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Wisden Cricketers Almanack

Ben Stokes Named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer of the Year For Second Consecutive Year

England's talisman all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named as Wisden's leading cricketer of the year for the second consecutive year on Thursday.

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VVS Laxman ‘Shocked’ to See Rohit Sharma’s Exclusion From Wisden Cricket Awards List, Says World Cup Was Bigger Than The Ashes

The Wisden gave India's ODI deputy Rohit Sharma a miss while naming the Five Cricketers of the Year in 2019.

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Ben Stokes Named Wisden’s Leading Men’s Cricketer in World; Ellyse Perry Bags Women’s Honours

Stokes is the first Englishman to receive the honour since former captain Andrew Flintoff in 2005.

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Smriti Mandhana is Wisden’s Leading Women’s Cricketer of the Year

This is the first Wisden honour for Mandhana, who in 2018 amassed 1291 runs across ODIs and T20Is. 

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Virat Kohli named Wisden Cricketer of the Year for third time in a row

This makes it an unprecedented three years in a row that Kohli, 30, has found it to the publication's list. 

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Sachin Tendulkar becomes first Indian to feature on Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack cover

The 2014 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack will be published in London.

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Wisden believes cricket is set for ‘colonial-style divide and rule’ future

The 2014 edition of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack raises questions on the future of the sport.

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John Wisden honoured by Google in latest doodle

Born on September 5, 1826, the legendary John Wisden, whose eponymous Almanack serves as a cricketing bible to millions of followers of the sport around the globe, was honoured by Google in their doodle on is his 187th birth anniversary.

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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack is now 150 not out

It started as a the work of a former cricketer looking to secure an income in his retirement and was priced at a modest one shilling.

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UPA floats Duckworth-Lewis bill to decide fate of blocked bills

Taking a leaf out of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack, the United Progressive Alliance UPA government has floated the Duckworth-Lewis bill, to decide the fate of any bill stalled in the Parliament due to frequent adjournment.

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