Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2026 - 163rd Edition by Lawrence Booth (Paperback)

About the Book

The 163rd edition of the most world's famous sports book contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers cricket from all over the globe, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Book Synopsis

*Soft cover edition*

The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864.

Home to some of the finest sports writing of the year - from the likes of Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, Rob Smyth, Patrick Collins, Simon Wilde, Osman Samiuddin, Tony Cozier, Benj Moorehead, Raf Nicholson and Dileep Premachandran - Wisden includes the thought-provoking Notes by the Editor, the famous Cricketers of the Year awards, and the authoritative obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.

"There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: it's obviously Wisden." Andrew Baker, The Daily Telegraph

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Review Quotes

"It is a book of three parts: comment; record; and delightful minutiae, which always brings the most cheer." --Mike Atherton, The Times

"The publication of Wisden is cricket's equivalent of the state opening of Parliament. It's another great edition." --Oborne and Heller on Cricket podcast

"The pages are stacked full of information, quirks and great analysis of the game, as well as being a wonderful record." --Alison Mitchell, BBC World Service Stumped

"The big yellow book. The important one. The one aliens will be reading in hundreds of years' time when we as a species have wiped ourselves out and they've come down to work out how cricket worked." --The Final Word podcast

About the Author

This is Lawrence Booth's fifteenth year as Editor of Wisden. He is one of the most respected and well liked authorities in the modern game. @BoothCricket