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ICC Hall Of Fame or Old Boys Club - elcosteno - 01-04-2014
The ICC Hall of Fame seems to be nothing more than an old boys (and a few gals too, for good measure) club that seems quite out of touch with the World Game today. How else does one explain the predominance of Australia, England and West Indies in the Hall, with only three Indians and no Sri Lankans? And each year the new inductees don't seem to be any different. The two most recent inductees are Debbie Hockley of New Zealand and Bobby Simpson of Australia who join Adam Gilchrist and Waqar Younis as the class of 2013-14.
Re: ICC Hall Of Fame or Old Boys Club - ketchim - 01-04-2014
Indians and Lankans ...
hhhhmmmmm.......BCCI soon change up things !
Re: ICC Hall Of Fame or Old Boys Club - Kwami - 01-04-2014
Indians don't care cause there ain't no money in it for them .
Here is a country with no elite umpires and they are comfortable with that .
Sometimes there is an illusion of Indian control of world cricket but it is just that, an illusion
The real power lies in the various committees and they are all stacked with white people
Re: ICC Hall Of Fame or Old Boys Club - ketchim - 01-04-2014
I have no Idea which Lankan is in line for a Hall of Fame spot.
Sach for India is already in.
Unless they wanna get Zak :-\
Re: ICC Hall Of Fame or Old Boys Club - 00mg - 01-04-2014
The hall of fame rightly has little to do with the game today. It's remit is the history of the game.
For most of the 135 years of international cricket Australia and England have had the best teams and best, and most important players.
Somewhat more recently, the West indies had the best team and a larger share of the most important players.
Given the history of the game it would be farcical if the hof was any different.
As time moves on the makeup will change. India is now competitive. Tendulkar, dravid, kumble, sehwag will all be straight in as soon as they're eligible. And the hall of fame will continue to reflect the history of the game.