Cricket is one of the popular sports which is played in various parts of the world. The game is particularly popular in the Indian subcontinent. The sport of cricket has the largest fan following in the countries like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. There were numerous cricketing legends who were part of the Indian subcontinent. The country of India also had its share of cricketing legends and Sunil Gavaskar forms an integral part of that list.
He was one of the best batsmen which the sport of cricket produced. The details about Sunil Gavaskar and about cricket are provided below. This great Indian cricketer was born in the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai on the 10th of July, 1949. It was against the West Indian team that this diminutive batsman made his test match debut. The 1970/71 test series which was played in the West Indies led to the beginning of a wonderful cricketing journey for him. In that particular series cricket player Sunil Gavaskar batted like a champion scoring 774 runs at an average of 154.80 runs per innings. This was one of the major factors which provided India its first test series win on West Indian soil.
From his debut series onwards, Sunil Gavaskar scored runs in almost all parts of the world. His exploits in countries like Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies earned him the reputation of one of the finest batsmen in the history of cricket. The career of Sunil Gavaskar saw him playing 125 test matches, scoring a total of 10122 runs and 34 centuries at a batting average of 51.12. He was also reasonably successful in one day internationals where he played 108 matches scoring 3092 runs at an average of 35.13 runs per match. He also captained the Indian cricket team, but was criticized as being a defensive captain who preferred draws to losing a test match.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Windies legends get ICC Hall of Fame caps
West Indies greats Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts and Michael Holding were presented the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame caps to formally induct them into the exalted honour list of the world governing body.
The former cricketers were presented with their Hall of Fame caps by West Indies Cricket Board President Dr Julian Hunte on the field of play during the lunch interval on day two of the third Test between the hosts and England at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Richards, who made the fastest hundred in Test history at the venue when he reached the three-figure mark in just 56 balls against England in 1986, said, "It is a real pleasure to be recognised as one of the legends of West Indies cricket and in a group of players in world cricket. It was special to receive this honour alongside two players I played a lot of cricket with," he added.
Holding, who was also celebrating his 55th birthday, said, "It is a tremendous honour to become part of this small group of cricketers. It's not something you set out to try and achieve when you start playing cricket but it is special to be recognised alongside such greats of the game. It is one of those things that will endure a long time after people have forgotten the matches I played in and it makes me proud."
Local hero Roberts said, "It is a real privilege to be honoured in this way and it was a proud moment to receive the cap."
The trio are among 13 West Indies legends and 55 players worldwide who are being inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, which is being run in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Further presentations will be made later on during England's tour of the Caribbean.
Previously, during South Africa's tour of Australia, former South Africa batsman Barry Richards and Australia wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh received their caps.
The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame initiative forms part of the ICC's centenary celebrations which are focused on celebrating the unique heritage of the game and cricket's enduring spirit.
ICC inducts legends Headley and Knott into 'Hall of Fame'
| Ron Headley(L) and Allan Knott (R) with the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame cap. © ICC ICC Cricket Hall of Fame – initial inductees (55): Sydney Barnes, Bishan Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney, Gordon Greenidge, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Leonard Hutton, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Hanif Mohammad, Rodney Marsh, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Bill O’Reilly, Graeme Pollock, Wilfred Rhodes, Barry Richards, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell. |
Knott, the 63-year-old former England wicket-keeper, made his Test debut against Pakistan in August 1967 and played his 95th and last Test against Australia in September 1981. During this period, Knott scored 4,389 runs at an average of a little over 32 and dismissed 269 batsmen. In one of his most memorable innings, Knott’s scored 73 not out in four hours to help Colin Cowdrey save the series against the West Indies at Georgetown in 1967-68.
Windies' great Headley was the first great batsman to emerge from the West Indies. In his 24-year Test career from 1930 to 1954, he scored 2,190 runs in 22 Tests at an average of 60.83 which is the third highest average by any player with a completed career behind fellow Hall of Famers Don Bradman and Graeme Pollock.
Headley scored five half-centuries and 10 centuries (eight against England and two against Australia), including a century in each innings (106 and 107) against England at Lord’s in 1939 which made him the first batsman to achieve the feat at that ground. His rate of scoring centuries one century for every four innings is bettered only by Bradman.
In his debut series against England in 1930, the right-hander who was born in Panama in 1909 and had come to Jamaica to learn English aged 10, scored 704 runs in eight innings of four Tests, including scores of 21, 176, 8, 39, 114, 112, 10 and 223. Headley’s career-best 270 was also against England at Sabina Park in March 1935.
After playing 16 Tests between 1930 and 1935, Headley played the last six Tests in 19 years. In 1948, Headley became the first black player to captain the West Indies while his final appearance for the West Indies made him the oldest West Indian Test cricketer at 44 years and 236 days.
Besides his[George Headley] son Ron, George’s grandson Dean played 15 Tests and 30 ODIs for England in the last decade. It was the first of only two instances of a grandfather, father and son playing Test cricket, the other being Jahangir Khan, Majid Khan and Bazid Khan.
Ron, upon receiving his late father’s cap from ICC Director Giles Clarke, said: “My father was the first player to score a century in each innings of a Test at this historic ground, so I am delighted to be here today to accept the cap on behalf of the Headley family. 2009 is also my dad’s century year, so it makes this award even more special.
“Dad’s talents make him perhaps the greatest West Indian batsman ever, he was a genius with the bat who is often compared on an equal footing to Don Bradman. His impact on cricket in the Caribbean cannot be overestimated and he will be fondly remembered on both sides of the Atlantic.”
After receiving his cap from MCC President Derek Underwood, Knott said: “It is a tremendous honour to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, which features so many of my heroes and friends, past and present. To be recognised on the same day as George Headley is a great pleasure, as I have been friends with his son Ron throughout my career. Indeed, we toured together in 1965 to the West Indies with the International Cavaliers, a group that included many who feature in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, such as Jim Laker, Colin Cowdrey and Fred Trueman.
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Chairman Sunil Gavaskar played 125 Tests for India as a prolific opening batsman, setting record after record as he compiled runs against the best and fastest bowling of his generation. He was the first batsman to pass 10,000 Test runs and his total of 34 Test centuries has only been equalled by compatriot Sachin Tendulkar.
Supporting the ex-India captain is another distinguished international cricketer in former England captain Mike Atherton, who won 115 Test caps and scored 7,728 runs for his country. His record of 54 Tests as captain is unmatched in English Test history.
New Zealand is represented by its first cricketing Knight, Sir Richard Hadlee, one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He was the first player to reach 400 Test wickets and held the Test record at his retirement in 1990 of 431 wickets. As an all rounder he also scored more than 3,000 runs in his 86 Tests and also played in 115 ODIs.
Clive Lloyd is the only man to lead his country to two ICC Cricket World Cup triumphs during an outstanding international career that lasted almost 20 years. His record as captain of the dominant West Indies team of the period was unrivalled. Clive played in 110 Test Matches, scoring 7,515 runs with 19 centuries and a top score of 242 not out. He also played in 87 ODI matches, lifting the World Cup in 1975 and 1979.
South Africa's Jonty Rhodes, one of the game's greatest-ever fielders, played in 52 Test matches and 245 ODIs. In addition to the thousands of runs he scored, his peerless fielding helped save many hundreds more. His superb fielding raised standards and improved techniques around the cricketing world.
Aravinda de Silva is Sri Lanka's greatest-ever batsman, who played a central figure in his country's dramatic ICC Cricket World Cup victory in 1996. In the final, he scored an unbeaten century and took three vital wickets to complete the upset win against Australia. During a career spanning 93 Test matches he scored 6,361 runs with 20 centuries and played 308 One Day Internationals, with 9,284 runs and 11 centuries; both career aggregate national records.
Legend
A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend arises, and within which it may be transformed over time, in order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic. The Brothers Grimm defined legend as folktale historically grounded.A modern folklorist's professional definition of legend was proposed by Timothy R. Tangherlini in 1990
Legend, typically, is a short (mono-) episodic, traditional, highly ecotypified historicized narrative performed in a conversational mode, reflecting on a psychological level a symbolic representation of folk belief and collective experiences and serving as a reaffirmation of commonly held values of the group to whose tradition it belongs."
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