The Cricketers' Who's Who 2023

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Incredibly, most players even listed their personal address and landline number, in case, say, a fan in the shires wanted to ring up their county captain and enquire as to why they weren’t picking their frontline spinner.

View image in fullscreen Middlesex’s Tim Murtagh, who lists his guilty pleasure as ‘bubble baths’ in this year’s Cricketers’ Who’s Who, has also written the foreword. Asked how to go about dismissing Steve Smith, Jack Leach responds simply: “Keep my foot behind the line. According to the ICC rankings, he is also the number one all-rounder in T20Is and ODIs, while placing third in Tests. As the game’s professionals embark on another domestic summer, plenty will have a copy of CWW in their kitbag.You wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out that Mike Hendrick put his long seamer’s fingers to candlestick making come November (close … he did in fact work for the electricity board). The Cricketers’ Who’s Who 2023 is the essential guide to the new cricket season, and is the must-read and much-loved accompaniment for anyone interested in the English game. Not turning 30 until October 2024, he is on course for an all-time great career, comparable to past Pakistani icons like Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf. In 1983 Sproat also committed what Tam Dalyell described as “one of the most spectacular political boobs of all time” by leaving his Aberdeen South seat for a supposedly safer constituency, which he lost. It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died at the age of 52, with a superb assessment by Gideon Haigh, first-person recollections from several of his Test victims, and a statistical analysis by Andy Zaltzman.

It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died far too early in 2022, and looks back at another legendary bowler, S. Or try to keep a dry eye upon reading which animal Mason Crane would choose to be: “A tortoise, because they are always home. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and obituaries. It would be unfair to suggest that’s about the same length of time it takes Sibley to scratch his way to 28, wouldn’t it? If you’re looking for something else to watch, check out our TV Guide or Streaming Guide, or visit our Sport hub for all the latest news.Or we’d open it just to see who’s had the dodgiest haircut or to read out some of the amusing comments. More than 400 players have answered questions ranging from their views on the structure of county cricket to the things that give them joy, giving readers a unique insight into everyone who will be competing this summer, from emerging youngsters to established England stars such as Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer.

Launched in 2010, the Wisden Cricket Photograph of the Year is open to all photographers, amateur or professional, from across the world. Over the next 26 pages we preview the new season, analysing how the 18 counties are shaping up, speaking to a quartet of skippers about the challenges they face, picking out a handful of emerging talents, and profiling two clubs with big ambitions. Detailed career statistics are included for each player, plus there is a round-up of the 2022 season, including tables, averages and MVPs. Since Lord’s failed to sell out their Test match against New Zealand last summer, the subject of ticket pricing for international cricket has been a hot topic.

Wisden also reports on England's triumph at the T20 World Cup, to go alongside their 2019 ODI success, and on their Test team's thrilling rejuvenation under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes. An established T20 genius in the IPL with the Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar Yadav was a difficult player to rank. The all-rounder touches on the impact of limited-overs cricket, the need to look at the structure of county cricket as well as pay, and the pros and cons of overseas players.