Saturday 9 April 2011

Only four make it onto Wisden list



For the first time in history, the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack will feature only four Cricketers of the Year.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has given the honour to five cricketers each year since 1926, except for a break during World War II, but only four players will feature in this year's edition after they opted against including an unnamed Pakistan player.
The player, thought to be teenager Mohammad Amir, was omitted following Pakistan's controversial tour of England last year when several players were implicated in the spot-fixing scandal.
Amir claimed 19 wickets at 18.36 in four Tests against England, and also snapped up 11 during the two-match series against Australia.
Wisden editor Scyld Berry told the Cricinfo that if the player involved in the scandal is exonerated, "it would be possible to reconsider the position."
"That's why I didn't pick anyone else instead. But as things stand, we don't feel we can choose him. It's all very sad," Berry added.
England duo Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan, Nottinghamshire wicketkeeper Chris Read as well as Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal are the four other players on the list.
Trott gets rewarded for scoring 1,325 Test runs in the calendar year while Morgan's innovative shots during England's World Twenty20 victory and the ODI series against Pakistan and Australia helped him onto the list.
Iqbal meanwhile impressed with centuries against England at Lord's and Old Trafford last year. Read captained Nottinghamshire to victory in the County Championship victory.

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