Well, the new Wisden is out...

And thanks to me getting the thing a week early CW has a small inside preview.

Seriously, though - cracking book as usual, who else is getting it?

Yes I am - no surprise its a cracking book though - I say there are three certainties in like - death, taxes and Wisden being a great read. I guessed four of the five cricketers of the Year at the end of last summer - went for Bell instead of Collingwood. Actually a thought has just struck me - of the 12 England players that played in the 2005 Ashes only Bell (who I reckon wil get this award in the future) and G Jones(who probably won't) have not yet been a cricketer of the Year - its as common an honour as the MBE!
btw, I reckon Matthew Engel deserves a Greigy. "The idea they can provide serious opposiistion for a genuine Test team is ludicous" he wrote in last year's Wisden He was talking about Scotland and Ireland. D'oh!

I agreed at the time and still agree now.

It's pretty expensive for a book.

£38 I believe, I got the 2006 edition and it's worth every penny of it.

I got it for £25... and 4 days before it was published, too...

Where from?

I might have to get a copy of it tbh.

I'd love to know what the complete series of wisden books in good nick would be worth on e-bay

when was the 1st one published?

Like 144 years ago.

Hoppy1987 said:

when was the 1st one published?

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The Almanack was first published by the Sussex bowler John Wisden in 1864

zinzan12 said:

The Almanack was first published by the Sussex bowler John Wisden in 1864

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now that would be worth a few bob? doubt there are many 144 year old copies around though!!

Hoppy1987 said:

now that would be worth a few bob? doubt there are many 144 year old copies around though!!

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Exactly, thats why i would be interested in what the entire set would be worth. Great collectors item, if you had the ping of course

zinzan12 said:

I'd love to know what the complete series of wisden books in good nick would be worth on e-bay

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I seem to recall the 19th-century books alone are worth £100,000s, and there are over 30 of them.

Copies back to the 1950s aren't that hard to get your hands on - I've got my eye on a set back to the middle of last century as a realistic goal.

Ordered mine today direct from Wisden... but there are none left in stock. Always one of the best moments of the year, when that brown parcel arrives.

Haha, so true.

Richard said:

I seem to recall the 19th-century books alone are worth £100,000s, and there are over 30 of them.

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You sure

Yep, pretty.

This article elaborates on the thing a bit.