2015
The 152nd edition of the Almanack took aim at the ECB after a year in which "English cricket repeatedly lost touch", in the words of editor, Lawrence Booth. Moeen Ali, one of the Five Cricketers of the Year, featured on the front cover and was also the subject of a nuanced exploration of British Asian identity by Sarfraz Manzoor. Moeen was joined by Gary Ballance, Adam Lyth, Angelo Mathews and Jeetan Patel, while Kumar Sangakkara was named leading cricket in the world (for the second time) and Meg Lanning was the inaugural winner of the leading woman cricketer award. A new section devoted to women's cricket marked the growth of the game. Elsewhere, Ed Hawkins revealed the worrying truth about the fight against corruption and Muttiah Muralitharan explained why the ICC were right to clamp down on chuckers. Less than six months after the death of Phillip Hughes resonated beyond the world of cricket, Andrew Ramsey reflected on the moving response of a nation in shock. There were also pieces remembering WG Grace and Victor Trumper, a century after their deaths, and the usual unusual occurrences, from the first-class debutant given out for shouting to how a bee, a banana and a Babybel all affected matches in 2014.
Editor Lawrence Booth
Pages 1520
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A win and a prayer
Action stations
Australia's soaring eagle
Brazen, bizarre and breathtaking
Come in, No. 11!
The menace of the last-wicket stand
Cricket's colossus
Dinks in the fence
Everyone's little brother
Everyone's little brother
Hell in a handcart
Kumar Sangakkara
Wisden 2015 - Leading cricketer in the world
Lament for a lost world
Meg Lanning
Wisden 2015 - Leading woman cricketer in the world
Moniker mania
Old and flawed, still adored
125 years of the County Championship
Resitting the Tebbit test
Swimming between the flags
Tea with Murali
The incredible story of Captain L. B. W. Woodman (1894-1981)
Wisden writing competition winner, 2014
The master architect
The stuff of life
We must dig in and get through to tea
Series included
Asia Cup, 2013-14
Australia v India, 2014-15
Australia v South Africa, 2014-15
Bangladesh v India, 2014
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 2013-14
England v Sri Lanka, 2014
England v Sri Lanka, 2014-15
England v West Indies, 2013-14
India v England, 2014
India v West Indies, 2014-15
New Zealand v India, 2013-14
New Zealand v South Africa, 2014-15
New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2014-15
Pakistan v Australia, 2014-15
Pakistan v New Zealand, 2014-15
South Africa v Australia, 2013-14
Sri Lanka v India, 2014-15
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2014
Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2014
West Indies v Bangladesh, 2014-15
West Indies v Ireland, 2013-14
West Indies v New Zealand, 2014
West Indies v South Africa, 2014-15
Zimbabwe Triangular Series
Zimbabwe v Afghanistan, 2014
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 2014-15
Zimbabwe v South Africa, 2014-15
© John Wisden & Co.
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