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The AgeCaptain Vaughan's little Ashes secretThe Age, AustraliaINCIDENTALLY that famous series victory four years ago was meant to be the elixir for the many ailments of English cricket, particularly at the grassroots. But as Wisden's editor, Scyld Berry, points out in the cricketer's Bible, it has not. ...Hussain backs Flower as coach ESPN STAR SportsHussain backs Flower as England coach Reuters EthiopiaPICK FLOWER, SAYS HUSSAIN Sportinglife.co.zaall 525 news articles
http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/captain-vaughans-little-ashes-secret/2009/04/08/1238870033063.html
The StandardUnique Wisden honor for ClaireThe Standard, Hong KongClaire Taylor, pictured, the leading run-scorer in England's successful World Cup campaign this year, has become the first woman to be named as one of the five cricketers of the year by the annual Wisden almanac. The other four selected in the 146th ...
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=13624&icid=5&d_str=20090408
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...the eye of a reporter and the soul of a poet" according to Wisden's reviewer, Patrick Collins. The 146th edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is launched today and reflects on 12 months where Twenty20 has continued to reshape the game and the sport has...
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CricInfo.comVirender SehwagCricInfo.com, UKThe Leading Cricketer in the World was instituted in Wisden 2004. The five previous winners have been Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan and Jacques Kallis. Players can be chosen more than once for this award. ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/398689.html
CricInfo.comTwenty20 changing players' priorities - WisdenCricInfo.com, UKThe Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year went to James Taylor, from Shrewsbury School, following a phenomenal summer, scoring 898 runs in schools cricket at an astounding average of 179.60. Sweet Summers, a selection of the classic cricket ...A meal ticket for faster play - Wisden's had a gutful Sydney Morning HeraldKevin Pietersen named in Wisden Dream XI guardian.co.ukMitchell Johnson and Ricky Ponting named in Wisden Dream XI Fox SportsSportinglife.co.za - Thaindian.comall 60 news articles
http://usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/398781.html
HoldTheFrontPage.co.ukFormer deputy editor wins major sports book prizeHoldTheFrontPage.co.uk, UKby holdthefrontpage staff A former deputy editor who penned an evocative biography of a "sadly neglected" regional press cricket writer has won his third major award for sporting books. Cricket bible Wisden has today named Duncan Hamilton's Sweet ...
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/sports/090408hamilton.shtml
i95.5 FMWindies Selectors Name Strong Team For Tests In England.i95.5 FM, Trinidad and Tobago... the team will be able to defend the Wisden Trophy won in the recent five-match Digicel Series in the Caribbean. Three members of the team -- opener Dale Richards, and fast bowlers Andrew Richardson and Nelon Pascal -– are yet to play Test cricket; ...
http://www.i955fm.com/Column.aspx?id=104
Times OnlineWisden: the man who transformed English cricketTimes Online, UKHe doesn't look like a radical, but the decision he made in 2004 transformed English cricket. Claude Henderson is a friendly soul, with the classic southern-hemisphere dipped-in-sunshine look: short blond hair, tanned long limbs, large hands and a ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article6047186.ece
Zee NewsPressures of leading England forced Vaughan to quitZee News, India"I wasn`t very good at switching off," Vaughan wrote in the Wisden Cricketers` Almanack 2009. "I thought about the captaincy 24/7 and that is why it took its toll. There is always going to be some negative stuff, like whether you are going to tour ...
http://cricket.zeenews.com/fullstory.aspx?nid=19228
SKNVibes.comWICB says big thank you for fan supportSKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and NevisThe West Indies won the hard fought Test series 1-0 to take the Wisden Trophy. The team also claimed the T20 International, but lost the ODI series 3-2. Many pundits felt that the West Indies should have won the ODI series as well, but a miscalculation ...
http://www.sknvibes.com/Sports/NewsDetails.cfm/1854
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...the war (how little they knew...) and can now be seen in the Lord's museum? Question 6 What connects Hedley Verity, one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1932, and Eric Ravilious, the artist whose woodcut image of two men playing cricket still adorns the...
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Cricket365 NewsVaughan Explains Reasons For QuittingCricket365 News, UKVaughan has been largely silent over the decision to step down, but has now detailed his reasons in an article for the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2009. "For three-quarters of my time I didn't worry about my decision-making," he revealed. ...
http://www.cricket365.co.za/story/0,18305,6656_5152826,00.html
guardian.co.ukKevin Pietersen is not an ear-biter, but nor would he last long on ...guardian.co.uk, UKBy electing Claire Taylor as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, the yellow-jacketed bible cast a light on the England women's team's many overlooked triumphs. World champions in the one day game, they also retained the Ashes in Australia. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/apr/05/cricket-cricket-england-west-indies-2009
CricInfo.comPassing grade for WindiesCricInfo.com, UKMaybe if the Wisden Trophy remains in West Indian hands after the two Tests in England next month without considerable assistance from the weather. Maybe if the Caribbean side can give the Australians a real fight at the end of the year Down Under. ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/398025.html
CricInfo.comClaire Taylor named as Wisden Cricketer of the YearCricInfo.com, UKTaylor was instrumental in both achievements, and established herself as the leading batsman in women's cricket after sealing victory in the Bowral Test. Scyld Berry, the editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, said: "Beating Australia in Australia is ...Wisden names first woman cricketer of the year Telegraph.co.ukWisden hails Claire Taylor as Cricketer of Year Times OnlineWisden should be applauded for Claire Taylor's accolade guardian.co.ukTelegraph.co.uk - Telegraph.co.ukall 167 news articles
http://usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/397895.html
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...front page complete with a letter of protest. So today the question will be asked: will Wisden's choice of Claire Taylor as a Cricketer Of The Year change the face of women's cricket in England? And the answer is a resounding "No". It will help a little bit...
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Cricket WebCricket's 300 MenCricket Web, New ZealandThere are annoying little errors here and there - Wisden Cricketer's Almanack loses its final 'k' , as it often does; Matthew Hayden's triple hundred against Zimbabwe is recorded as taking six hours 48 minutes (he's good, but not that good, ...
http://www.cricketweb.net/cricketbooks/5631.php
Telegraph.co.ukEngland need a miracle in the next 100 days to give them a chance ...Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe England and Wales Cricket Board clearly paid more attention to balance-sheets than the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack when allocating Ashes venues. Another controversial ECB decision will result in the 2009 Ashes being the first home series between ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/5072213/England-need-a-miracle-in-the-next-100-days-to-give-them-a-chance-of-winning-the-Ashes.html
Cricket WebHanif MohammadCricket Web, New ZealandHis form throughout the season was sufficient to see him be named as one of Wisden's Five Players of the Year. Hanif had been the backbone of the Pakistan team for almost fifteen years, but by now his form was starting to slide. ...
http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/101.php
CricInfo.comConspiracy, cock-up and class warCricInfo.com, UK... captain Andrew Strauss asking his players to take more responsibility. We seem to have stepped back in time. Simon Wilde is cricket correspondent of the Sunday Times. This article was first published in the March 2009 issue of the Wisden Cricketer. ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395834.html
CricInfo.comThe mothers of inventionCricInfo.com, UKEven before achieving this distinction, Bakewell had been profiled in Wisden in 1970, where she was described as: "Slight of build and small in stature […]diminutive and a tiny blonde. Although she is small, she is athletically built and gives an ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/396718.html
Emirates Business 24/7He was one Hick of a run machineEmirates Business 24/7, United Arab EmiratesPlaying in the county circuit in the summer and for Zimbabwe in the winter, Hick continued to excel and was named as one the Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1987. It was around that time the youngster made the tough decision of abandoning his ...
http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/3/Pages/26032009/03272009_c7b9d890d9b941389ad6870670e08a39.aspx
Bleacher ReportEngland's Women Show The Men How to WinBleacher Report, CARosalie Deane, the first Australian woman to appear in Wisden, spoke in 1934 of how: “You had to love the game very dearly to stick to it because you were ostracised by society.” For too many, their role in cricket became not in partaking, ...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/143991-englands-women-show-how-to-win
Times OnlinePortrait of Harold Pinter playing cricket to be sold at auctionTimes Online, UKJMBarrie and Terence Rattigan were cricketers while Samuel Beckett even merited a brief dispatch in Wisden. Alan Ayckbourn, Tom Stoppard, David Hare and Ronald Harwood would also appear in a dramatists' XI.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/article5963091.ece
CricInfo.comFrom ecstasy to agonyCricInfo.com, UKAgainst most expectations and by dint of new fighting qualities, the Wisden Trophy had been recaptured after nine agonising years in England's possession. Five days later, the jubilation was further boosted by the spirited, emphatic victory over ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/396360.html
CricInfo.comGideon Haigh on the biography of Australia's first significant ...CricInfo.com, UK... work getting through the blurbs of most Australian cricket books, actually leaves you wanting more. by Greg de Moore Gideon Haigh is a cricket historian and writer. This article was first published in the March 2009 issue of the Wisden Cricketer. ...
http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395810.html
CricInfo.comThere's not too much good news for England as they look ahead to ...CricInfo.com, UKYes, on the evidence of the Wisden Trophy series, he seems too tense to prosper over five days as he does in the shorter formats, too anxious to prove his point and make up for lost time, too Boycottian a judge of a run, too vulnerable in the field, ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395660.html
Cricket365.comEngland`s Collective Pride On The LineCricket365.com, AustraliaPositives from the Wisden Trophy appetiser include Matt Prior, a wicketkeeper whose handling has led his newborn son to consider a restraining order. Prior senior won the Trinidad Man of the Match award despite endangering the world record for extras ...
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...broker," he said. London, Dec.6 : Bloomsbury, the publisher that brought fame to J.K.Rowling by publishing her Harry Potter series, has in it's a possession an idiosyncratic and enduring sporting reference books titled the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack....
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...team except the eleventh man, went into business selling cricket gear. He branched into publishing in 1864, and Wisden's Cricketers Almanack has appeared every year since. Not even a direct hit by the Luftwaffe on the print works in Mortlake, which destroyed...
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...sale would be invested in Cricinfo, the world's most popular cricket website, with 20 million users, and Hawk-Eye. The Wisden Cricketer was formed in 2003 from the merger of Wisden Cricket Monthly and The Cricketer magazines. It has a monthly circulation of...
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... Paul Hawkins, Hawk-eye's creator, will work with Wisden on its development.
Best-known for its annual Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden hopes to use the technology to make inroads into other sports, potentially including football and rugby....
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