2000
The Millennium edition included a special section looking back at the entire 20th century. The centrepiece was the announcement of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Century, voted on by a panel of 100 prominent cricket figures from around the world - writers, commentators and ex-players. Every one of them voted for Don Bradman, and 90 for Garry Sobers. The final three spots were more closely contested, but went to Jack Hobbs, Viv Richards and Shane Warne. There were also looks back at the best summers, the best photographs and the best matches of the previous century, while Yorkshire were anointed County of the Century despite having won the last of their 26 Championship titles in 1968. Outside the special section there were tributes to Malcolm Marshall, who had died of cancer, and the late E. W. Swanton, plus coverage of the 1999 World Cup in England. The traditional Five Cricketers of the Year all came from outside England, who had endured a miserable home summer: Chris Cairns, Rahul Dravid, Lance Klusener, Tom Moody and Saqlain Mushtaq. This was the last almanack for four years to be edited by Matthew Engel, who had been posted to Washington by his newspaper, The Guardian.
Editor Matthew Engel
Pages 1600
Price £29.99
A century of cricket writing
A tale more often of quantity than quality, 2000
A hundred matches of the century
From Lord's to the Bellerive Oval, 2000
Books received in 1999
County of the century
Yorkshire, by a distance, 2000
Cricket books, 1999
The ghost of Tufnell and more, 2000
Five cricketers of the century
Five cricketers of the century: Shane Warne
Five cricketers of the century: Sir Donald Bradman
Five cricketers of the century: Sir Garfield Sobers
Five cricketers of the century: Sir Jack Hobbs
Five cricketers of the century: Sir Vivian Richards
Images of the century
Victor Trumper to Jonty Rhodes, 2000
Summers of the century (1)
A stormy relationship - cricket under the thumb of the weather, 2000
Summers of the century (2)
1947: Compton and Edrich's summer of summers, 2000
Taylor: his place in the Pantheon
The man who made Australia winners again, 2000
The great fast bowler: Malcolm Marshall
Series included
Coca-Cola Champions Trophy, 1998-99
Coca-Cola Cup, 1998-99
England in Australia, 1998-99
ICC World Cup, 1999
Meril Challenge Cup, 1998-99
Meril International Tournament, 1998-99
Pepsi Cup, 1998-99
Sahara Cup, 1998-99
The Asian Test Championship, 1998-99
The Australians in Pakistan, 1998-99
The Australians in the West Indies, 1998-99
The Carlton & United Series, 1998-99
The Indians in New Zealand, 1998-99
The Indians in Zimbabwe, 1998-99
The Indians in Zimbabwe, 1998-99
The New Zealanders in England, 1999
The Pakistanis in India, 1998-99
The South Africans in New Zealand, 1998-99
The West Indies in South Africa, 1998-99
The Zimbabweans in Pakistan, 1998-99
When cricket really was the winner
© John Wisden & Co.
