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2001

The 138th edition was back to a more traditional format after the special features of the Millennium edition - and an old editor returned too, with Graeme Wright stepping back into the hot seat as Matthew Engel had taken up a Guardian appointment in America. The Five Cricketers of the Year, slightly overshadowed in 2000 by the Five Cricketers of the Century, returned to their former prominence. Two England bowlers - Martin Bicknell and Andy Caddick - balanced two Australian batsmen, in Justin Langer and Darren Lehmann, who had enjoyed sensational county seasons. Neatly, the fifth man was an allrounder, Mark Alleyne, who had also led Gloucestershire to a clean sweep of England's one-day trophies. The enduring fast-bowling partnership of Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh reached the end of the road, a fact marked ruefully by Mike Atherton, a frequent Ambrose victim, and Vic Marks. Meanwhile editor Wright had to cope with the match-fixing scandal: "Hansie Cronje's worst crime," he wrote, "was not against cricket, but against morality and decency."
Editor Graeme Wright
Pages 1648
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MCC — 200 years

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Never a famous cricketer

Series included

Aiwa Cup, 1999-2000

Australia in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, 1999-2000

Cable & Wireless Series, 1999-2000

Carlton & United Series, 1999-2000

Coca-Cola Champions' Trophy, 1999-2000

Coca-Cola Cup, 1999-2000

Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge, 1999-2000

DMC Festival, 1999-2000

England in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1999-2000

ICC Knockout, 2000-01

LG Cup, 1999-2000

Pepsi Asia Cup, 1999-2000

Singer Triangular Series, 2000

Standard Bank Challenge Series, 1999-2000

Standard Bank International Series, 1999-2000

Super Challenge, 2000

The Australians in New Zealand, 1999-2000

The Indians in Australia, 1999-2000

The NatWest Series, 2000

The New Zealanders in India, 1999-2000

The Pakistanis in Australia, 1999-2000

The Pakistanis in Sri Lanka, 2000

The Pakistanis in the West Indies, 1999-2000

The South Africans in India, 1999-2000

The South Africans in Sri Lanka, 2000

The Sri Lankans in Pakistan, 1999-2000

The Sri Lankans in Zimbabwe, 1999-2000

The West Indians in Bangladesh, 1999-2000

The West Indians in England, 2000

The West Indians in New Zealand, 1999-2000

The Zimbabweans in England, 2000

The Zimbabweans in South Africa, 1999-2000

The Zimbabweans in the West Indies, 1999-2000


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Five Cricketers of The Year




Andrew Caddick
Darren Lehmann
Justin Langer
Mark Alleyne
Martin Bicknell




Obituaries




Betty Archdale
Brian Statham
Chris Balderstone
Colin Cowdrey
EW Swanton
Hopper Read
Lala Amarnath
Neil Hawke
Obituaries in 2000
Phillip Carrick
Roy Fredericks








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