Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (or simply Wisden or colloquially "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a review for the "London Mercury". In October 2013, an all-time Test World XI was announced to mark the 150th anniversary of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". In 1998, an Australian edition of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" was launched. It ran for eight editions. In 2012, an Indian edition of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" was launched (dated 2013). "Wisden" was founded in 1864
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack facsimile offer was repeated in 2014 for those willing to subscribe to the "Almanack" by direct debit. This is not a true facsimile as the back cover does not reproduce the "List of Articles" of the original, but instead on the inside there is an advertisement for "Wisden" reprints from the Willows Publishing Company and on the back a celebration of 150 years of "Wisden". At the bottom of the back cover information is provided about the reprint: "This reprint of the first edition of "Wisden" was produced in 2013 for the publisher, John Wisden & Co, an imprint of