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Pak cricket legend Imran Khan inducted into ICC Hall of Fame | Pakistan legend Imran Khan became the fourth Pakistani to be inducted formally into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at Lord's on Wednesday. The former captain received his commemorative cap from ICC Chief
Executive Haroon Lorgat who was accompanied by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman
and International Cricket Council (ICC) director Ijaz Butt, Cricket Australia
chairman and ICC director Jack Clarke and the MCC President John Barclay, who
is a former Sussex team-mate of Imran. Imran joins batsmen Hanif Mohammad and
Javed Miandad as Pakistan's representatives in the initial intake of 55 players
into the Hall of Fame*, a joint venture between the ICC and the Federation of
International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Wasim Akram who was voted in at
the end of 2009 joined the trio last year. After the presentation during lunch
at the MCC Spirit of Cricket Test match between Pakistan and Australia, Imran
said: "It is a great honour to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame and
to be recognized for my cricketing achievements for Pakistan. "I achieved many
things during my cricketing career, including winning a World Cup in 1992, but
to be named amongst the initial 55 inductees, alongside Hanif and Javed makes
me very proud." Imran captained Pakistan in 48 of his 88 Test matches scoring
3,807 runs averaging 37.69, while with the ball he claimed 362 Test wickets with
an economy rate of 2.54. His career averages put him at the top of the quartet
of all-rounders (fellow Hall of Fame members Sir Ian Botham, Sir Richard Hadlee
and Kapil Dev being the other three) who dominated Test cricket during the 1980s.
He led Pakistan to its first series victory in England in 1987, taking 10-77 to
claim victory for the side at Headingley after every other match of the series
had been drawn. The crowning glory of his 21 years at the top of international
cricket came in 1992 when he led Pakistan to victory in the Cricket World Cup
over Graham Gooch's England by 22 runs. |
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