The Essential Wisden

An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

John Stern, Marcus Williams

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English

Bloomsbury Publishing
10 October 2013

Sports & outdoor recreation; Cricket

The 150 editions of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack have contained a total of more than 133,000 pages since the first edition was published in 1864. Over the years the Almanack – published every year

without fail – has charted the highs and lows of the game, giving its authoritative opinion on the players, the matches and the pressing issues of the day.

The Essential Wisden provides the highlights of all 150 years for the first time. From the forthright Editor’s Notes by the likes of Sydney Pardon, Norman Preston, John Woodcock and Matthew Engel, through reports on key matches around the

world, and features on the game’s top players, to the renowned obituaries of people in and around the game, and a range of cricket’s idiosyncratic “Unusual Occurrences”, John Stern and Marcus Williams distil the Almanack’s most significant and fascinating writing into one anthology.

With the pick of a century and a half of the best cricket writing from leading writers on the game, including John Arlott, Mike Atherton, Neville Cardus, Gideon Haigh, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and E. W. Swanton, and famous players such as Don Bradman, Denis Compton, Learie Constantine, Fred Spofforth, Mike Brearley and Michael Vaughan, The Essential Wisden provides a fascinating lens through which to view the evolution of the game.

Edited by: John Stern, Marcus Williams
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 1.395kg
ISBN: 9781408178966
ISBN 10: 1408178966
Pages: 896
Publication Date: 10 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Stern is a former editor of The Wisden Cricketer magazine and writes on cricket for, among others, The Times and All Out Cricket magazine. He is the author of Cricket: The Definitive Guide to the International Game and co-author of Wisden's Youth Cricket Coaching. Marcus Williams was a senior member of The Times sports department for more than 30 years. He also edited The Way to Lord's and Double Century: 200 Years of Cricket in The Times, and co-wrote The Wisden Book of Cricket Memorabilia.