2020
The 157th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack celebrates England men's achievement in winning the World Cup for the first time in their history, after a final for the ages against New Zealand at Lord's. The player of the match on that day, Ben Stokes, is named as the leading cricketer in the world, having also sealed England's remarkable one-wicket victory over Australia in the Headingley Test. "Against red ball or white, he was a force of nature," writes the editor, Lawrence Booth. Ellyse Perry is named as the leading woman cricketer for the second time, and is also honoured as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, alongside Jofra Archer, Pat Cummins, Simon Harmer and Marnus Labuschagne. This year's almanack runs to 1536 pages and contains a special 80-page World Cup section, as well as 56 pages of obituaries, including those for two greats of the game, Bob Willis and Abdul Qadir.
Editor Lawrence Booth
Pages 1536
Price £55
'I must have been bloody mad' - Bob Willis, 1949-2019
'Whatever happens will not define you' - Memories of the 2019 World Cup final Super Over
A history of left-handed batting
Abandoning Bairstow for Beyonce - Watching the World Cup final
County outgrounds
Cricket and gender
Cricket and mental health: A healing at Lord's
England's multicultural World Cup winners
Indian cricket's greatest nursery
Red Rose to the top - Wisden's Champion County
Stop the Seventy Tour
The birth of The Hundred
The ICC Men's World Cup in 2019 - review
Women at MCC
Series included
Afghanistan vs Ireland in India in 2018-19
Australia vs New Zealand, 2019-20
Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2019-20
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 2019-20
England v Australia, 2019
England v Ireland in 2019
England v Pakistan, 2019
India v Australia, 2018-19
India v South Africa, 2019-20
India vs Bangladesh, 2019-20
Ireland vs Afghanistan, 2019
Ireland vs Zimbabwe, 2019
New Zealand v England, 2019-20
New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 2018-19
New Zealand vs India, 2018-19
Pakistan vs Australia in UAE, 2018-19
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 2019-20
South Africa v England, 2019-20
South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 2018-19
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2019
West Indies v England, 2018-19
West Indies vs India, 2019
World Cup final 2019: England v New Zealand
© John Wisden & Co.
