Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
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From William Goldwin to the Barmy Army, poetry about cricket has been around for as long as the sport itself. In Wisden 2025, Elgan Alderman explores the history of cricketing verse. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Chapter and verse: A history of cricket’s rhymes and poems | Wisden Almanack
Elgan Alderman’s feature on a history of cricketing verses of the ICC rights originally appeared in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
From William Goldwin to the Barmy Army, poetry about cricket has been around for as long as the sport itself. In Wisden 2025, Elgan Alderman explores the history of cricketing verse. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
There are just two days left to enter our annual writing competition. Submit your entry by the end of Friday for a chance to win a £250 voucher and see your work published in next year's almanack: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There are just two days left to enter our annual writing competition. Submit your entry by the end of Friday for a chance to win a £250 voucher and see your work published in next year's almanack: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
Last year, New Zealand ripped up the formbook to inflict a first home series defeat on India since 2012-13. Read the series review and full Test reports from the current edition of Wisden Almanack by clicking on the image. www.wisden.com/series/india...
Classic David v Goliath: How New Zealand Inflicted A Historic Clean-Sweep On India | Wisden Almanack
New Zealand toured India in 2024/25 for three Test matches and lost the series 3-0. R Kaushik’s tour report as well as all three match reports appeared in the 2025 edition of Wisden Cricketer’s Almana...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Last year, New Zealand ripped up the formbook to inflict a first home series defeat on India since 2012-13. Read the series review and full Test reports from the current edition of Wisden Almanack by clicking on the image. www.wisden.com/series/india...
It's not too late to enter this year's Wisden Writing Competition. For a chance to see your work published in the 2026 almanack, submit your entry before the end of October. Click on the link for all the details. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It's not too late to enter this year's Wisden Writing Competition. For a chance to see your work published in the 2026 almanack, submit your entry before the end of October. Click on the link for all the details. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
"I was very scared of fast bowling." Aunshuman Gaekwad overcame a rocky start to become a resolute opening batsman, who won 40 caps. He is remembered in the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Aunshuman Gaekwad Obituary: ‘Always Courageous’ Indian Opener | Wisden Almanack
Aunshuman Gaekwad died on July 31, 2024, aged 71. An opening batter, he played 40 Test matches and 15 ODIs between 1974/75 and 1987/88. He was remembered in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"I was very scared of fast bowling." Aunshuman Gaekwad overcame a rocky start to become a resolute opening batsman, who won 40 caps. He is remembered in the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
In 1844, the USA played and hosted the first international cricket match. In Wisden 2025, Andy Bull considers whether cricket can truly crack America. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
‘It’s Going To Take Decades’: 275 Years On, Can Cricket Finally Crack The USA? | Wisden Almanack
In 1844, the USA played and hosted the first international cricket match. Andy Bull’s feature on USA cricket originally appeared in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In 1844, the USA played and hosted the first international cricket match. In Wisden 2025, Andy Bull considers whether cricket can truly crack America. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Robin Hobbs was the last England leg-spinner to take 1,000 first-class wickets – but he only played seven times for his country, at a time when wrist-spin was unfashionable. He is remembered in the 2025 edition of Wisden. Click on the image to read. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Robin Hobbs Obituary: Last England Leg-Spinner To Take 1,000 First-Class Wickets | Wisden Almanack
Robin Hobbs died on May 8, 2024, aged 81. A rare England post-War leg-spinner, he played seven Test matches between 1967 and 1971. He was remembered in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Robin Hobbs was the last England leg-spinner to take 1,000 first-class wickets – but he only played seven times for his country, at a time when wrist-spin was unfashionable. He is remembered in the 2025 edition of Wisden. Click on the image to read. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Rummaging in county cupboards brings all sorts of curiosities to light. Kit Harris goes around the north of England in nine objects, in the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Ties That Bind: Around The North Of England In Nine Objects | Wisden Almanack
Kit Harris used nine objects to chronicle nine English county cricket clubs. The piece originally appeared in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Rummaging in county cupboards brings all sorts of curiosities to light. Kit Harris goes around the north of England in nine objects, in the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Last year, Australia won a home series from 1-0 down for the first time since 1968/69. Read Gideon Haigh’s tour review and all five match reports from India’s tour of Australia, from the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/series/austr...
Australia V India In 2024/25: ‘Better Prepared, Better Selected, Better Coached And Better Led’ Hosts Regain Border-Gavaskar-Trophy | Wisden Cricket Almanack
India toured Australia in 2024/25 for five Test matches and lost the series 1-4. Gideon Haigh’s tour report as well as all five match reports appeared in the 2025 edition of Wisden Cricketer’s Almanac...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last year, Australia won a home series from 1-0 down for the first time since 1968/69. Read Gideon Haigh’s tour review and all five match reports from India’s tour of Australia, from the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/series/austr...
It’s 100 years since Jack Hobbs equalled, and then surpassed, W. G. Grace’s record for most first-class centuries. In this year’s Almanack, Leo McKinstry looked back at Hobbs’s summer of summers. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
A Wisden Cricketer Of The Year, Twice: The 1925 Summer That Saw Jack Hobbs Achieve A Rare Honour | Wisden Almanack
In 1925, Jack Hobbs went past WG Grace’s record of most first-class centuries. Leo McKinstry’s feature on Hobbs’ golden summer originally appeared in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
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August 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s 100 years since Jack Hobbs equalled, and then surpassed, W. G. Grace’s record for most first-class centuries. In this year’s Almanack, Leo McKinstry looked back at Hobbs’s summer of summers. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
We thought you might like to see the Wisden Almanack cricket team, which played its annual match today. How many do you recognise?
June 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We thought you might like to see the Wisden Almanack cricket team, which played its annual match today. How many do you recognise?
Today is the deadline for applications for the post of Assistant Editor of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Have you thrown your hat into the ring? bloomsbury.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Assistant Editor, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack - London
This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Editor to join the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack team, working on perhaps the most famous sports book in the world, published annually since 1864.
The s...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today is the deadline for applications for the post of Assistant Editor of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Have you thrown your hat into the ring? bloomsbury.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
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...
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.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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...
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.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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...
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.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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...
A rare opportunity to come and work, full-time, for Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. bloomsbury.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Assistant Editor, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack - London
This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Editor to join the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack team, working on perhaps the most famous sports book in the world, published annually since 1864.
The s...
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May 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A rare opportunity to come and work, full-time, for Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. bloomsbury.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
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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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
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May 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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.
May 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A debut outing for @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social, on whether county members owning clubs is (or could soon be) nearing an end.
We’re top of the indie charts! Have you bought your Almanack yet? And if not, why not? www.thebookseller.com/bestsellers/...
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...
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April 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Always a special day in the cricket calendar when this lands on your doorstep @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Always a special day in the cricket calendar when this lands on your doorstep @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social
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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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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’…
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April 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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!
@wisdenalmanack.bsky.social @wisdencricket.bsky.social @lancscricket.bsky.social
@wisdenalmanack.bsky.social @wisdencricket.bsky.social @lancscricket.bsky.social
“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...
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.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“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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April 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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.
April 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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
April 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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