Why is Wisden called the Bible of cricket?
Wisden, the book known as the Bible of cricket, contains all information about cricket. Besides details about cricketers from 1877 onwards, it has details about matches, records, scoreboards, laws, regulations etc from that year onwards.
It is the firm known as John Wisden, established in 1850 brings out this book every year. The first edition was published in 1864.
Every year Wisden confers the title of ‘Cricketer of the Year’ on 5 players. Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid are some of the Indian players who have been given this honour.
In 2001, Wisden had also selected 5 players as the ‘Cricketers of the Century’. They are Don Bradman (Australia), Gary Sobers (West Indies), Jack Hobbs (England), Viv Richards (West Indies) and Shane Warne (Australia).
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Why is Wisden called the Bible of cricket?
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