TheAustralian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of theAustralian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum in theAustralian Sports Museum at theMelbourne Cricket Ground.[1] Thishall of fame commemorates the greatestAustralian cricketers of all time, as the "selection philosophy for the hall of fame focuses on the players' status as sporting legends in addition to their outstanding statistical records."[1] Inductees must be retired from international cricket for at least five years.[1] The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame was an idea conceived by theMelbourne Cricket Club (MCC) to honour Australia's legendary cricketers. It was opened on 6 December 1996 by the thenPrime Minister,John Howard.[2]
The hall of fame opened with ten inaugural members, ranging fromFred Spofforth, apace bowler who retired fromTest cricket in 1887, toDennis Lillee who played his last Test match in 1984. As of January 2023[update], the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame comprises 61 members.[1][3] All twelve members of theAustralian Cricket Board Team of the Century are included, six of them amongst the inaugural members.[4] The vast majority are men;Belinda Clark was the first woman admitted to the hall when she was inducted in 2014 (three years after she was inducted into theICC Cricket Hall of Fame).[5][6] Five femaleTest captains have been admitted, along with 21 of their male counterparts.[7][8] In December 2020,Johnny Mullagh became the firstIndigenous Australian to be inducted into the hall of fame. Regarded as a standout player of the Aboriginal team which toured England in 1868, Mullagh is also the only member to have not played Test cricket for Australia.[9]
The current[10] selection committee comprises:
New members are inducted at the annualAustralian Cricket Awards night.[11]
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| Name | Image | Inducted | Career | Mat | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Ref(s) | ||||||||||
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| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | Balls | Mdn | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | Ca | St | ||||||
| Jack Blackham ^ |  | 1996 | 1877–1894 | 35 | 62 | 11 | 800 | 74 | 15.68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 24 | [13] |
| Fred Spofforth $ |  | 1996 | 1877–1887 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 217 | 50 | 9.43 | 4,185 | 416 | 1,731 | 94 | 7/44 | 18.41 | 11 | – | [14] |
| Victor Trumper $ |  | 1996 | 1899–1912 | 48 | 89 | 8 | 3,163 | 214* | 39.04 | 546 | 20 | 317 | 8 | 3/60 | 39.62 | 31 | – | [15] |
| Clarrie Grimmett $ |  | 1996 | 1925–1936 | 37 | 50 | 10 | 557 | 50 | 13.92 | 14,513 | 736 | 5,231 | 216 | 7/40 | 24.21 | 17 | – | [16] |
| Bill Ponsford ‡ |  | 1996 | 1924–1934 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2,122 | 266 | 48.22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | [17] |
| Don Bradman ‡^$ |  | 1996 | 1928–1948 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6,996 | 334 | 99.94 | 160 | 3 | 72 | 2 | 1/8 | 36.00 | 32 | – | [18] |
| Bill O'Reilly ‡$ |  | 1996 | 1932–1946 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 410 | 56* | 12.81 | 10,024 | 585 | 3,254 | 144 | 7/54 | 22.59 | 7 | – | [19] |
| Keith Miller ‡$ |  | 1996 | 1946–1956 | 55 | 87 | 7 | 2,958 | 147 | 36.97 | 10,461 | 337 | 3,906 | 170 | 7/60 | 22.97 | 38 | – | [20] |
| Ray Lindwall ‡^$ |  | 1996 | 1946–1960 | 61 | 84 | 13 | 1,502 | 118 | 21.15 | 13,650 | 419 | 5,251 | 228 | 7/38 | 23.03 | 26 | – | [21] |
| Dennis Lillee ‡$ | .jpg) | 1996 | 1971–1984 | 70 | 90 | 24 | 905 | 73* | 13.71 | 18,467 | 652 | 8,493 | 355 | 7/83 | 23.92 | 23 | – | [22] |
| Warwick Armstrong ^ |  | 2000 | 1902–1921 | 50 | 84 | 10 | 2,863 | 159* | 38.68 | 8,022 | 407 | 2,923 | 87 | 6/35 | 33.59 | 44 | – | [23] |
| Neil Harvey ‡^$ |  | 2000 | 1948–1963 | 79 | 137 | 10 | 6,149 | 205 | 48.41 | 414 | 23 | 120 | 3 | 1/8 | 40.00 | 64 | – | [24] |
| Allan Border ‡^$ |  | 2000 | 1978–1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11,174 | 205 | 50.56 | 4,009 | 197 | 1,525 | 39 | 7/46 | 39.10 | 156 | – | [25] |
| Bill Woodfull ^ |  | 2001 | 1926–1934 | 35 | 54 | 4 | 2,300 | 161 | 46.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | [26] |
| Arthur Morris ‡^$ |  | 2001 | 1946–1955 | 46 | 79 | 3 | 3,533 | 206 | 46.48 | 111 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 1/5 | 25.00 | 15 | – | [27] |
| Greg Chappell ‡^$ | – | 2002 | 1970–1984 | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7,110 | 247* | 53.86 | 5,327 | 208 | 1,913 | 47 | 5/61 | 40.70 | 122 | – | [28] |
| Stan McCabe |  | 2002 | 1930–1938 | 39 | 62 | 5 | 2,748 | 232 | 48.21 | 3,746 | 127 | 1,543 | 36 | 4/13 | 42.86 | 41 | – | [29] |
| Ian Chappell ^$ |  | 2003 | 1964–1980 | 75 | 136 | 10 | 5,345 | 196 | 42.42 | 2,873 | 87 | 1,316 | 20 | 2/21 | 65.80 | 105 | – | [30] |
| Lindsay Hassett ^ |  | 2003 | 1938–1953 | 43 | 69 | 3 | 3,073 | 198* | 46.56 | 111 | 2 | 78 | – | – | – | 30 | – | [31] |
| Hugh Trumble ^ |  | 2004 | 1890–1904 | 32 | 57 | 14 | 851 | 70 | 19.79 | 8,099 | 452 | 3,072 | 141 | 8/65 | 21.78 | 45 | – | [32] |
| Alan Davidson $ |  | 2004 | 1953–1963 | 44 | 61 | 7 | 1,328 | 80 | 24.59 | 11,587 | 431 | 3,819 | 186 | 7/93 | 20.53 | 42 | – | [33] |
| Clem Hill ^ |  | 2005 | 1896–1912 | 49 | 89 | 2 | 3,412 | 191 | 39.21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | – | [34] |
| Rod Marsh $ | – | 2005 | 1970–1984 | 96 | 150 | 13 | 3,633 | 132 | 26.51 | 72 | 1 | 54 | – | – | – | 343 | 12 | [35] |
| Bob Simpson ^$ |  | 2006 | 1957–1978 | 62 | 111 | 7 | 4,869 | 311 | 46.81 | 6,881 | 253 | 3,001 | 71 | 5/57 | 42.27 | 110 | – | [36] |
| Monty Noble ^ |  | 2006 | 1898–1909 | 42 | 73 | 7 | 1,997 | 133 | 30.25 | 7,159 | 361 | 3,025 | 121 | 7/17 | 25.00 | 26 | – | [37] |
| Charlie Macartney |  | 2007 | 1907–1926 | 35 | 55 | 4 | 2,131 | 170 | 41.78 | 3,561 | 177 | 1,240 | 45 | 7/58 | 27.55 | 17 | – | [38] |
| Richie Benaud ^$ |  | 2007 | 1952–1964 | 63 | 97 | 7 | 2,201 | 122 | 24.45 | 19,108 | 805 | 6,704 | 248 | 7/72 | 27.03 | 65 | – | [39] |
| George Giffen ^ |  | 2008 | 1881–1896 | 31 | 53 | 0 | 1,238 | 161 | 23.35 | 6,391 | 434 | 2,791 | 103 | 7/117 | 27.09 | 24 | – | [40] |
| Ian Healy ‡ | .jpg) | 2008 | 1988–1999 | 119 | 182 | 23 | 4,356 | 161* | 27.39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 366 | 29 | [41] |
| Steve Waugh ^$ |  | 2009 | 1985–2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10,927 | 200 | 51.06 | 7,805 | 332 | 3,445 | 92 | 5/28 | 37.44 | 112 | – | [42] |
| Bill Lawry ^ | – | 2010 | 1961–1971 | 67 | 123 | 12 | 5,234 | 210 | 47.15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0/0 | – | 30 | – | [43] |
| Graham McKenzie | – | 2010 | 1961–1971 | 60 | 89 | 12 | 945 | 76 | 12.27 | 17,681 | 547 | 7,328 | 246 | 8/71 | 29.78 | 34 | – | [44] |
| Mark Taylor ^ |  | 2011 | 1989–1999 | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7,525 | 334* | 43.49 | 42 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1/11 | 26.00 | 157 | – | [45] |
| Doug Walters |  | 2011 | 1965–1981 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 5,357 | 250 | 48.26 | 3,295 | 79 | 1,425 | 49 | 5/66 | 29.08 | 43 | – | [46] |
| Shane Warne ‡$ |  | 2012 | 1992–2007 | 145 | 199 | 17 | 3,154 | 99 | 17.32 | 40,705 | 1,761 | 17,995 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41 | 125 | – | [47] |
| Glenn McGrath $ |  | 2013 | 1993–2007 | 124 | 138 | 51 | 641 | 61 | 7.36 | 29,248 | 1,471 | 12,186 | 563 | 8/24 | 21.64 | 38 | – | [48] |
| Charles Turner |  | 2013 | 1887–1895 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 323 | 29 | 11.53 | 5,179 | 457 | 1,670 | 101 | 7/43 | 16.53 | 8 | – | [49] |
| Belinda Clark ^$ | – | 2014 | 1991–2005 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 919 | 136 | 45.95 | 78 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 1/10 | 28.00 | 4 | – | [50] |
| Mark Waugh | .jpg) | 2014 | 1991–2002 | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8,029 | 153* | 41.81 | 4,853 | 171 | 2,429 | 59 | 5/40 | 41.16 | 181 | – | [51] |
| Jack Ryder ^ |  | 2015 | 1920–1929 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1,394 | 201* | 51.62 | 1,897 | 71 | 743 | 17 | 2/20 | 43.70 | 17 | – | [52] |
| Adam Gilchrist ^$ |  | 2015 | 1999–2008 | 96 | 137 | 20 | 5,570 | 204* | 47.60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 379 | 37 | [53] |
| Wally Grout |  | 2016 | 1957–1966 | 51 | 67 | 8 | 890 | 74 | 15.08 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 163 | 24 | [54] |
| Jeff Thomson | – | 2016 | 1972–1985 | 51 | 73 | 20 | 679 | 49 | 12.81 | 10,535 | 300 | 5,601 | 200 | 6/46 | 28.00 | 20 | – | [55] |
| David Boon |  | 2017 | 1984–1996 | 107 | 190 | 20 | 7,422 | 200 | 43.65 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0/0 | – | 99 | – | [56] |
| Matthew Hayden |  | 2017 | 1994–2009 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8,625 | 380 | 50.73 | 54 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0/7 | 128.00 | 128 | – | [57] |
| Betty Wilson $ |  | 2017 | 1948–1958 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 862 | 127 | 57.46 | 2,885 | 172 | 803 | 68 | 7/7 | 11.80 | 10 | – | [58] |
| Norm O'Neill | – | 2018 | 1958–1965 | 42 | 69 | 8 | 2,779 | 181 | 45.55 | 1,392 | 48 | 667 | 17 | 4/41 | 39.23 | 21 | – | [59] |
| Ricky Ponting ^$ |  | 2018 | 1995–2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13,378 | 257 | 51.85 | 587 | 24 | 276 | 5 | 1/0 | 55.20 | 196 | – | [60] |
| Karen Rolton ^$ |  | 2018 | 1995–2009 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1,002 | 209* | 55.66 | 1,104 | 79 | 327 | 14 | 2/6 | 23.35 | 9 | – | [61] |
| Cathryn Fitzpatrick $ | – | 2019 | 1991–2006 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 53 | 16.88 | 3,603 | 1,147 | 60 | 5/14 | 19.11 | 5 | – | [62] | |
| Dean Jones | – | 2019 | 1984–1994 | 52 | 89 | 11 | 3,631 | 216 | 46.55 | 198 | 64 | 1 | 1/5 | 64.00 | 34 | – | [63] | |
| Billy Murdoch |  | 2019 | 1875–1904 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 908 | 211 | 31.31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | [64] |
| Sharon Tredrea ^ | – | 2020 | 1975–1984 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 346 | 63 | 31.45 | 2,455 | – | 784 | 30 | 4/22 | 26.13 | 8 | – | [65] |
| Craig McDermott | .jpg) | 2020 | 1984–1996 | 71 | 90 | 13 | 940 | 42* | 12.20 | 16,586 | 579 | 8,332 | 291 | 8/97 | 28.63 | 19 | – | [66] |
| Johnny Mullagh |  | 2020 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | [67] |
| Merv Hughes |  | 2021 | 1985–1994 | 53 | 70 | 8 | 1,032 | 72* | 16.64 | 12,285 | 499 | 6,017 | 212 | 8/87 | 28.38 | 23 | – | [68] |
| Lisa Sthalekar $ |  | 2021 | 2003–2011 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 416 | 120* | 32.00 | 1,745 | 117 | 482 | 23 | 5/30 | 20.95 | 3 | – | [69] |
| Justin Langer |  | 2022 | 1993–2007 | 105 | 182 | 12 | 7,696 | 250 | 45.27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0/3 | – | 73 | – | [70] |
| Raelee Thompson ^ | – | 2022 | 1972–1985 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 162 | 25 | 11.57 | 4,304 | 276 | 1,040 | 57 | 8/31 | 18.24 | 12 | – | [71] |
| Margaret Jennings ^ | – | 2023 | 1972–1977 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 341 | 104 | 28.41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 10 | [72] |
| Ian Redpath | – | 2023 | 1964–1976 | 66 | 120 | 11 | 4,737 | 171 | 43.45 | 64 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0/0 | – | 83 | – | [73] |
| Michael Hussey |  | 2024 | 2005–2013 | 79 | 137 | 16 | 6235 | 195 | 51.52 | 588 | 11 | 306 | 7 | 1/0 | 43.71 | 85 | 0 | [74] |
| Lyn Larsen | – | 2024 | 1984–1992 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 410 | 86 | 41.00 | 2124 | 169 | 487 | 26 | 4/33 | 18.73 | 11 | 0 | [75] |
| Michael Clarke^ |  | 2025 | 2004–2015 | 115 | 198 | 22 | 8643 | 329* | 49.10 | 2435 | 62 | 1184 | 31 | 6/9 | 38.19 | 134 | 0 | [76] |
| Michael Bevan | – | 2025 | 1994–1998 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 785 | 91 | 29.07 | 1285 | 30 | 703 | 29 | 6/82 | 24.24 | 8 | 0 | [77] |
| Christina Matthews | – | 2025 | 1984–1995 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 180 | 34 | 10.58 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0/4 | 4.00 | 46 | 12 | [78] |
| Brett Lee |  | 2025 | 1999–2008 | 76 | 90 | 18 | 1,451 | 64 | 20.15 | 16,531 | 547 | 9554 | 310 | 5/30 | 30.81 | 23 | 0 | [79] |
| Alex Blackwell ^ | _(cropped).jpg) | 2026 | 2003–2017 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 444 | 74 | 22.20 | 72 | 6 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 6 | – | [80] |
