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Old 15-04-2009, 02:43 AM   #1540 (permalink)
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I find it impossible to read through them. There was a time, in my younger days when I would take up a book and not get out of bed/chair/toilet whatever till I had finished it cover to cover. Somehow, being for over two decades in corporate management and reading a page at a time and at best reading sharp crisp executive reports, one loses the knack. Not being a collector like Martin here, therefore, I have not gone around collecting Wisden's. I do have a complete set of the Wisden anthologies though which are easier to read though, i daresay, I haven't read even half of each

This is what I always read in a Wisden, I imagine most would do something similar.

Notes by the Editor, and all the features; the Five Cricketers of the Year.

County reports

Tour and Test reports

Surrey and Kent match reports (home games, I don't tend to seek out the away fixtures)

Obituaries

Books

Cricket in the news, or whatever it's called

I can't remember the last time I read the Laws; and it would take a long time to read all the county and ODI reports. I do tend to check the Index of Unusual Occurrences though, and go to the matches mentioned.
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