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Jacques Kallis, Lisa Sthalekar and Zaheer Abbas have become the latest inductees into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Class of 2020 were officially inducted on Sunday (August 23) via an online ceremony on the ICC portal.
Widely considered as one of the greatest cricketers to have graced the game, Kallis is the only cricketer to have achieved the double of 10000 runs and 200 wickets in both Tests and ODIs. Overall, Kallis scored over 25000 runs and picked up nearly 600 wickets in international cricket. He is also one of the three non wicketkeepers to have taken more than 200 catches in Test cricket.
Kallis made his debut for South Africa in 1995 in a Test match against England in Durban and finished his Test career at the same venue 18 years later, bowing out with his 45th Test century. His final international game was an ODI against Sri Lanka in Hambantota in 2014.
Sthalekar, the first woman to achieve the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs, has won the 50-over World Cup and the T20 World Cup twice with Australia. She made her debut for Australia in 2001 against England with her final international appearance being the 2013 World Cup final against West Indies in Mumbai. Overall, she played 187 games across formats scoring almost 4000 runs while picking up more than 200 wickets.
Abbas, Pakistan and Gloucestershire legend, was a colossus of the game. Such was his gargantuan run-making ability that we was affectionately nicknamed the ‘Asian Bradman’. Abbas made his mark with a spectacular 274 at Edgbaston during Pakistan’s 1971 tour of England. Runs kept flowing unabatedly thereafter.
The key to Abbas’ supreme run-scoring ability was his timing. His subtle use of the wrists, combined with his ability to precisely pierce the gap, contributed to his wizardry. Abbas finished with 5062 Test runs at an average of 45. He made 12 Test hundreds, half of which came against arch-rivals India. He remains to date, one of the benchmarks for success in first-class cricket, finishing with a staggering 34843 runs at 51.54 and a remarkable 108 centuries.
Jacques Kallis, Lisa Sthalekar and Zaheer Abbas have become the latest inductees into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Class of 2020 were officially inducted on Sunday (August 23) via an online ceremony on the ICC portal.
Widely considered as one of the greatest cricketers to have graced the game, Kallis is the only cricketer to have achieved the double of 10000 runs and 200 wickets in both Tests and ODIs. Overall, Kallis scored over 25000 runs and picked up nearly 600 wickets in international cricket. He is also one of the three non wicketkeepers to have taken more than 200 catches in Test cricket.
Kallis made his debut for South Africa in 1995 in a Test match against England in Durban and finished his Test career at the same venue 18 years later, bowing out with his 45th Test century. His final international game was an ODI against Sri Lanka in Hambantota in 2014.
Sthalekar, the first woman to achieve the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs, has won the 50-over World Cup and the T20 World Cup twice with Australia. She made her debut for Australia in 2001 against England with her final international appearance being the 2013 World Cup final against West Indies in Mumbai. Overall, she played 187 games across formats scoring almost 4000 runs while picking up more than 200 wickets.
Abbas, Pakistan and Gloucestershire legend, was a colossus of the game. Such was his gargantuan run-making ability that we was affectionately nicknamed the ‘Asian Bradman’. Abbas made his mark with a spectacular 274 at Edgbaston during Pakistan’s 1971 tour of England. Runs kept flowing unabatedly thereafter.
The key to Abbas’ supreme run-scoring ability was his timing. His subtle use of the wrists, combined with his ability to precisely pierce the gap, contributed to his wizardry. Abbas finished with 5062 Test runs at an average of 45. He made 12 Test hundreds, half of which came against arch-rivals India. He remains to date, one of the benchmarks for success in first-class cricket, finishing with a staggering 34843 runs at 51.54 and a remarkable 108 centuries.
