38 Cricketers who are the prides of their nations

28 – Brian Lara

Considered by many as a cricketer having similarly great contribution to the game as that of the great Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara has indeed some great records under his belt. This Caribbean cricketer’s score of 375 was the highest score in a test innings for 20 years until Hayden broke it with his 380….and then Lara broke it again after 6 months to score 400. Lara’s genius was recognised and awarded with Honorary Members of the Order of Australia in 2009. He was also awarded the Order of Australia in 2009 and was the 1st non-Australian cricketer to be honored with the Order.

29 – Alan Davidson

An outstanding left-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower-order batsman, Alan was a complete all-rounder. He was very economical in his bowling and was considered along with Wasim Akram as one of the two greatest left arm fast bowlers in history. This Australian cricketer was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1964 and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1987.

30 – Sunil Gavaskar

Also known as “The Little Master”, Sunil Gavaskar was a batsman bowlers had a hard time getting out. He had the ability to play both patiently as well as aggressively as per the condition and he went on to become the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. His services to the game were rewarded with a Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government in 1980.