Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack

We thought you might like to see the Wisden Almanack cricket team, which played its annual match today. How many do you recognise?

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Wisden’s Cricketers of the Decade: Virat Kohli Taking performances in all three formats into account, Virat Kohli is the standout batsman his generation. The editor of the Wisden Almanack, Lawrence Booth, on one of the cricketers of the decade.

At the end of the last decade, when Virat Kohli was the world’s leading cricketer, our editor @boothcricket.bsky.social paid tribute to him. www.wisden.com/cricket-feat...

Virat Kohli: A man of adamant ambition, is he already India’s finest? – Almanack Originally published in the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019, Tunku Varadarajan profiles India’s Virat Kohli – one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year.

To mark the Test retirement of Virat Kohli, today we’ll post some of the Almanack’s best writing about him. First, Tunku Varadarajan on Kohli’s deeds in 2018, which made him one of our Five Cricketers of the Year. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...

Virat Kohli: A man of adamant ambition, is he already India’s finest? – Almanack Originally published in the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019, Tunku Varadarajan profiles India’s Virat Kohli – one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year.

To mark the Test retirement of Virat Kohli, today we’ll post some of the Almanack’s best writing about him. First, Tunku Varadarajan on Kohli’s deeds in 2018, which made him one of our Five Cricketers of the Year. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...

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Radio, Ceefax and text: the history of cricketers being selected for England Players feel the same emotions but the difference in how selectors communicate shows how society has changed

How did you used to find out the England Test squad? Come to that, how did the Test squad find out? James Wallace stepped back in time for the new edition of the Almanack. Click to read.
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A debut outing for @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social, on whether county members owning clubs is (or could soon be) nearing an end.

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Howzat? Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack hits the Indie bookshop chart for six The 2025 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (Wisden) has made it to the top of the Independent Bookshop Chart in its first week on sale according to the NielsenIQ BookScan Total Consumer Marke...

We’re top of the indie charts! Have you bought your Almanack yet? And if not, why not? www.thebookseller.com/bestsellers/...

Always a special day in the cricket calendar when this lands on your doorstep @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social

Old Trafford in the Rain (Wisden Writing Competition entry) I entered this into the Wisden Cricket Writing Competition which at this stage feels like the only way I’m going to get my name into those hallowed pages! Old Trafford In The Rain There&#8217…

Getting mentioned in Wisden is a dream for many cricket lovers, sadly my cricketing abilities mean that a mention for my playing is unlikely, so I entered the writing competition instead!
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ALEC STEWART ON GRAHAM THORPE: I hope he knew how much he was loved ALEC STEWART: Graham and I used to drive around a lot together and I especially remember the car journey north to Nottingham in 1993.

“I hope he knew how much he was loved.” Alec Stewart has written about Graham Thorpe for the new Almanack. We shared his words with the Daily Mail, and you can read them here (no paywall). www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Happy Wisden Almanack day, everyone! Our 162nd edition has been hitting shelves and doormats all morning. What’s the first section you turn to?
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Sixty years ago, Sir Geoffrey Boycott OBE was one of our Five Cricketers of the Year. Last night, we presented him with a leatherbound 1965 Wisden, to mark that special anniversary.

Aryaman Varma of Eton College, the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2024. The leg-spinner is also a Delhi Capitals net bowler. One to watch, that's for sure! #wisdenawards

Four of our Five Cricketers of the Year for the English summer of 2024. Jamie Smith couldn't be with us.
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Wisden calls World Test Championship a ‘shambles’ and makes case for reform Wisden has trained its sights on the International Cricket Council and called the World Test Championship a ‘shambles masquerading as a showpiece’

Wisden calls World Test Championship a ‘shambles’ and makes case for reform

This year’s Wisden on the table in the Long Room at Lord’s.

Wisden 2025!

Our Photograph of the Year for 2024 (8/8)
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Our 2024 Writing Competition winner (7/8)
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Our 2024 Book of the Year (6/8)
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Our 2024 Schools Cricketer of the Year (5/8)
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Our 2024 Wisden Trophy winner (4/8)
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The Leading T20 Cricketer in the World in 2024 (3/8)
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The Leading Cricketers in the World in 2024 (2/8)
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THE WISDEN ALMANACK AWARDS 2025
FIVE CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR (1/8)
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Can you predict our Five Cricketers of the Year? The top five performers in the English 2024 season (and you can only win it once). We'll be announcing them, and all our other award winners, on Monday 21 April.

WISDEN CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR
Quinn Rooney's shot of the closing moment of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India at Melbourne is this year’s winner. Nathan Lyon leads the vociferous appeal.

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