The Spin | Cricketers’ Who’s Who in 43rd year of telling us what’s what


Off-the-wall reference book has become as much a fixture of the new English cricketing year as bad light stopping play

Late March’s balmy sunshine turned to sleet and snow last week, a sure sign that the English county cricket season is about to start. Another is the thunk of The Cricketers’ Who’s Who hitting the doormat. The annual tome of player profiles, stats and anecdotes pored over by fans and players alike is now on its 43rd edition.

The book provides a “unique insight” into the minds of those who will grace the grounds up and down the country for the next six months, from St Lawrence to Sedbergh, Edgbaston to Aigburth.

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