England all-greats Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs and Jim Laker were posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at The Oval.

England all-time greats Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs and Jim Laker were posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at The Oval today.

In a lunchtime ceremony during the final Ashes Test, representatives of each of the three men were presented with commemorative caps as part of the joint venture between the International Cricket Council and the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations.

ICC president David Morgan presented the cap for record-breaking batsman Hobbs to Surrey chairman David Stewart; Hutton's cap was given to his son Richard and grandson Ben, who have also both been cricketers of note; England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke handed a cap to off-spinner Laker's grandchildren Jamie Harvey and Nicholas Marks.

Hutton represented England in 79 Test matches, amassing 6,971 Test runs at an average of 56.67 - including 19 centuries and 33 half-centuries. The Yorkshire batsman and Ashes-winning captain's greatest feat in Tests came with his 364 in 1938 at the Oval, then the highest all-time individual score.

On receiving the cap, Hutton's son said: "My father used to say that if his mother had not thrown his football boots in the fire, he might have become as famous as Denis Compton.

"I hope that this award means he now has."

Hobbs was one of cricket's most prolific batsmen - and his record of 197 first-class centuries will never be beaten. He also played 61 Tests for England, making 5,140 runs at an average of 56.94. He became the first professional cricketer to be knighted in 1953.

Stewart said: "It is a great honour to receive this cap on behalf of a Surrey legend in the concluding Test of this fantastic Ashes series.

"Jack Hobbs was a great player who was appropriately known as 'the Master'."

Yorkshire-born Surrey off-spinner Laker achieved another cricketing feat which will surely never be equalled - by taking 19 of the 20 Australian wickets to fall at Old Trafford in 1956.

Harvey said: "To be in the initial 55 inductees would have made Jim immensely proud.

"It would have been great if he was here to receive it in person, but there is no doubt he would have been delighted with this award.