India, July 12 -- Ajit Agarkar has it, but Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar don't. Chetan Sharma has it, but Anil Kumble doesn't. Their names on the celebrated Lord's Honours Board, that is.

In many quarters, Lord's is still considered the Home of Cricket. Not everyone subscribes to that theory, one of the popular spokes in the wheel being that the ground that slants eight feet two inches from one end to the other. But Lord's is the home of the Marylebone Cricket Club, acknowledged as the custodians of the Laws of the Game, and whether one likes it or not, it is steeped in history, in tradition, in most things 'cricket'.

To get on the Honours Board is considered a great accomplishment. Not the ultimate, of course, but it gives a high...