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13 Apr 2016 10:32 #300847
by chairman
New Zealand's Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson, as well as Australia captain Steven Smith, have been chosen among the Wisden Almanack's Five Cricketers of the Year announced on Wednesday.
The quintet is completed by the England duo of all-rounder Ben Stokes and Jonathan Bairstow.
In the personal gift of the editor of cricket's 'bible', which has been published annually since 1864, a player can only be named as a 'Cricketer of the Year' once in his career.
Generally, the award is decided on players' performances in the previous English season and Australia's Smith was included when, despite his side being beaten 3-2 in the Ashes, he emerged as the series' leading run-scorer with a double century at Lord's and 143 at The Oval in the visitors' two wins.
The 2016 edition also saw New Zealand batsman Williamson named as the Leading Cricketer in the World after his 2,692 international runs across the formats in 2015 - the third-highest annual aggregate ever.
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13 Apr 2016 12:51 #300870
by ketchim
hhhhmmmm.....thought AB was right up there !
Is Wisden now owned by India :-\
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Chair please enquire on behalf of this forum ......thanks
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14 Apr 2016 02:13 #300920
by dillinger10
The reason for no South African players is because this is an Anglocentric award that only takes into consideration performances during the English summer (international and county championship matches). As such, the choices were limited to domestic players and England, Australia and New Zealand internationals. Broad and Root were also ineligible as both had previously received Wisden awards, ruling them out of consideration for the Wisdom Five. Silly rules. But there we go.
If we were to do a global award, my top 5 players of 2015 would have been Williamson, Root, Smith, Starc and Ashwin.
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