The list contains 22 Englishmen, 11 Australians, 13 West Indians, three each from India, Pakistan and two South Africans and a lone New Zealander.
The ICC Hall of Fame follows the The Wisden route. The venerable almanac nominates an Englishman as the cricketer of the year 9 times out of 10 and the ICC has followed suit.
When many nations have legends waiting to be honored, it is beguiling how the English cricketers make approximately half of a 50-member list.
One cannot help but wonder at the impartiality of the ICC and speculate whether a majority of the ICC members yearn for an English ascendency in cricket in one form or the other.
4 comments:
infact i am surprised there's only 22 englishmen...after all they have been undisputed leaders in cricket since the game got invented... ;-)
Aha! That could be the reason. :)
Derek Underwood? My foot.
Derek underwood ahead of Chandra, Prasanna and Abdul Qadir? WTF.
WTF? My sentiments, exactly.:)
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