MCC awards Honorary Life Membership of the Club to some of the world\u2019s finest cricketers and can today reveal the names of the latest men and women to have been bestowed with this privilege:
\nThe Club has also awarded a further two Honorary Life Memberships for non-playing contributions to the game.
\nEight of the 12 Test-playing nations are represented within this year\u2019s list, which includes some of the most recognisable names in the modern game.
\nEoin Morgan lifted the ICC Men\u2019s World Cup for England at Lord\u2019s in 2019, two years after Jenny Gunn, Laura Marsh and Anya Shrubsole had helped England defeat India in the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup Final at the same venue. Kevin Pietersen, who won the Ashes four times and was Player of the Tournament in England\u2019s 2010 ICC Men\u2019s World T20 win, completes the quintet of English players.
\nFive Indian players have been recognised with Honorary Life Membership. Jhulan Goswami, who bowed out from internationals in the England v India Women\u2019s One-Day International at Lord\u2019s last year, is the leading wicket-taker in Women\u2019s ODIs whilst Mithali Raj heads the run-scoring list with 7,805 in 211 innings.
\nM.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were both integral parts of the India side which won the 2007 ICC Men\u2019s World T20 and the 2011 ICC Men\u2019s World Cup, and Suresh Raina scored over 5,500 ODI runs across a 13-year career.
\nThere are five players who are sole representatives of their countries on this year\u2019s list. Merissa Aguilleira represented West Indies with distinction as a wicketkeeper-batter, whilst Mashrafe Mortaza enjoyed a 19-year career with Bangladesh as an impactful bowling all-rounder.
\nPakistan\u2019s Mohammad Hafeez represented his country almost 400 times across the three international formats of the game, most regularly as an opening bat, and South Africa\u2019s Dale Steyn is recognised as one of the finest fast bowlers of his generation, taking 439 Test wickets.
\nAustralia top order batter Rachael Haynes won six ICC tournaments with her country in a 13-year international career, as well as Gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
\nKiwi duo Amy Satterthwaite and Ross Taylor complete the list. The former played 145 ODIs for New Zealand, scoring over 4,500 runs in the process, whilst Taylor is regarded has one of their greatest men\u2019s batters, helping them to win the inaugural ICC World Test Championship in 2021.
\nIn the non-playing related categories, Dr Jane Powell has enjoyed a lifelong involvement in the game as both a player and coach and was appointed as Disability Performance Manager at ECB last year.
\nMedha Laud has dedicated her entire working life to the game and has spent over three decades working closely with England teams. She was awarded an MBE in 2005 for services to cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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