Indian Bowlers on Lord's Honor Board

#3 Lala Amarnath

Lala Amarnath

The 1946 cricket season marked the return of the first-class cricket in England after the World War-II. The England-India Test series was the first to be played since the West Indies tour in England in 1939. It was a three-match Test series.

In the first Test at Lord's, after being restricted to 200 in the first innings, Indian players had a herculean task to get English team out. Lala Amarnath was playing his first Test at Lord's in more than 12 years. Up for the task, he bowled brilliantly to take the five-wicket haul. He dismissed five players for 118. India again lost miserably but Lala Amarnath's name got etched on the Honor's Board.