7 legends who didn't make it to the Lord's honours boards

When Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews completed his century at Lord’s in the 1st Test against England recently, he made a writing gesture after taking his helmet off during the celebrations, relieved that his name will be on the Lord’s honours boards.Such is the honour of making a hundred or taking a 5-wicket-haul at the ‘Home of cricket’, that cricketers around the world dream to get their name on the board one day.But not all are lucky. Some of the greats of the game have failed to get their name on the boards. Here are the 7 most shocking absentees from the Lord’s honours boards:

#7 Curtly Ambrose

Sir Curtly Ambrose, the fearful Sir Curtly Ambrose, who terrorised English batsmen with his pace, taking 88 wickets in 20 Tests in England at an average of 20.77, failed to get onto the Lord’s honours boards.

In 4 matches at Lord’s, the 6’7’’ tall giant scalped 17 wickets at 21.58, getting three 4-wicket hauls, but falling short of getting his name onto the honours boards.