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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2026
The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack has been published every year since 1864.
In this 163rd edition, Tanya Aldred looks at cricket’s historic links with the mining community and Harry Pearson goes on a nostalgic journey around the vanished grounds of the county game. As tension between India and Pakistan reached breaking point, threatening the equilibrium of the global game, Gideon Haigh delves into a long and complex relationship. Osman Samiuddin reports on the headlong fall of Imran Khan, while Derek Pringle remembers Dickie Bird.
As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the authoritative obituaries. There are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.
There cant really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: its obviously Wisden. Andrew Baker, The Daily Telegraph
@WisdenAlmanack
In this 163rd edition, Tanya Aldred looks at cricket’s historic links with the mining community and Harry Pearson goes on a nostalgic journey around the vanished grounds of the county game. As tension between India and Pakistan reached breaking point, threatening the equilibrium of the global game, Gideon Haigh delves into a long and complex relationship. Osman Samiuddin reports on the headlong fall of Imran Khan, while Derek Pringle remembers Dickie Bird.
As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the authoritative obituaries. There are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.
There cant really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: its obviously Wisden. Andrew Baker, The Daily Telegraph
@WisdenAlmanack
1520 pages, Hardcover
Published April 16, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Read the first 200 pages of articles and reviews.
Some interesting articles as always
Not sure why it’s shown as not released until June - it was delivered out in mid April and the top 5 cricketers and the editors strong words on englands failure all made the national press
Some interesting articles as always
Not sure why it’s shown as not released until June - it was delivered out in mid April and the top 5 cricketers and the editors strong words on englands failure all made the national press
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Would like to give it 5 but there is not as much brilliant writing as last year
May 6, 2026
I believe that most, if not all, cricket fans know what they think about this book before they read the reviews here, because it has had the same structure for years. This said, here's my review...
This book looks at the year in world cricket that was 2025-26, with a particularly English focus on things, and the English Season in particular, though other areas (like England’s disastrous Ashes tour) are also considered. It has all the usual content you find in a Wisden, five cricketers of the year, details of county games, one day tournaments there, test matches and the like, and opinion pieces about how the game has progressed over the past year.
If you're stats minded and are the sort who'll want to refer back to what happened in a game, a player or a season in the future, I think this is book is for you. It gives you a good sense of what 2026 was like in crickeT.
This book looks at the year in world cricket that was 2025-26, with a particularly English focus on things, and the English Season in particular, though other areas (like England’s disastrous Ashes tour) are also considered. It has all the usual content you find in a Wisden, five cricketers of the year, details of county games, one day tournaments there, test matches and the like, and opinion pieces about how the game has progressed over the past year.
If you're stats minded and are the sort who'll want to refer back to what happened in a game, a player or a season in the future, I think this is book is for you. It gives you a good sense of what 2026 was like in crickeT.
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