Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, or simply Wisden, colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom.[1] The description "Bible of cricket" (or variations thereof) has been applied to Wisden since the early 1900s.[2][3][4] In October 2013, an all-time Test World XI was announced to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[5][6][7]
Editor | Lawrence Booth |
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Categories | Cricket |
Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Total circulation | 50,000 (2006) |
Founder | John Wisden |
First issue | 1864; 160 years ago (1864) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London, England |
Website | wisden |
Between 1998 and 2005, an Australian edition of Wisden was published.[8] An Indian version, edited by Suresh Menon, was produced annually from 2013 to 2018,[9] but discontinued following the publication of a combined 2019 and 2020 issue.[10][11][12]