Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2000 / The Millenium Edition

With its time-honored mixture of statistics and reports, accolades and unexpected happenings, Wisden assesses a year of controversy and achievement for men and women within the sport of cricket. This Millennium Wisden edition will feature a special section devoted to cricket in the twentieth-century. The highlight will be the selection and appreciation of Five Cricketers of the Century. Chosen by a panel of one-hundred cricketing experts, the names of the five will not be announced until publication. Also included, as a once-only offer, Wisden will be packaged with a free paperback book celebrating its publication in every year of the twentieth century, with an extract from every edition of Wisden from 1900 to 1999.

137th Edition

"Another beauty, well-ordered, readable, evocative. No other sport comes close." --The Independent on Sunday

"A rich blend of controversy, erudition and statistical detail"--The Daily Telegraph

As certain as the changing of the seasons, the new edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack heralds the forthcoming season with a review of all things cricketing over the previous year. The third millennium proves no exception on this account, as the famous yellow volume clocks up another year. Yet the 2000 edition, the 137th, is something special, looking back over the whole of the last century of cricket, as well as the year just passed.

As part of this celebration, the five cricketers of the century are listed, and what a selection it is. Alongside the incomparable Bradman stand Hobbs, Sobers, Viv Richards, and Warne. The selection is one for aficionados to debate for many a long evening, and that's just for starters. How about the best 100 matches of the century, one for every year? They're all here too. And that's the beauty of it--Wisden 2000 is guaranteed to bring back many a golden memory.

Elsewhere, this year's edition features the usual array of articles, facts, figures, reports, and miscellany, all edited in a meticulous but lively manner by Matthew Engel, sadly for the last time. This year's contributions include a retrospective on the career of retired Australian captain Mark Taylor, a look back at the 1999 World Cup in England, and a moving tribute to the late great West Indian paceman, Malcolm Marshall. With such breadth, the appeal is as clear as ever.

As a true chronicler of sport, Wisden has been unequaled for many years. Like its predecessors, the 2000 edition will bring pleasure to cricket lovers the world over. --Trevor Crowe, Amazon.co.uk