FORMER England captains Ian Botham, Graham Gooch and Allan Lamb were among the 10 players named by the MCC to mark the 100th Lord's Test.
Eight of the 10 were introduced to the crowd at lunchtime yesterday during the England-West Indies second Test and were presented with special trophies.
The two absentees from the list were the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, 92 in August, and Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath who was on Worcestershire duty.
Kent spinner Derek Underwood made up the quartet of England players in an array of past talent which also included Sir Garfield Sobers and Gordon Greenidge (West Indies), Bob Massie (Australia) and India's Dilip Vengsarkar.
They were selected from entries on the Honours boards in the home and away dressing rooms to record the following feats at headquarters:
Botham - Five wickets in an innings eight times including best bowling figures by any player, his eight for 34 v Pakistan in 1978.
Bradman: Highest Test score by any overseas player - 254.
Gooch: Seven hundreds at Lord's, including his highest individual score of 333 v India in 1990.
Greenidge: One double-century, two other centuries. His century for MCC v the Rest of the World makes him the only player to appear on the Honours boards in both dressing rooms.
Lamb: Four hundreds, second only to Gooch.
Massie: Best-ever match figures of 16 for 137 in 1972, eight for 84 and eight for 53.
McGrath: Best bowling figures by an overseas player - eight for 38 in his only Lord's Test to date.
Sobers: Three centuries, all above 150.
Underwood: Only player to take 10 wickets in a match twice, 11 for 70 v New Zealand in 1969 and 13 for 71 v Pakistan in 1974.
Vengsarkar: Test hundreds on three successive tours.
One of the century of Tests has not included England. Australia played South Africa at Lord's in a triangular tournament in 1912, and England's 100th appearance will be against Pakistan next summer.
Note: The above story appeared on the Sporting Life website yesterday.
