Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as 'the Bible of Cricket') is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket and probably the most famous reference book about any sport published in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826-1884), and its annual publication has continued uninterrupted to the present day, making it the longest running sports annual in history. Matthew Engel is the current editor.

Related Topics:
Cricket - United Kingdom - 1864 - John Wisden - Matthew Engel

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Wisden is a small-paged but very thick book (over 1500 pages in modern editions) with a distinctive bright yellow cover that it has carried since 1937 – in previous years, covers varied between yellow, buff and salmon pink. It is published each year in April, just before the start of the English domestic cricket season.

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Collecting old Wisdens is a popular activity among cricket followers, and early editions command high prices. In recent times fascimilies of many of the early editions have been published.

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