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The Lord's honours boards are boards in the
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at
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in London, which commemorate
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players who have scored a
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, taken 5 wickets in a single innings, or taken
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in either a Test match or limited-overs international match (such as
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) at Lord's. The boards initially only included achievements in Tests, but in 2019, recognition was added for ODIs, meaning that performances by female cricketers were recorded for the first time.


Locations

The honours boards are located in the dressing rooms in the
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with the boards commemorating
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(or MCC) players in the home dressing room, and the boards commemorating players from other nationalities in the away dressing room. Both dressing rooms have separate boards for batting and bowling. In 2010, to coincide with Lord's serving as a neutral venue for a Test match between
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and
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, the
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created a "neutral" honours board to be placed in the away dressing room. This board was intended to commemorate players who reached the qualification criteria in Test matches at Lord's not involving England. The first players listed on the batting board were
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and
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, as they had both scored centuries at Lord's in a neutral Test for Australia against
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in 1912. The bowling board was then populated when
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and
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each took five-wicket hauls in the neutral Test against Pakistan. In February 2019, as part of a general refurbishment of the dressing rooms, the original honours boards were replaced with new boards. In addition, the walls over the dressing room exit out onto the team balconies now showcase centuries and five-wicket hauls made in limited-overs international matches (such as
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) played on the ground: the England dressing room honours achievements made by English players, the away dressing room those made by other countries including those made during neutral matches. The limited-overs honours include all achievements made on the ground dating back to the establishment of ODI in 1971 as well as achievements by Women's ODI players.


Achievement

It is a considered a great distinction to be named on either the batting or bowling honours boards. To be named on both is an exceptional achievement and only eleven players have managed this. These are England's
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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along with Australia's
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,
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's
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and the West Indies'
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. Botham holds the record for the most appearances on the boards, with ten: eight five-wicket innings, one ten-wicket match and one century. A number of distinguished players such as
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,
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,
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,
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and
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are not named on the honours boards. Others like
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, Michael Atherton, and
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were not listed on the Test boards but have since been recorded on the walls since the 2019 addition of ODI honours. Only two players appear on boards in both the home and away dressing rooms:
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, by virtue of scoring a century for MCC against the Rest of the World in the match celebrating the bicentenary of Lord's in 1987, (even though this has never been classified as an official Test match) and
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, who took a five wicket haul for
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in both their 2022 tour of England and in the
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, in which South Africa were assigned the home dressing room.


Centuries

, 175 players have earned a place on the Test batting honours boards, scoring 256 centuries. There have also been 33 centuries in men's ODIs and four in women's ODIs.


Five-wicket innings

, there have been 194 Test five-wicket innings at Lord's, spread among 135 players. In men's ODIs there have been 15 five-wicket hauls and three in women's ODIs.


Ten-wicket matches

, there have been 30 ten-wicket matches earn a spot on the boards, with
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the only player to appear twice. Originally, a ten-wicket match haul was noted on the bowling honours board by showing the figures for each of the bowler's innings, which will always include at least one five-wicket innings haul. With the 2019 refurbishment, a combined match figure is displayed instead.


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References


External links


Lord's online honours boards
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