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Andy Roberts: Stirring blood with sheer speed – Almanack

Roberts was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975

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Wisden Cricketers of the Year

The Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year represent a tradition that dates back in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to 1889

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Kim Hughes: The millionaire batsman – Almanack

"The marvellous appeal of Hughes’s batting lies in the repertoire of his strokes"

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Peter van der Merwe: An unheralded leader who changed South African cricket culture – Almanack

An easily underrated captain, van der Merwe led South Africa to two significant series wins

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EW Swanton: 'He was often a voice for change' – Almanack

He abhorred sledging, coloured clothing and the four-day Championship

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Ian Salisbury: 'A rarity in more senses than one' – Almanack

Together with his Pakistani counterpart Mushtaq Ahmed, he instigated a romantic revival of leg-spin

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David Hookes: A larger-than-life personality – Almanack

"He played shots Gower wouldn’t have bothered with”

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Clyde Walcott: An uncoached genius who became a true pillar of West Indies cricket – Almanack

One-third of the great 'W' triumvirate, Walcott was upright, commanding and peerless

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Ryan Sidebottom: The man who never gave up – Almanack

"I went home and cried my eyes out. But my dad said: ‘Prove people wrong.’”

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Jos Buttler edges out Ben Stokes to take Wisden Almanack 2020 cover

"It needed something special to keep Ben Stokes off the cover"