[1][2] 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.
[5] The first players listed on the batting board were Warren Bardsley and Charles Kellaway, as they had both scored centuries at Lord's in a neutral Test for Australia against South Africa in 1912.
These are England's Gubby Allen, Ray Illingworth, Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff, Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson along with Australia's Keith Miller, India's Vinoo Mankad and the West Indies' Garfield Sobers.
[7] A number of distinguished players such as Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Curtly Ambrose, Wasim Akram and Brian Lara are not named on the honours boards.
[9] Others like Ricky Ponting, Michael Atherton, and Muttiah Muralitharan were not listed on the Test boards but have since been recorded on the walls since the 2019 addition of ODI honours.