Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2017

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack #154

by Lawrence Booth (Editor)

The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864. Home to some of the finest sports writing of the year from the likes of Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, Rob Smyth, Patrick Collins, Simon Wilde, Osman Samiuddin, Tony Cozier, Benj Moorehead, Raf Nicholson and Dileep Premachandran it includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. As always, it contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports and scorecards for all Tests and One Day Internationals, together with trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records. A perennial bestseller in the UK, yet again this years edition the 154th, Wisden 2017 is truly a must-have for every cricket fan.

Genres: Nonfiction

1536 pages, Hardcover

First published April 6, 2017

Reviews

[Richard Pierce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peerless. Takes me a year to read.

[Jim Bowen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let's be honest, you're a certain type of person if you're thinking about buying a Wisden. You're a collector, a certain type of cricket fan, or relative of said fan, and you're thinking about buying the book as a gift. Irrespective of which group into which you fall, this book contains the usual Wisden tut (the Cricketers of the Year, editor's notes, the English season, international cricket tours, and the like), so if you're buying the book for that, you're going to get what you are used to,

For the rest of us, I'm not necessarily sure it's a good read, it's a 1500+ page book repleat with stats and data (and that might not appeal to some), but if you're getting into cricket, or have the sort of brain that find a potted history of a year in sport, coupled with opinion pieces about the sport appealing, and you'll like it,

[Philippe Hyndrikx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still the best

[George Stephens · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have all the Wisdens since 1962 and always enjoy browsing in them.