On the Front Foot: Wisden has its place but Playfair guide is a pocketful of wonder
The most indispensable of cricket annuals is out. No, not the estimable Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, the 147th edition of which was published last week and as ever, in its recently evolved guise, contains a plethora of thought-provoking essays on the state and future of the game. No, not Cricketers’ Who’s Who, first published in 1979, which has become a source of fun on what cricketers …