assessments
6,899 runs at 37.98 and 18 wickets at 52.83 in ODIs
982 runs at 31.67 in 33 T20Is
He celebrated his appointment to the South African captaincy by placing 259 towards England at Lord’s – the very best rating by an opposition batter on the floor. His bodily presence on the prime of the order gave reassurance to South African followers, and he grew to become the primary participant to captain his facet in additional than 100 Assessments and to greater than 50 victories. He captained his nation to a number of Check sequence wins in Australia and received the ICC Check mace in early 2013.
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
4,531 runs at 30.00 and 362 wickets at 34.36 in Assessments
2,253 runs at 17.33 and 305 wickets at 31.71 in ODIs
205 runs at 12.81 and 38 wickets at 19.68 in T20Is
The youngest man to play Check cricket for New Zealand at his debut, he grew to become a useful a part of the New Zealand group for a decade and a half, changing into one among simply three gamers to attain the 4000 run / 300 wicket Check double. He took over as nationwide captain from Stephen Fleming and led the group to the ultimate of ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and two different ICC semi-finals.
Ladies:
Sana Mir (Pakistan)
1,630 runs at 17.91 and 151 wickets at 24.27 in 120 ODIs
802 runs at 14.07 and 89 wickets at 23.42 in 89 T20Is
Sana grew to become Pakistan’s captain at 23 and led them for seven years, together with successful two Asian Video games gold medals in 2010 and 2014. Having loved a 15-year worldwide profession, she retired as her nation’s main wicket-taker in ODI cricket and second-highest in T20I cricket. Having began out as a tempo bowler, a stress fracture compelled her to change to off-spin, and in October 2018 she grew to become the primary Pakistan girl to achieve the summit of the ICC rankings when she went prime of the ODI bowling desk.
Sarah Taylor (England)
300 runs at 18.75 with 18 catches and two stumpings in 10 Assessments
4,056 runs at 38.26 with 87 catches and 51 stumpings in 126 ODIs
2,177 runs at 29.02 with 23 catches and 51 stumpings in 90 T20Is
A naturally proficient wicket-keeper-batter, she burst onto the scene in 2006 and struck a maiden ODI century towards Australia at Chennai when simply 17 years previous. She performed a key half in England’s World Cup and World T20 double in 2009 and struck 54 and 45 within the semi-final and closing respectively as England received the 2017 World Cup on dwelling soil. She set the usual for wicket-keepers all over the world, particularly standing as much as the stumps, specialising in leg-side stumpings, and he or she retired with a then-record 232 dismissals throughout codecs.