Adam Collins on the groundbreaking decision to put a woman on the front cover of Wisden or the first time

Adam Collins

When in 2003 the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack first put a photograph on the front cover, it wasn’t universally welcomed. As longterm editor Matthew Engel recalled a decade later, many saw the move as an “act of sacrilege”. The sport’s bible has a knack for prompting strong opinions.
But an “easy” decision for the current makers of cricket’s good book to land, according to editor Lawrence Booth, was putting Somerset seamer An...