Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019: An all-encompassing read
The HinduOn the cover of the 2019 Wisden Almanack is a defining image from India’s tour of England last year. Virat Kohli The Indian men’s captain was named the Leading Cricketer in the World for an unprecedented third year in a row by the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Now, they do not seem unreasonable.” Ball-tampering The year gone by was a turbulent one for Australian cricket, with three of its star players Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft banned from international and first-class cricket for their involvement in the ball-tampering incident during the Newlands Test against South Africa in March 2018. In his chapter on the acrimonious episode, Gideon Haigh writes, “It had lent Australian cricket the look of English cricket in the 1990s — anxious, introspective, joyless, vulnerable.” In his notes at the beginning, Booth writes the outrage in the aftermath was ‘disproportionate’ but is quick to point out that “To cheat so brazenly confirmed a widely held suspicion: Australia believed they were above the law.” The reviews of domestic and international series are an integral part of the almanack.
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