Does anyone know when the Wisden Book will be released?

[chris.hinton]

Do you think it will be after the World Cup? or does anyone know about it anyway

 

[Rik]

You mean the yellow Wisden book? The Cricket Year has already been released.

 

[luckyeddie]

It's usually the first week of February (or it was when I used to buy it - not much point nowadays for me because I used to need the stats for quizzes and the like - I don't go there any more)

 

[marc71178]

April I think the Almanac comes out - the Cricket Year isn't a Wisden publication.

 

[Rik]

April I think the Almanac comes out - the Cricket Year isn't a Wisden publication.

I know it isn't. But it does a similer job and it's usually a good read when they sort out the typos and dodgy pictures...

 

[Bazza]

Wisden is definitely the most thorough cricket book imaginable. It's lost it's appeal for me now Cricinfo has all the stats you could ever want, but April I believe is the usual release date.

 

[marc71178]

Incidentally the Cricket Year is not being published again.

 

[Rik]

Incidentally the Cricket Year is not being published again.

I well I saw this year's in the shops. Why won't it be?

 

[marc71178]

I know it came this year, but I think it's the Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Book isn't it?

 

[Rik]

I know it came this year, but I think it's the Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Book isn't it?

So they just changed the name? It's been Benson and Hedges sponsored for a while now.

 

[marc71178]

Exactly, and what has just happened to Tobacco sponsorship?

 

[Rik]

Exactly, and what has just happened to Tobacco sponsorship?

It's been banned from billboards and magazines and all public places since a few weeks ago. I thought they would have done it on the 1st of January, not the middle of Feb! Formula 1 will still display tabacco sponsorship after they brokered a deal with Labour. If they had not brokered that deal then I doubt we would have had a British Grand Prix this year.

So to answer your question...it's just banned.

 

[marc71178]

So that is why the yearbook is no more!