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April 03, 2009
Wisden announces cricketers of the year for 2008
The latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has the list of the cricketers of 2008. Remember that the names are primarily chosen based on the English cricket season, and no one can be a "Cricketer of the year" more than once.
This time around, for the first time, a woman has been selected in the list - England batsman Claire Taylor. The others are James Anderson, Dale Benkenstein, Mark Boucher and Neil McKenzie.
This would be such a huge boost for women's cricket in general and in particular in England, considering they won the Women's World Cup recently.
The identity of the "Leading Cricketer in the World" award is not yet known. If the performances from 1 Jan 2008 to 31 Dec 2008 were taken into account, the top 2 in each category are:
Given the sensation he created last year with his bowling style and the effectiveness of his style, and considering he picked up the ICC award for Best Debutant, I wouldn't be surprised if Ajantha Mendis was announced as the "Leading Cricketer in the World".
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March 29, 2007
One leg-spinner on another
Murali is the 'leading cricketer in the world', while Shane Warne is on the cover of the 2007 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
The five cricketers of 2006 are Mahela Jayawardene, Mark Ramprakash, Mohammed Yousuf, Monty Panesar and Paul Collingwood.
Michael Atherton can always boast that while Shane Warne didn't get Dilip Vengsarkar out in a test match, while he did. Athers, whose writing is always as enjoyable to read as his batting was, praises Warne's respect for the game. The only jarring part in his piece is when he talks about batsmen who've played Warne well.
No right-hander, in my view, played him better than Kevin Pietersen, who had such exquisite balance that he was able to change direction — with the drift — while still advancing down the pitch.Pietersen obviously did bat well in 2005 and 2006, but there's this other gent by the name VVS Laxman did so across four series, reducing Warne to a bit part most of the time. It was only in the 2004 series that Warne got Laxman out cheaply and often. Then again, its Athers' article. Maybe he didn't see Laxman bat against Warne.
Wisden 2006 had a section on cricket blogs, and this blog found a place on page 1570!
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April 11, 2006
Wisden 2006 released
The eagerly awaited post-Ashes celebration edition of the Wisden Almanack is out!
Andrew Flintoff is named the 'Leading Cricketer in the World'. The five cricketers of the year are Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones, Brett Lee, Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting.
I was actually surprised to see Ponting's name there. Odd that he has never been named in this list before. I am also surprised that there is no-one named from the English domestic circuit. Then again, it was an Ashes year and England won.
I refuse to chomp on my words of last year though! I never claimed I would do so!
I still think Wisden needs to seriously consider re-evaluating its original [and continued] commitment to not naming someone among its 'Cricketer of the Year' list more than once.
Oh, and apparently there's a section on cricket blogs and their coverage of the Ashes. Perhaps someone who has their hand on the book should let us know more details!
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April 06, 2005
Wisden announces five cricketers of the year
The self-delusional notion that England is the centre of the cricketing universe was what obviously prompted the Wisden Cricket Almanack to announce the five cricketers of the year, the list comprising not one or two or three but five Englishmen - Andrew Strauss, Ashley Giles, Marcus Trescothick, Robert Key and Steve Harmison in the latest edition. Shane Warne was named the cricketer of the year. The fact that he would be moving to England may not necessarily have influenced the editor's choice. Exclusive extracts available at The Times.
How on earth can Wisden ignore the top batsmen and bowlers of 2004? Even assuming that their choice was limited since you only become a cricketer of the year once, they could still have picked a few non-Englishmen, perhaps as a token gesture? Of course, I do sympathise with them since the 2006 edition is unlikely to feature a single English cricketer after an Ashes year.
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December 20, 2004
Wisden Cricket Monthly's tribute to Malcolm Marshall after his death in November 1999.
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November 03, 2004
Darren Lehmann has been named Cricketer of the Year by Wisden Australia. I assume this is for the year 2003-04, the same one where he made lots of runs and got banned for racial abuse in a game against Sri Lanka. Reward? Punishment?
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October 29, 2004
Three Indians figure in the Wisden Almanack list of the hundred fastest scorers in test cricket. They are Kapil Dev (#2), Virender Sehwag (#5) and Krishnamachari Srikkanth (#10). In total contrast to that list is Dravid's scoring rate this series.
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