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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack #159
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2022
*Standard hardback edition*
The 159th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world's finest sports writing, and reflects on a year when Azeem Rafiq forced the sport to examine, more painfully than ever, its attitude to racism. The launch of The Hundred gave a huge boost to the women's game while raising many questions about the men's. Then, in the last two months of the year, Australia's men won the World T20 and retained the Ashes.
Writers include Lawrence Booth, Stephen Fry, Mike Atherton, Gideon Haigh, Henry Blofeld, Vic Marks, Tanya Aldred, Andy Bull, Tim de Lisle, Emma John and Scyld Berry. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.
"There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any it's obviously Wisden" Andrew Baker in The Daily Telegraph
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The 159th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world's finest sports writing, and reflects on a year when Azeem Rafiq forced the sport to examine, more painfully than ever, its attitude to racism. The launch of The Hundred gave a huge boost to the women's game while raising many questions about the men's. Then, in the last two months of the year, Australia's men won the World T20 and retained the Ashes.
Writers include Lawrence Booth, Stephen Fry, Mike Atherton, Gideon Haigh, Henry Blofeld, Vic Marks, Tanya Aldred, Andy Bull, Tim de Lisle, Emma John and Scyld Berry. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.
"There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any it's obviously Wisden" Andrew Baker in The Daily Telegraph
@WisdenAlmanack
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1536 pages, Hardcover
Published July 26, 2022
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January 1, 2023
The annual almanack includes accounts of all important games played in the previous year, but 2021 was a rather dull one for cricket, so many matches being cancelled on account of Covid. The regular chronicle of cricket stories from the press, and the index of unusual occurrences, both usually amusing features of Wisden, were consequently also a disappointment. Let's hope for better things with a return to normality.
May 22, 2022
Unless something pretty fundamental happens, reviewing Wisden is something that beggars the question "Why? Why would you do that?", because it has pretty much the same structure every year (i.e. a collection of essays on cricket, a collection of records, a review of tours to England, the English season, English, and other, tours to foreign climes etc. etc.).
This book is no different to that standard formula. If you like that, or have had Wisdens before, and liked them, or collect them, or something like that, you'll like this book. It's what you're used to. If you want to get into a certain type of cricket watching and writing, this is probably going to be a good place to start. It is Wisden after all.
This book is no different to that standard formula. If you like that, or have had Wisdens before, and liked them, or collect them, or something like that, you'll like this book. It's what you're used to. If you want to get into a certain type of cricket watching and writing, this is probably going to be a good place to start. It is Wisden after all.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews