Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018
Author(s): Lawrence Booth (Editor)
*Paperback edition*In this 155th edition of the Almanack, we celebrate England´s spectacular win over India in the Women's Cricket World Cup. Anya Shrubsole helped to make history at Lord´s and now she becomes the first woman to feature on the front cover of the Almanack.Among the feature articles, Simon Wilde reflects on the passage to England's 1,000th Test, Harry Pearson celebrates 50 years of overseas players in the county game, and Tanya Aldred examines sexism in cricket. Mike Selvey looks at the psychology of the new-ball partnership, while Zafar Ansari explains why he gave it all up at the age of 25. Gideon Haigh has fun with cricketers and their mannerisms, and Andy Zaltzman hails James Anderson's ascent to 500 Test wickets.@WisdenAlmanack
Product Information
The 155th edition of the most famous sports book in the world - published every year since 1864 - contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers every first-class game in every cricket nation, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.
This is Lawrence Booth's seventh year as Editor of Wisden, although he has contributed for many years. He is also cricket writer for the Daily Mail and author of several critically acclaimed cricket books. He is one of the most respected and well liked authorities in the modern game. @the_topspin
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Wisden
- : 0.669956
- : 12 April 2018
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 1488
- : 796.35805
- : English
- : Paperback
- : Lawrence Booth (Editor)