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Wisden Cricketers of the Year

Cricket award in the United Kingdom

Cricket award in the United Kingdom

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based "primarily for their influence on the previous English season".{{cite book |last=Wilde |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Wilde |date=2013 |title=Wisden Cricketers of the Year: A Celebration of Cricket's Greatest Players |location=London |publisher=John Wisden and Co |isbn=978-1408140840 |page=ix}} The award began in 1889 with the naming of "Six Great Bowlers of the Year", and continued with the naming of "Nine Great Batsmen of the Year" in 1890 and "6 Great Wicket-Keepers" in 1891.

Since 1897, with a few notable exceptions, the annual award has recognised five players of the year. No players were named in 1916 or 1917, as the First World War prevented any first-class cricket being played in England, while in 1918 and 1919 the recipients were five schoolboy cricketers. Warner was first honoured in 1904, but received a second award in 1921 for his last season in first-class cricket, when he led Middlesex to a County Championship win.

From 2000 to 2003 the award was made based on players' impact on cricket worldwide rather than just the preceding season in England,

The oldest surviving recipient of the award is Neil Harvey (1954), which he became in February 2022 with the death of Sonny Ramadhin. The longest that a recipient has lived after receiving the award is 77 years by Harry Calder (1918), who died in 1995. Calder, however, uniquely for a male recipient, played no first-class cricket. Among first-class players, the longest-lived after receipt of the award is 74 years by Wilfred Rhodes (1899).

Eleven women have been chosen: Claire Taylor (2009), Charlotte Edwards (2014), Heather Knight (2018), Natalie Sciver (2018), Anya Shrubsole (2018), Tammy Beaumont (2019), Ellyse Perry (2020), Dane van Niekerk (2022), Harmanpreet Kaur (2023), Ashleigh Gardner (2024), Sophie Ecclestone (2025).

TOC

List of Cricketers of the Year

YearRecipient(s)
1889George Lohmann, Johnny Briggs, John Ferris, Charles Turner, Sammy Woods, Bobby Peel
1890Bobby Abel, Billy Barnes, Billy Gunn, Louis Hall, Robert Henderson, Maurice Read, Arthur Shrewsbury, Frank Sugg, Albert Ward
1891Jack Blackham
1892William Attewell
1893Herbie Hewett
1894George Giffen
1895Bill Brockwell
1896W. G. Grace
1897Syd Gregory
1898Frederick Bull
1899Wilfred Rhodes
1900Joe Darling
1901Tip Foster
1902Len Braund
1903Warwick Armstrong
1904Colin Blythe
1905Bernard Bosanquet
1906David Denton
1907Jack Crawford
1908Albert Hallam
1909Walter Brearley
1910Warren Bardsley
1911Harry Foster
1912Frank Foster
1913John Wisden
1914Major Booth
1915Johnny Douglas
1918Harry Calder
1919Percy Adams
1920Andy Ducat
1921Pelham Warner
1922Hubert Ashton
1923Arthur Carr
1924Arthur Gilligan
1925Bob Catterall
1926Jack Hobbs
1927George Geary
1928Roger Blunt
1929Les Ames
1930Ted Bowley
1931Donald Bradman
1932Bill Bowes
1933Ewart Astill
1934Fred Bakewell
1935Stan McCabe
1936Jock Cameron
1937Charlie Barnett
1938Tom Goddard
1939Hugh Bartlett
1940Learie Constantine
1947Alec Bedser
1948Martin Donnelly
1949Lindsay Hassett
1950Trevor Bailey
1951Godfrey Evans
1952Bob Appleyard
1953Harold Gimblett
1954Neil Harvey
1955Bruce Dooland
1956Colin Cowdrey
1957Dennis Brookes
1958Peter Loader
1959Les Jackson
1960Ken Barrington
1961Neil Adcock
1962Bill Alley
1963Don Kenyon
1964Brian Close
1965Geoffrey Boycott
1966Colin Bland
1967Bob Barber
1968Asif Iqbal
1969Jimmy Binks
1970Basil Butcher
1971Jack Bond
1972Geoff Arnold
1973Greg Chappell
1974Keith Boyce
1975Dennis Amiss
1976Ian Chappell
1977Mike Brearley
1978Ian Botham
1979David Gower
1980Joel Garner
1981Kim Hughes
1982Terry Alderman
1983Imran Khan
1984Mohinder Amarnath
1985Martin Crowe
1986Phil Bainbridge
1987John Childs
1988Jonathan Agnew
1989Kim Barnett
1990Jimmy Cook
1991Mike Atherton
1992Curtly Ambrose
1993Nigel Briers
1994David Boon
1995Brian Lara
1996Dominic Cork
1997Sanath Jayasuriya
1998Matthew Elliott
1999Ian Austin
2000Chris Cairns
2001Mark Alleyne
2002Andy Flower
2003Matthew Hayden
2004Chris Adams
2005Ashley Giles
2006Matthew Hoggard
2007Paul Collingwood
2008Ian Bell
2009James Anderson
2010Stuart Broad
2011Tamim Iqbal
2012Tim Bresnan
2013Nick Compton
2014Shikhar Dhawan
2015Moeen Ali
2016Jonny Bairstow
2017Ben Duckett
2018Shai Hope
2019Tammy Beaumont
2020Jofra Archer
2021Zak Crawley
2022Jasprit Bumrah
2023Tom Blundell
2024Harry Brook
2025Gus Atkinson

References

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References

  1. "Wisden – 1889". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. "Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. Anthony Bradbury. "The first century, 1989 – Wisden's cricketers of the year". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Dixon, A. S.. (1945). "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack".
  5. The 1889 award was subtitled ''Six Great Bowlers of the Year''.
  6. The 1890 award was subtitled ''Nine Great Batsmen of the Year''.
  7. The 1891 award was subtitled ''Five Great Wicket-Keepers''.
  8. The 1892 award was subtitled ''Five Great Bowlers''.
  9. The 1893 award was subtitled ''Five Batsmen of the Year''.
  10. The 1894 award was subtitled ''Five All-Round Cricketers''.
  11. The 1895 award was subtitled ''Five Young Batsmen of the Season''.
  12. The 1897 award was subtitled ''Five Cricketers of the Season''.
  13. The 1899 award was subtitled ''Five Cricketers of the Year''.
  14. The 1900 award was subtitled ''Five Cricketers of the Season''.
  15. The 1901 award was subtitled ''Mr R. E. Foster and Four Yorkshiremen''.
  16. The 1909 award was subtitled ''Lord Hawke and Four Cricketers of the Year''.
  17. The 1912 award was subtitled ''Five Members of the MCC's Team in Australia''.
  18. The 1919 award was subtitled ''Five Public School Cricketers of the Year''.
  19. The 1920 award was subtitled ''Five Batsmen of the Year''.
  20. "Wisden – 1997". ESPNcricinfo.
  21. Awarded to a Pakistani player but not listed as a result of [[Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy. alleged match-fixing]]. "If [the player in question] were exonerated, then it would be possible to reconsider the position," explained [Scyld] Berry. "That's why I didn't pick anyone else instead. But as things stand, we don't feel we can choose him. It's all very sad."
  22. (9 April 2014). "Wisden honour for Dhawan, Edwards". Wisden India.
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