Wisden Australia's Cricketer of the Year Wisden Australia's Cricketer of the Year Each year from 1998 to 2005 "Wisden Australia" selected one Australian cricketer as "Wisden Australia"s Cricketers of the Year. The award recognised that player's contribution to cricket in Australia in the previous season, in a similar manner to the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, selected by "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" based on their influence on the game in England. The first award was made to a women's cricketer, Belinda Clark. Until Claire Taylor was nominated by Wisden in 2009, no other woman had been a Cricketer of the Year in any format of the almanack.
Out on a Limb (book) and politician, Bella Abzug. The book received both acclaim and criticism for its candor in dealing with such topics as reincarnation, meditation, mediumship (trance-channeling), and even unidentified flying objects. It made Shirley MacLaine the butt of many jokes, especially by late-night television comedians. Once, when David Letterman would not let up on the New Age subject, she responded by saying, "Maybe Cher was right; maybe you "are" an asshole!" The claim about an affair with the MP gained attention in the UK when the book was published there. "Out on a Limb" was adapted for television broadcast in 1987. The