What is the criteria to enter the ICC Hall of Fame and who have been inducted till date?

What is the ICC Hall of Fame?

On January 2, 2009, the International Cricket Council (ICC), in association with the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA), launched the ICC Hall of Fame. It “recognises the achievements of the legends of the game from cricket’s long and illustrious history”.

The FICA ran their own Hall of Fame between 1999 and 2003, honouring 55 cricketers. In 2009, the ICC inducted all 55, and added five others. along with five new cricketers.

Since then, there have been new inductees almost every year, typically (but not officially) after five years have lapsed since the cricketer’s retirement. The inductees (or, for deceased cricketers, their family) are presented with a ICC Cricket Hall of Fame cap.

The list of inductees

FICA initial list of 2009: Alan Knott (England), Alec Bedser (England), Allan Border (Australia), Andy Roberts (West Indies), Barry Richards (South Africa), Bill O’Reilly (Australia), Bishan Bedi (India), Brian Statham (England), Clive Lloyd (West Indies), Clyde Walcott (West Indies), Colin Cowdrey (England), David Gower (England), Denis Compton (England), Dennis Lillee (Australia), Derek Underwood (England), Don Bradman (Australia), Everton Weekes (West Indies), Frank Woolley (England), Frank Worrell (West Indies), Fred Trueman  (England), Garry Sobers (West Indies), Geoffrey Boycott (England), George Headley (West Indies), Gordon Greenidge (West Indies), Graeme Pollock (South Africa), Graham Gooch (England), Greg Chappell (Australia), Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan), Harold Larwood (England), Ian Botham (England), Ian Chappell (Australia), Imran Khan (Pakistan), Jack Hobbs (England), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Jim Laker (England), Kapil Dev (India), Keith Miller (Australia), Lance Gibbs (West Indies), Len Hutton (England), Malcolm Marshall (West Indies), Michael Holding (West Indies), Neil Harvey (Australia), Peter May (England), Ray Lindwall (Australia), Richard Hadlee (New Zealand), Richie Benaud (Australia), Rod Marsh (Australia), Rohan Kanhai (West Indies), Sunil Gavaskar (India), Syd Barnes (England), Tom Graveney (England), Viv Richards (West Indies), WG Grace (England), Wally Hammond (England), Wilfred Rhodes (England)

2009: Clarrie Grimmett (Australia), Herbert Sutcliffe (England), Steve Waugh (Australia), Victor Trumper (Australia), Wasim Akram (Pakistan)

2010: Courtney Walsh (West Indies), Joel Garner (West Indies), Ken Barrington (England), Rachael Heyhoe Flint (England)

2011: Alan Davidson (Australia), Belinda Clark (Australia), Curtly Ambrose (West Indies), Fred Spofforth (Australia)

2012: Brian Lara (West Indies), Enid Bakewell (England), Glenn McGrath (Australia)

2013: Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Shane Warne (Australia), Waqar Younis (Pakistan)

2014: Bob Simpson (Australia), Debbie Hockley (New Zealand)

2015: Anil Kumble (India), Betty Wilson (Australia), Martin Crowe (New Zealand), Wes Hall (West Indies)

2016: Arthur Morris (Australia), George Lohmann (England), Karen Rolton (Australia), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

2018: Claire Taylor (England), Rahul Dravid (India), Ricky Ponting (Australia)

2019: Allan Donald (South Africa), Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Australia), Sachin Tendulkar (India)

2020: Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Lisa Sthalekar (Australia), Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan)

2021: Andy Flower (Zimbabwe), Aubrey Faulkner (South Africa), Bob Willis (England), Desmond Haynes (West Indies), Jan Brittin (England), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Learie Constantine (West Indies), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Monty Noble (Australia), Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Stan McCabe (Australia), Ted Dexter (England), Vinoo Mankad (India)

2022: Abdul Qadir (Pakistan), Charlotte Edwards (England), Shiv Chanderpaul (West Indies)

2023: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka), Diana Edulji (India), Virender Sehwag (India)