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How come Hadlee and Botham are 'Sirs' but not Imran Khan and Kapil Dev?

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We all know about the four great all rounders who played in the same era.

Hadlee was knighted in 1990 for services to cricket.
Botham was knighted in 2007 for services to charity and cricket.

How come Imran Khan and Kapil Dev not been knighted?
 
Good question.

And where is G McGrath's knighthood for services to cricket & charity - he's raised tens of millions of dollars to put cancer facilities & nurses out to remote & rural Australia.
 
The non British were knighted because the queen is still the head of their states i.e. Carribbean and Australia. Although Imran and Kapil can technically be knighted but they cannot have a title of Sir added to their names.
 
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