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About the Book :
The ‘Bible of Cricket’: The Wisden Almanack has been published every year since 1864 Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year Awards, one of the oldest honours in the sport, dates back to 1889 The Almanack, known for editorial excellence, has been a perennial bestseller in UK The Almanack is published each year after reviewing the previous season and previewing the next The first edition with India specific content to be published in December 2012, will be The Blue Edition The Blue Edition will contain high-quality and independent commentary, articles, features, reports and statistics from all major Indian cricket including internationals across Test, ODI and T20 formats along with in-depth
coverage of the IPL and CLT20 plus a review of all domestic cricket.
Brief history of the Wisden Almanack
1963: To mark the 100th edition, the company presents the Wisden trophy for Test matches between England and West Indies
1993: Sir Paul Getty buys John Wisden & Co
1995: Leather-bound limited edition of the Almanack introduced
2000: For the Millennium edition, Wisden invites a worldwide panel of 100 cricketers and other experts to name their Five Cricketers of the Century. The winners are Bradman and Hobbs again, Sir Gary Sobers, Sir Vivian Richards and Shane Warne
2002: Kapil Dev is named Wisden’s ‘Indian Cricketer of the Century’. In his acceptance speech, the former Indian captain states, “This is my finest hour”.
2003: Wisden’s cover features a photograph for the first time: of the England captain Michael Vaughan
2004: A new Wisden honour is introduced – The Leading Player in the World. Ricky Ponting is the first recipient
2006 John Wisden & Co is bought by Bloomsbury Publishing Group
2009: England’s Claire Taylor is the first woman to be named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year
2011: Wisden breaks with tradition by naming only four Cricketers of the Year. The selection of the fifth became unsustainable after an independent tribunal appointed by the ICC banned him for corruption.
Features
- : Wisden India
- : Suresh Menon
- : Bloomsbury
- : 9382563083
- : 9789382563082
- : Paperback
- : English
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