Mullagh was a match-winning all-rounder, who batted, bowled and even kept wicket with aplomb, and has also been recognised this year with the Mullagh Medal for best afield during the Boxing Day Test.
"I think in this case, Cricket Australia, the players association and the Hall of Fame itself wanted to acknowledge the impact Indigenous players have had on the game," King said."This was probably a bit of an oversight, in retrospect, and I think we have chosen Johnny as a representative of that era as opposed to going back trying to individualise the individual inductees. I think that is a great decision but the ongoing inductee criteria hasn't changed beyond that.
King denied suggestions Mullagh's elevation could be considered "tokenism", amid debate as to how much impact he and his team had. Inductees must have left a major imprint to be considered for induction. "We have seen the evidence of this in other sports. There are opportunities for cricket to embrace that relationship with Indigenous people a lot more strongly. You may be correct by saying it hasn't had a massive impact in the past but I think it certainly had an impact. They were the first touring team to travel outside of Australia, so I think they did pave the way a bit."
Pierik_AgeSport Oversight = wrong color
Pierik_AgeSport BLM! Is he pure blood? Or Aussies of foreign White blood European ancestries now claming to be Indigenous Australians too?