Wisden Cricketers' Almanack exception) "Wisden" has honoured five cricketers for their outstanding achievements over the previous year. Further details, with a full list of recipients of the award, can be found at Wisden Cricketers of the Year. At least two indices to "Wisden" have been published: An index from 1985 onwards is available in pdf form on the "Wisden" web site. A number of anthologies of articles from "Wisden" have been published. These include: For the first 32 years of its existence the "Almanack" was only published in softback form, in a paper cover that varied in colour through the years between shades
Wisden Trophy Trophy. In 1963 John Wisden & Co. Ltd, with the approval of the MCC and the WICB, presented the first Wisden Trophy, to be contested in a similar manner to the Ashes. The trophy is around 30 centimetres high, and a similar distance across its base. At the centre is an image of John Wisden. To Wisden's left is a smaller figure of a batsman taking guard, while to Wisden's right is a bowler in his delivery stride. Directly below Wisden is a plaque, on either side of which are the emblems of the English and West Indian teams. The