ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame "recognises the achievements of the legends of the game from cricket's long and illustrious history". It was launched by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 2 January 2009, in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), as part of the ICC's centenary celebrations. The initial inductees were the 55 players included in the FICA Hall of Fame which ran from 1999 to 2003, but further members are added each year during the ICC Awards ceremony. The inaugural inductees ranged from W. G. Grace, who retired from Test cricket in 1899, to Graham Gooch, who played his last Test match in 1995. Living inductees receive a commemorative cap; Australian Rodney Marsh was the first member of the initial inductees to receive his. Members of the Hall of Fame assist in the selection of future inductees.

Inductee	Team	Induction year	Tests	First Test	Last Test
Enid Bakewell	England	2012	12	1968	1979
Brian Lara	West Indies	2012	131	1990	2006
Glenn McGrath	Australia	2012	124	1993	2007
Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	2011	98	1988	2000
Belinda Clark	Australia	2011	15	1991	2005
Alan Davidson	Australia	2011	44	1953	1963
Fred Spofforth	Australia	2011	18	1877	1887
Ken Barrington	England	2010	82	1955	1968
Joel Garner	West Indies	2010	58	1977	1987
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint	England	2010	22	1960	1979
Courtney Walsh	West Indies	2010	132	1984	2001
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	2009	104	1985	2002
Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	2009	37	1925	1936
Herbert Sutcliffe	England	2009	54	1924	1935
Victor Trumper	Australia	2009	48	1899	1912
Steve Waugh	Australia	2009	168	1985	2004
Sydney Barnes	England	2009+	27	1901	1914
Bishan Singh Bedi	India	2009+	67	1966	1979
Alec Bedser	England	2009+	51	1946	1955
Richie Benaud	Australia	2009+	63	1952	1964
Allan Border	Australia	2009+	156	1978	1994
Ian Botham	England	2009+	102	1977	1992
Geoffrey Boycott	England	2009+	108	1964	1982
Donald Bradman	Australia	2009+	52	1928	1948
Greg Chappell	Australia	2009+	87	1970	1984
Ian Chappell	Australia	2009+	75	1964	1980
Denis Compton	England	2009+	78	1937	1957
Colin Cowdrey	England	2009+	114	1954	1975
Kapil Dev	India	2009+	131	1979	1994
Sunil Gavaskar	India	2009+	125	1971	1987
Lance Gibbs	West Indies	2009+	79	1958	1976
Graham Gooch	England	2009+	118	1975	1995
David Gower	England	2009+	117	1978	1992
W. G. Grace	England	2009+	22	1880	1899
Tom Graveney	England	2009+	79	1951	1969
Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	2009+	108	1974	1991
Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	2009+	86	1973	1990
Wally Hammond	England	2009+	85	1927	1947
Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan	2009+	55	1952	1969
Neil Harvey	Australia	2009+	79	1948	1963
George Headley	West Indies	2009+	22	1930	1954
Jack Hobbs	England	2009+	61	1908	1930
Michael Holding	West Indies	2009+	60	1975	1987
Leonard Hutton	England	2009+	79	1937	1955
Imran Khan	Pakistan	2009+	88	1971	1992
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	2009+	124	1976	1993
Rohan Kanhai	West Indies	2009+	79	1957	1974
Alan Knott	England	2009+	95	1967	1981
Jim Laker	England	2009+	46	1948	1959
Harold Larwood	England	2009+	21	1926	1933
Dennis Lillee	Australia	2009+	70	1971	1984
Ray Lindwall	Australia	2009+	61	1946	1960
Clive Lloyd	West Indies	2009+	110	1966	1984
Rod Marsh	Australia	2009+	96	1970	1984
Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	2009+	81	1978	1991
Peter May	England	2009+	66	1951	1961
Keith Miller	Australia	2009+	55	1946	1956
Bill O'Reilly	Australia	2009+	27	1932	1946
Graeme Pollock	South Africa	2009+	23	1963	1970
Wilfred Rhodes	England	2009+	58	1899	1930
Barry Richards	South Africa	2009+	4	1970	1970
Viv Richards	West Indies	2009+	121	1974	1991
Andy Roberts	West Indies	2009+	47	1974	1983
Garfield Sobers	West Indies	2009+	93	1954	1974
Brian Statham	England	2009+	70	1951	1965
Fred Trueman	England	2009+	67	1952	1965
Derek Underwood	England	2009+	86	1966	1982
Clyde Walcott	West Indies	2009+	44	1948	1960
Everton Weekes	West Indies	2009+	48	1948	1958
Frank Woolley	England	2009+	64	1909	1934
Frank Worrell	West Indies	2009+	51	1948	1963

⁺ Inaugural member inducted in January 2009.^[2]

IPL Shedule

IPL 2013 Schedule cricket Tournament will start on Apr 3, 2013 in India. The last match of the tournament will be held on May 26, 2013.


The Indian Premier League, or as some would like to address it as the Cricket Carnival is back in the subcontinent and is in tremendous flow with a lot of new exciting surprises keeping viewers hooked to their TV sets. There was much ado about the Pepsico IPL 2013 schedule before the start of the event with critics complaining about too much of cricket being played which can fatigue players in the long run. The short version of the game has added a lot of color to cricket itself especially after the involvement of Bollywood superstars in the event. The Pepsi IPL fixture was declared back in the month of January after the auction held at Bangalore. The IPL time table is considered to be a lot more hyped than other tournament time tables owing to the fact that cricket crazy India always tends to promise a better turn out at the stadiums than any other countries in the world. The indian premier league schedule has been carefully designed to ensure optimum crowd turnout and the months of April-May are considered to be the time of the year when cricket in India is played at its best. Top four teams from IPL Points Table will enter playoff/semi final round.

As to what a lot may oppose regarding the busy indian premier league fixtures that has kept the veterans in the hunt still going strong; it does not really spoil the game of cricket but also encourages a lot of talented youngsters to play with conviction. The indian premier league time table this year is hands down devoid of controversies though unlike that of the 4th edition of the league where the IPLT20 schedule was prepared and started just after 4 days from the last match of the ICC Cricket World Cup.