2008
The first Wisden under the editorship of Scyld Berry of the Sunday Telegraph attempted to be more of a cricketer's Almanack, featuring Test and tour reports by the likes of Nasser Hussain, Michael Holding and Ravi Shastri, and other articles by Ian Bishop, Ian Chappell and Ian Healy. Berry's inaugural Notes by the Editor express concern at the growing trend towards physical violence on the field, and also castigate the English board for failing in its responsibilities towards the domestic game. The articles include an appreciation of Sir Donald Bradman in the year of his centenary, a look at the county season through the eyes of four of its stalwart performers, and appreciations of three retired superstars: Adam Gilchrist, Brian Lara and Glenn McGrath. England opener Andrew Strauss assesses "What Duncan Fletcher did for us", while the World Cup and inaugural ICC World Twenty20 championship are also covered in detail. The traditional Five Cricketers of the Year (Ian Bell, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ottis Gibson, Ryan Sidebottom and Zaheer Khan) are feted alongside five prominent players from the past who, for various reasons, missed out on the honour. They are Abdul Qadir, Bishan Bedi, Wes Hall, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Jeff Thomson. A new award for the leading schools cricketer of the year is introduced: the first winner is Jonathan Bairstow, son of the former England wicketkeeper David. The 2008 Almanack was available in various formats: traditional hard and soft cover, large-format, leather-bound and, for the first time, in electronic ebook form.
Editor Scyld Berry
Pages 1680
Price £40
A marriage made in cyberspace
Cricket and the Internet, 2007
Gandhi: did he spin more than khadi?
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
Gilly walks into the sunset
Jacques Kallis
The Leading Cricketer in the World
Never a cricketer of the year
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008 - Five who somehow missed out
Only in Tassie
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
Salmon at deep midwicket
Scratching a living
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
The appeal of technology - video referrals
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
The County Cricketer's Year: Gareth Batty
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
The County Cricketers' Year - AJ Harris
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
The County Cricketers' Year - Luke Sutton
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
The County Cricketers' Year - Richard Montgomerie
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
The Wisden Forty
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
Tragedy at the World Cup
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
What Duncan did for us
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year
Jonathan Bairstow wins inaugural award
Series included
Australia v India 2007-08
Australia v Sri Lanka 2007-08
Bangladesh v India, 2007
England v India 2007
ICC World Twenty20, 2007-08
India v Australia 2007-08
India v Pakistan 2007-08
India v Sri Lanka 2006-07
India v West Indies, 2006-07
New Zealand v Bangladesh 2007-08
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
South Africa v New Zealand 2007-08
South Africa v Pakistan 2007-08
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh 2007
Sri Lanka v England 2007-08
The Afro-Asia Cup 2007
The Future Cup in Ireland 2007
The Warid Cricket Series 2007
The World Cup 2006-07
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh 2006-07
Zimbabwe v South Africa 2007
Zimbabwe v West Indies 2007-08
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