5 Legends who achieved a lot but failed to be a part of Lord's Honours Board

Lord’s is called the Mecca of cricket. It is no less than a dream come true for a player to play on the lush green field of this historic croquet. A traditional ground with a thrilling crowd that acknowledges every effort in the middle. This historic stadium was built in 1787 and since then it has hosted many historic games until now. The importance of this ground can be measured with the fact that it has hosted a total of 4 World Cup finals, which is most by any ground across the globe. There is a long tradition being followed on Lord’s Cricket Ground that whichever player takes a five-wicket haul or 10 wicket haul or scores a ton, the player will have his name etched on the Lord’s honour board. Moreover, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) honours the top performer of every Test match played at this venue after the game. In a long history of cricket, many players graced this beautiful game. Even some ended up being the all-time legends of the gentlemen’s game. But, they never managed to pull off some brilliant performance at Lord’s to get their names on the Honours Board. So, let’s check out the 5 legends who achieved a lot but failed to be a part of Lord’s Honours Board: 1. Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Twitter) Sachin Tendulkar, the former batsman from India achieved almost everything as a batsman in his cricketing career. He ended up being the leading run scorer in Tests and ODIs, most centuries in a white ball and red-ball cricket. Tendulkar scored centuries on 30 different grounds in his overall career. But the fans will be surprised to know that Sachin Tendulkar also nicknamed as ‘God of Cricket’ failed to score a single century at Lord’s. His willow was not on good terms with the historic stadium as he scored only 37 in his five innings at Lord’s. Moreover, he couldn’t score more than 30 runs in three one-day internationals. It is a shocking but a true fact that aplayer with centuries in 30 different grounds ended his career scoring none at Lord’s. 2. Brian Lara Brian Lara of the West Indies (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images) Brian Lara, the left-handed former batsman from West Indies doesn’t need any introduction. He bid adieu to international cricket back in 2007. He is the only player in the world to score 400 runs in an innings of a Test match. He also mustered bucketloads of runs throughout his illustrious career with many magnificent knocks. Lara mustered 11,953 runs in Tests and 10, 405 runs in ODIs with the help of 63 tons. He is the only player to have score 400 runs in an innings in Tests in the history of cricket. However, the surprising fact is that he never got a single ton out of his 34 centuries at Lord’s. It was an unlucky ground for the former West Indies batsman, who could manage 126 runs in three matches with 54 being his best. 3. Ricky Ponting Ricky Ponting of Australia (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Ricky Ponting is known as the most successful skipper in the history of cricket who helped Australia in winning several big tournaments including two World Cups. Meanwhile, he is one of the best batsmen that Kangaroos have ever produced in their cricketing history. He is just second to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of most runs in the longer format with 13378 runs in 168 matches. He also scored a total of 41 tons throughout his Test career. His stats are enough to speak about the calibre he possessed. But, everything changes if we throw light on his record at the historic Lord’s Cricket ground. Overall, the former Aussie skipper ended up scoring only 134 runs in four Tests with a best of 42. He failed to account a single century on this ground to get his name etched on the Lords Honour Board. 4. Imran Khan Imran Khan. (Photo by Phil Sheldon/Popperfoto/Getty Images) Imran Khan, the former World Cup winner is undoubtedly one of the best all-rounders played for Pakistan till date. Currently, he is the honourable Prime Minister of his country. And, there is no doubt over the fact that he is a great leader, who helped his side in winning their maiden World Cup back in 1992. The tall-heightened player was an asset for his team, who was equally dangerous with the bat and ball in his time. He was rated as one of the best all-rounders. The former player scored a total of 6588 runs in 88 Tests with the help of 6 centuries wand also grabbed 362 wickets. He also took a total of 23 five-wicket hauls. Surprisingly, none of them he took at Lords. Yes, it is a fact that the talented all-rounder never bowled at his best on the lush green field of the historic ground. Imran Khan played a total of three games in which he scored only 16 runs and grabbed eight wickets with 2/48 being his best. 5. Shane Warne Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Shane Warne, the former leg spinner from Australia was a nightmare for any batsman across the globe during his cricketing days. He signed off his career as one of the best spin bowlers of cricket, who took a total of 37 five-wicket hauls throughout his Test career. The former player still holds the record for the most wickets in Tests with 708 wickets. He was one of the spinners, who reaped out success with spin bowling on any ground but not Lord’s. Yes, he never managed a breakthrough performance at the aforementioned stadium. Interestingly, on three occasions Warne came closer to get his name engraved on Lord’s Honour Board but failed. Actually,he played a total of four Tests at Lords in which he grabbed 19 wickets with the help of three four-wicket hauls. It looks like his destiny itself didn’t want his name on the honours board.

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