The Shorter Wisden 2013
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WISDEN CRICKETERS’ ALMANACK
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Co-editor
Hugh Chevallier
Deputy editors
Steven Lynch
and
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Assistant editor
James Coyne
Contributing editor
Richard Whitehead
Production co-ordinator
Peter Bather
Chief statistician
Philip Bailey
Proofreader
Charles Barr
Database and typesetting
Stephen Cubitt
Publisher
Charlotte Atyeo
Consultant publisher
Christopher Lane
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by Simon Wilde
What editing Wisden meant to me
The Cricket Reporting Agency
by Murray Hedgcock
A production in five acts
by Robert Winder
Engraved in the memory
by Rupert Bates
Collecting Wisden
by Patrick Kidd
1864 and all that
by Hugh Chevallier
Tendulkar’s 100 hundreds
by Simon Barnes
The fastest spell of all?
by Christian Ryan
The hardest decision of my life
by Steve Davies
The Leading Cricketer in the World, 2012
50 years of touring England (and Five Wisden Trophy moments)
by Tony Cozier
Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1945–2013
Cricket and corruption: For the better – or worse?
by Ed Hawkins
Wisden’s writing competition 2012
The one-day game: Five decades of hits and giggles
by Tanya Aldred
A question of talent
by Mike Atherton
Part Three – The Wisden Review
Cricket books, 2012
by John Crace
Cricket in the media, 2012
by Jonathan Liew
Cricket on Eurosport
by James Coyne
Cricket and blogs, 2012
by S. A. Rennie
Cricketana
by David Rayvern Allen
Cricket and the weather, 2012
by Philip Eden
Cricket and the Laws in 2012
by Fraser Stewart
Part Four – English International Cricket
England in 2012
by Stephen Brenkley
England players in 2012 by
Lawrence Booth
Pakistan v England in the UAE, 2011-12
Part Five – English Domestic Cricket
World cricket in 2012
by Simon Wilde
Women’s World Twenty20, 2012-13
by Alison Mitchell
Australia in 2012
by Daniel Brettig
Bangladesh in 2012
by Utpal Shuvro
New Zealand in 2011
by Andrew Alderson
Pakistan in 2012
by Osman Samiuddin
South Africa in 2012
by Colin Bryden
Sri Lanka in 2012
by Sa’adi Thawfeeq
West Indies in 2012
by Tony Cozier
Zimbabwe in 2012
by Mehluli Sibanda
Afghanistan in 2012
by Shahid Hashmi
Kenya in 2012
by Martin Williamson
The American satirist Ambrose Bierce once wrote a review consisting of a single line: “The covers of this book are too far apart.” As far as we know,
Wisden
escaped his censure, although it may have helped that he appears to have vanished on Boxing Day 1913 in Chihuahua, Mexico – where sales of the Almanack have always been
disappointing. I trust Ambrose would have appreciated that the 150th edition was never going to be one of the slimmer volumes. A special Part One marks the milestone, and the Comment section
– including Notes by the Editor – now makes up Part Two.
For the sake of simplicity after a year in which England played bilateral series against five different opponents, we have included all their matches in one section, so there is no longer any
need to jump around to piece together the chronology; since recent editions have included special Ashes sections, this seemed like the logical next step.
The cover has been tweaked too, with pride of place given to the Eric Ravilious wood engraving that first appeared on
Wisden
75 years ago. The familiar photo jacket will return next
year.
Wisden has adapted in other ways. The first
Wisden India Almanack
, edited by Suresh Menon, was published in December, and this year has already included the launch of
The
Nightwatchman
, a new quarterly magazine. Along with our regular online publication,
Wisden EXTRA
, it means the long-form writing that is central to
Wisden
is now more
available, all year round, than ever.
The compilation of
Wisden 2013
required another frighteningly dedicated team effort. Hugh Chevallier, our co-editor, was a beacon of strength and sagacity; deputy editors Harriet
Monkhouse and Steven Lynch were their tireless, eagle-eyed selves; assistant editor James Coyne was indispensable. Christopher Lane deserves special mention for his contributions to the 150th
section.