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Over the years, we have seen countless talents in the men's game decorate the sport with irrepressible colours of excellence. These are giant, heavy duty names whose impact has transended generations, swept fans off their feat and given the game such unbridled joy that it won't be wrong to suggest that their talents and feats have often lifted the level of the sport altogether.
From Sir Don Bradman to Brian Lara, from Virender Sehwag to Graeme Smith and Muralitharan, the first-ever Sri Lankan to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, there's been a barrage of unforgettable names that have made it to cricket's most coveted list, ever.
However, it would be a product of stunted imagination to think that only men made it to the eminent ICC Hall of Fame list and women didn't. So which women cricketers too, have earned this great beautiful honour? Let us find out here:
Sarah Taylor
6,400 plus international runs for the English women's team, Sarah Taylor, an athletic and agile keeper batter and an exceptionally gifted strokemaker, while it's a shame that the blazing right hander's career for England didn't go the long distance, it's also a matter of great pride to note that Taylor was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame recently.
Over the course of her checkered career in an England shirt, the brilliant keeper batter known for aggressive and fluid scoring rates took 104 stumpings and 128 catches for her country and together with a line up that once had names like Janet Gunn, Heather Knight and Nat Sciver Brunt, cut a huge figure in the game.
A legend of the game Taylor will always be.
Sana Mir
A great of the game and someone who led Pakistan to important heights in the white-ball set up, Sana Mir's calm and courageous leadership of her talented side and plus, her own match-winning contributions to it by virtue of spin bowling talent, which often became a masterclass at turning a contest on its head made Mir a legend of the sport.
With 240 international wickets on her glowing resume, Mir is and will be a legend and icon of the sport.
Diana Edulji
In some ways, world cricket will always be thankful to Diana Edulji for picking cricket over other competitve sports like table tennis and basketball for she'd excel for her nation India.
The ICC Hall of Fame inductee took 109 wickets for team India while scoring 615 runs and represented the country in no fewer than 54 international contests.
The courageous cricketer born in a Parsi family was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in the year 2023.
Belinda Clark
Widely recognised as an all-time cricket legend and a generational talent, Clark, who also served as Member, International Cricket Council's Women's committe entertained countless with her dazzling batting feats and inspired several fans to take to cricket back home in Australia.
With 919 runs to her name in international Test match cricket and 4844 one day runs for the Australian women's team from 118 games, Clark, from New South Wales, emerged as a symbol of timeless excellence in the game.
Not only was she the first women inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of fame but only the second in the ICC Cricket Hall Of Fame.
Rachael-Hayhoe Flint
In the year 2010, Rachael-Hayhoe Flint, a symbol of perpetuating cricketing excellence from England, was inducted- and rightly so- in the ICC Cricket hall of fame for her inspirational achievements in the great game.
While the Wolverhampton, UK-born Flint died in 2017, her impact, as highlighted by her 1594 Test match runs (for England) and 643 one day runs for her country.
A cheerful, simple and inspirational figure in the women's game, Flint represented her England for 45 international contests and was also the first-ever woman cricketer to ever hit a six in Test match cricket.
