2013
The 150th Wisden celebrated its sesquicentennial edition in style, with an extra range of articles looking back to its inception in 1864, and also nominating ten "Wisden Moments in Time" which changed the face of cricket, ranging from WG Grace modernising batting in 1871, through Bodyline and Packer, to the first IPL auction. There was also the traditional annual selection of thoughtful articles, including one by Mike Atherton on the vexed subject of "talent", and an atmospheric account of possibly the fastest spell of bowling ever, by Jeff Thomson in a club match in Sydney when he was upset at being left out of the New South Wales side. Turning to the previous year's cricket, South Africa's success in winning their series in England - and replacing them atop the Test rankings - was reflected in three of their successful side (Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn) being named among the Five Cricketers of the Year, alongside Nick Compton and Marlon Samuels. The Australian captain Michael Clarke, who scored a record four Test double-centuries during 2012, was the Leading Cricketer in the World. Other highlights included details of the man who collected medals for winning both divisions of the County Championship, a young player who was out to successive balls on successive days 7,500 miles apart, and Abdur Rehman's feat of playing in a match in Sharjah and one in Sussex on the same day.
Editor Lawrence Booth
Pages 1584
Price £50
Almanack essays
A bank of happy memories
Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1945-2013
And the game changed for ever
Art and graft
Behind the scenes at Wisden
Boy! Copy! Telegram!
Engraved in the memory
Five decades of hit and giggle
The evolution of the one-day game
Flowing conversation
Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1945-2013
For the better - or worse?
It's tough being Kevin
Jeff Thomson is annoyed
Michael Clarke
Wisden 2013 - leading cricketer in the world
No laughing matter
Skilful leader, born juggler
South African time
Wisden Writing Competition Winner, 2012
The glory was in the number
The hardest decision of my life
The very essence of desire
Too good too soon
Two southern gentlemen
Volume control
What editing Wisden meant to me
Series included
Asia Cup, 2011-12
Australia v India, 2011-12
Australia v South Africa, 2012-13
Australia v Sri Lanka, 2012-13
Bangladesh v West Indies, 2012-13
Commonwealth Bank Series, 2011-12
England v Australia, 2012
England v South Africa, 2012
England v West Indies, 2012
India v England, 2012-13
India v New Zealand, 2012
India v Pakistan, 2012-13
New Zealand v South Africa, 2011-12
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, 2011-12
Pakistan v Afghanistan, 2011-12
Pakistan v Australia, 2012
Pakistan v England, 2011-12
South Africa v India, 2011-12
South Africa v New Zealand, 2012-13
Sri Lanka v England, 2011-12
Sri Lanka v India, 2012
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2012-13
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2012
West Indies v Australia, 2011-12
West Indies v New Zealand, 2012
Women's World Twenty20 2012-13
© John Wisden & Co.
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