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Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan, along with three others, will be inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame later this year.
"The International Cricket Council on Wednesday announced that Muralitharan, Karen Rolton, Arthur Morris and George Lohmann will be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame later this year,"the ICC said in a statement.
Record-breaking off-spinner Muralitharan becomes the first Sri Lankan player to be inducted along with twice ICC Women's World Cup winner and former Australia captain Karen Rolton, her compatriot Arthur Morris, a member of Don Bradman's 'invincibles'and England's George Lohmann, the 19th century fast bowler who took 100 wickets in just 16 Tests.
The four iconic cricketers were voted by the ICC Cricket Hall of Famers as well as members of the media. They will be presented with commemorative caps honouring their contribution to the game to mark their induction. Family members will represent Lohmann and Morris at the presentations.
Muralitharan finished his career with 800 wickets in Tests, 534 wicket in One-Day Internationals and 13 wickets in 12 T20Is.
Lohmann, an exponent of swing bowling in the late 19th century and rated by his contemporaries as the most difficult opponent, will be the 27th Englishman in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame list.
He raced to 100 Test wickets in 16 matches but tuberculosis shortened his career and he died at the age of 36 in 1901. In an 18-Test career from 1886 to 1896, Lohmann took 112 wickets, including nine for 28 against South Africa at the Old Wanderers, and also scored 213 runs.
Morris, a stylish left-hander of the 1940s and 50s who scored 12 centuries and 12 fifties in 46 Tests between 1946 and 1955, will be the 22nd Australia cricketer in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Morris scored a total of 12,614 runs in 162 first-class matches, including 3,533 runs in Tests.
Indians arrive in Kingston
In Kingston, a confident Indian cricket team arrived here for the second Test against hosts West Indies, starting on July 30, hoping to carry on the momentum they gained with an innings victory in the series opener in Antigua.
The morale of Virat Kohli and his men is high after the record innings and 92-run thrashing of the hosts. Indulging in a bit of recreational activities, opener Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 84 in the first innings of opening Test, enjoyed with his playstation.
The West Indies team also reached the Jamaican city aiming to overcome their loss.
Head coach Anil Kumble, Kohli and Dhawan also paid tribute to the Indian soldiers on the occasion of Kargil Diwas. Kohli tweeted,"60 Days, Operation Vijay. I was in school during the Kargil War. I remember how every family shared the pain of the soldiers."We prayed for them & felt proud of being an Indian. To the soldiers & their families, you are the real heroes of India #JaiHind."
Hafeez tops Pak cricket money list
In Karachi, senior batsman Mohammad Hafeez has turned out to be the highest earning Pakistani cricketer in 2015-16 after he took home approximately 39 million rupees as earnings from the Cricket Board (PCB).
According to documents sent by the PCB to the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Co-ordination for the fiscal year 2015-16, it paid some 46 cricketers around 550 million rupees as their fees and bonuses for all formats of the game.
Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who now represents Pakistan in only T20 cricket, earned approximately 18 million rupees.
The list of the top earning players includes national One-Day captain Azhar Ali (30 million rupees), Younis Khan (24 million), Misbah-ul Haq )24 million), Ahmed Shehzad (28 million), Wahab Riaz (29 million), Shoaib Malik (26 million), Asad Shafiq (20 million), Rahat Ali (17 million), Mohammad Irfan (15 million) and Umar Akmal (18 million).
