Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2026

Lawrence Booth (Anthology Editor)

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2026

Lawrence Booth (Anthology Editor)

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

In this 163rd edition, Tanya Aldred looks at cricket's historic links with the mining community and Harry Pearson goes on a nostalgic journey around the vanished grounds of the county game. As tension between India and Pakistan reached breaking point, threatening the equilibrium of the global game, Gideon Haigh delves into a long and complex relationship. Osman Samiuddin reports on the headlong fall of Imran Khan, while Derek Pringle remembers Dickie Bird.

As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the authoritative obituaries. 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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Part One – Comment
Including: Wisden Honours, Notes by the Editor, Five Cricketers of the Year, Wisden Trophy, Wisden Writing Competition, Photograph of the Year

Part Two – The Wisden Review
Including: Books, Media, Retirements, Laws of the game, Environment, Obituaries

Part Three – English International Cricket
Including: The team, the players, reviews, match reports (Tests, T20s, etc)

Part Four – English Domestic Cricket
Including: Rothesay County Championship, One-Day Competitions

Part Five – Overseas Cricket
Including: country reviews, Cricket Round the World

Part Six – Overseas Franchise Cricket
Including: KFC Men's Big Bash League, Tata Indian Premier League

Part Seven – Women's Cricket
Including: review, international series, The Counties Women's Hundred

Part Eight – Records and Registers
Including births and deaths

Part Nine – The Almanack
Including: official bodies, umpires and referees, anniversaries, honours and awards, trade directory, index of unusual occurrences

Product details

Published	Jun 02 2026
Format	Hardback
Edition	163rd
Pages	1520
ISBN	9781399427210
Imprint	Wisden
Dimensions	6 x 4 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Lawrence Booth

Lawrence Booth is the cricket correspondent of the…

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