
Wisden Cricketers of the Year: The trickiest of selections - Almanack
"County cricket and the women’s game did not deserve to be ignored"
"County cricket and the women’s game did not deserve to be ignored"
“I loved that home support, and was very grateful”
“After the 2005 epic, he was upset, but not crestfallen: after all, normal service would soon be resumed, right?”
"I just wanted to be the best I possibly could be"
"Once you get hit, you’re up and about. It gets you going"
"She has made the exceptional seem routine"
54 answers in seven minutes – don't be daunted
"He possesses an athleticism and physical strength which he combines with an ungainly, almost uncoordinated delivery to produce bowing which…
"Whether batting or keeping wicket, he brimmed over with unshakable self-confidence"
"Though he could dart and jag the ball around on a sappy pitch, he had another, more torturing, weapon: length…
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