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136th edition. Original limp cloth. A very good copy.
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This edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack marks the final pre-millennial outing of possibly the most well known of all sports books. 1999 sees the 136th edition and also the first to number more than 1,500 pages, each crammed with essential and diverting information for cricket enthusiasts. Wisden remains the bible of the UK's summer game and rightly so. Full not only of statistical information, it also captures many other aspects of the game and in doing so manages to capture its true flavour. Match and tour records sit comfortably alongside a varied miscellany of features.
As ever, the editor's notes open up an interesting selection of articles, presenting a straight bat to many of the game's most important issues. Matthew Engel does not shy from the heart of today's issues, tackling betting scandals, racial discrimination in the game, the role of the MCC and also looking forward to the 1999 World Cup to be played in England. Those following the editor in the batting order include Peter Roebuck (on Graeme Hick), Mihir Bose (on corruption in the game) and Mickey Stewart (on changing strategies in one day cricket). According to tradition, five cricketers of the year are honoured, and, perhaps surprisingly, two Englishmen are chosen. Few, though, could argue with the choice of the popular Darren Gough.
It will shock nobody that this edition stands comparison to its predecessors as the classic guide for followers of cricket. More than that, however, it also achieves the editor's aim, consisting of so much more than just a statistical compendium for the cricket fanatic. Wisden can now claim to provide a fascinating read for cricket followers of all shapes and sizes. --Trevor Crowe
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- PublisherPenguin Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0149022077
- ISBN 13 9780149022071
- BindingHardcover
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