Williamson, Suzie Bates named Wisden Leading Cricketers for 2015
Kane Williamson became the first New Zealand cricketer to be named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World after he was selected for the award for the year 2015. The recently-appointed New Zealand captain joins esteemed company, and now sits alongside legendary names such as Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Jacques Kallis among others.
Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has been named as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year. England pair Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, and Australia's Steven Smith were the other players named by Wisden.
It was double delight for New Zealand as their Women's team captain Suzie Bates was named the Leading Women's Cricket in the World for 2015.
The 2016 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which is published this week, termed England cricket's growth "the most uplifting story in international cricket." Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth spoke highly of the 'sense of direction' England cricket has taken since the appointment of former captain Andrew Strauss as its director of cricket.
"In a delightful turn-up for the form guide, the ECB - having spent the previous year losing touch with reality - were making some smart decisions," Booth wrote. "Victory at the Wanderers in January 2016, to knock South Africa off the top of the Test rankings, confirmed that a different kind of hope had taken hold. It was the most uplifting story in international cricket all year, the more so for being utterly unexpected."
"Records fell like confetti. England passed 400 for the first time in a one-day international, and knocked off 350 in another. They made their highest one-day score overseas, in Dubai (355 for 5), then smashed it a few weeks later, in Bloemfontein (399 for 9). Jos Buttler scored a hundred off 66 balls, then - as if to make up for his tardiness - off 46.
"Stuart Broad took 8 for 15 as Australia were demolished for 60 at Trent Bridge, then 6 for 17 to skittle South Africa for 83 at Johannesburg. The two most resonant national records fell one after the other: in Antigua, Jimmy Anderson overtook Ian Botham's Test-wickets haul, and went on past 400; at Leeds, Alastair Cook surpassed Graham Gooch's Test-runs tally, and approached 10,000," he said.
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Kane Williamson became the first New Zealand cricketer to be named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World after he was selected for the award for the year 2015. The recently-appointed New Zealand captain joins esteemed company, and now sits alongside legendary names such as Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Jacques Kallis among others.
Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has been named as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year. England pair Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, and Australia's Steven Smith were the other players named by Wisden.
It was double delight for New Zealand as their Women's team captain Suzie Bates was named the Leading Women's Cricket in the World for 2015.
The 2016 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which is published this week, termed England cricket's growth "the most uplifting story in international cricket." Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth spoke highly of the 'sense of direction' England cricket has taken since the appointment of former captain Andrew Strauss as its director of cricket.
"In a delightful turn-up for the form guide, the ECB - having spent the previous year losing touch with reality - were making some smart decisions," Booth wrote. "Victory at the Wanderers in January 2016, to knock South Africa off the top of the Test rankings, confirmed that a different kind of hope had taken hold. It was the most uplifting story in international cricket all year, the more so for being utterly unexpected."
"Records fell like confetti. England passed 400 for the first time in a one-day international, and knocked off 350 in another. They made their highest one-day score overseas, in Dubai (355 for 5), then smashed it a few weeks later, in Bloemfontein (399 for 9). Jos Buttler scored a hundred off 66 balls, then - as if to make up for his tardiness - off 46.
"Stuart Broad took 8 for 15 as Australia were demolished for 60 at Trent Bridge, then 6 for 17 to skittle South Africa for 83 at Johannesburg. The two most resonant national records fell one after the other: in Antigua, Jimmy Anderson overtook Ian Botham's Test-wickets haul, and went on past 400; at Leeds, Alastair Cook surpassed Graham Gooch's Test-runs tally, and approached 10,000," he said.
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