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• Wed Jun 11 2025

South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has joined an elite Lord's club of two.

Famously, any player who takes five wickets or scores a century in a Test match has their name etched on to an honours board in gold lettering.

Before the first day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, only one other Test player in the storied 141-year history of the longer format at Lord's has appeared on the honours board in both the home and away dressing rooms.

That quirky mark of cricket trivia belonged to legendary West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge.

His knocks of 214 not out and 103 against England in 1984 and 1988 respectively adorn the board in the away dressing room.

But less well known is the fact he is also on the home dressing room for the 122 he made for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the Rest of the World in 1987.

With South Africa allocated the home dressing room for the WTC final at the home of cricket, Rabada's five-wicket haul was enough to see him join Greenidge in the exclusive club.

A piece of sticky batting tape with Rabada's name written on it in pen has been attached to the board for his figures of 5-51, as is the tradition for players during matches. The gold lettering should soon follow.

And with no place for neutral Tests at Lord's on the honours board since they were refurbished in 2018 it may well be stencilled on there permanently.

"It was cool to have it in the home changing room now," said Rabada, whose name is on the board in the away dressing room for the 5-52 he took for his country in a Test against England in 2022.