Overview

*Large-format hardback edition* 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 – Wisden includes the thought-provoking Notes by the Editor, the famous Cricketers of the Year awards, and the authoritative 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 year: it's obviously Wisden."" Andrew Baker, The Daily Telegraph @WisdenAlmanack

Full Product Details

Author:   Lawrence Booth
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Wisden
Edition:   163rd edition
ISBN:  

9781399427227

ISBN 10:   1399427229
Pages:   1520
Publication Date:   16 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available  
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Table of Contents

Part One – Comment Including: Wisden Honours, Notes by the Editor, Five Cricketers of the Year, Wisden Trophy, Wisden Writing Competition, Photograph of the Year Part Two – The Wisden Review Including: Books, Media, Retirements, Laws of the game, Environment, Obituaries Part Three – English International Cricket Including: The team, the players, reviews, match reports (Tests, T20s, etc) Part Four – English Domestic Cricket Including: LV=County Championship, One-Day Competitions Part Five – Overseas Cricket Including: country reviews, Cricket Round the World Part Six – Overseas Franchise Cricket Including: KFC Men's Big Bash League, Tata Indian Premier League Part Seven – Women's Cricket Including: review, international series, Women's Hundred Part Eight – Records and Registers Including births and deaths Part Nine – The Almanack Including: official bodies, umpires and referees, anniversaries, honours and awards, trade directory, index of unusual occurrences

Reviews

It is a book of three parts: comment; record; and delightful minutiae, which always brings the most cheer. -- Mike Atherton * The Times * The publication of Wisden is cricket’s equivalent of the state opening of Parliament. It’s another great edition. * Oborne and Heller on Cricket podcast * The pages are stacked full of information, quirks and great analysis of the game, as well as being a wonderful record. -- Alison Mitchell * BBC World Service Stumped * The big yellow book. The important one. The one aliens will be reading in hundreds of years’ time when we as a species have wiped ourselves out and they’ve come down to work out how cricket worked. * The Final Word podcast *

Author Information

This is Lawrence Booth's fifteenth year as Editor of Wisden. He is one of the most respected and well liked authorities in the modern game. @BoothCricket

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