COVER REVEAL
Chris Woakes and Mohammed Siraj take the cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2026, publishing 16th April.
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This year, the Almanack completed its retrospective Leading Woman Cricketer of the Year list from 1973 to 2013, before the award was handed out in real time. You can see the list, first published in the 2025 edition, here. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Doug Padgett spent 50 years at Yorkshire, first as a player and later as coach, developing the talents of 18 future England players, including Michael Vaughan. He was remembered in the 2025 edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
Somerset all-rounder Ken Palmer played a solitary Test before a 31-year career as an umpire, standing in 27 Tests and 27 ODIs. He is remembered in the current edition of Wisden. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...
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/...
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/...
"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...
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...
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...
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/...
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...
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/...
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.
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We’re top of the indie charts! Have you bought your Almanack yet? And if not, why not? www.thebookseller.com/bestsellers/...
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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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“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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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
