Which Australian was named as Wisden's Cricketer of the 20th Century?
"Bill Johnston (cricketer) William Arras Johnston (26 February 1922 – 25 May 2007) was an Australian cricketer who played in forty Test matches from 1947 to 1955. A left arm pace bowler, as well as a left arm orthodox spinner, Johnston was best known as a spearhead of Don Bradman's undefeated 1948 touring team, well known as ""The Invincibles"". Johnston headed the wicket-taking lists in both Test and first-class matches on the tour, and was the last Australian to take over 100 wickets on a tour of England. In recognition of his performances, he was named by ""Wisden"" as one"
"Wisden Cricketers of the Century The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five cricketers who were judged to be the most prominent players of the 20th century, as selected by a 100-member panel of cricket experts appointed by ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" in 2000. The 97 men and three women (""the doyenne of English women's cricket, Netta Rheinberg, the Pakistani journalist Fareshteh Gati and the Barbadian commentator Donna Symmonds"") on the panel were each given five votes with which to select the list. In order of votes, the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century are: Many of the panel complained that"
"The only specialist bowler in the top five is Shane Warne, who was a leg spinner. Warne was the only one of the five still playing when the list was published, and the only one not to be knighted. Wisden Cricketers of the Century The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five cricketers who were judged to be the most prominent players of the 20th century, as selected by a 100-member panel of cricket experts appointed by ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" in 2000. The 97 men and three women (""the doyenne of English women's cricket, Netta Rheinberg, the Pakistani journalist Fareshteh"
"Wisden Cricketers of the Century. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh called him ""the Don Bradman of bowling"". Muralitharan was selected as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2000 and in 2006. On 15 November 2007, the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy was unveiled named after the two leading wicket-takers in Test cricket, Shane Warne and Muralitharan. The trophy displays images of the two spin bowlers' hands each holding a cricket ball. This trophy will be contested between Australia and Sri Lanka in all future Test series. On 3 December 2007, just hours after Muttiah Muralitharan became Test cricket's leading Test wicket-taker,"
"Australia. Among the awards that Sobers won during his playing career were: In 2000 Sobers was named by a 100-member panel of experts as one of the five ""Wisden Cricketers of the Century"". He received 90 votes out of a possible 100. The other four cricketers selected for the honour were Don Bradman (100 votes), Jack Hobbs (30), Shane Warne (27) and Viv Richards (25). In 2004, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inaugurated the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy which is awarded annually to the player selected by ICC as its Player of the Year. The recommendation to name the award"
"cricket. For the 2000 edition of ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"", Weekes was asked to be a member of the 100 strong electorate to select the Five Cricketers of the 20th Century. All voters were allowed to nominate five players and while there was no disclosure of which five each voter chose, ""Wisden"" editor Matthew Engel revealed that Weekes voted for Dennis Lillee and, as Sir Donald Bradman received 100 votes, it is obvious Weekes voted for Bradman as well. The former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur paid tribute to Weekes for his role in bringing social change to Barbados and"
"Wisden Australia's Cricketer of the Year Each year from 1998 to 2005 ""Wisden Australia"" selected one Australian cricketer as ""Wisden Australia""s Cricketers of the Year. The award recognised that player's contribution to cricket in Australia in the previous season, in a similar manner to the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, selected by ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" based on their influence on the game in England. The first award was made to a women's cricketer, Belinda Clark. Until Claire Taylor was nominated by Wisden in 2009, no other woman had been a Cricketer of the Year in any format of the almanack."
"Wisden Australia's Cricketer of the Year Each year from 1998 to 2005 ""Wisden Australia"" selected one Australian cricketer as ""Wisden Australia""s Cricketers of the Year. The award recognised that player's contribution to cricket in Australia in the previous season, in a similar manner to the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, selected by ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" based on their influence on the game in England. The first award was made to a women's cricketer, Belinda Clark. Until Claire Taylor was nominated by Wisden in 2009, no other woman had been a Cricketer of the Year in any format of the almanack."
"Richard Hadlee. He has taken 37 Test fifers and single ODI fifer, along with 10 Test ten-wicket hauls. Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game, Warne was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1997 (Notional Winner). He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2004"
"1996, Bradman was made one of its 10 inaugural members. In 2000, Bradman was selected by cricket experts as one of five ""Wisden Cricketers of the Century"". Each of the 100 members of the panel were able to select five cricketers: all 100 voted for Bradman. The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame inducted him on 19 November 2009. Bradman's life and achievements were recognised in Australia with two notable issues. Three years before he died, he became the first living Australian to be featured on an Australian postage stamp. After his death, the Australian Government produced a 20-cent coin to"
"Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game, Warne was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1997 (Notional Winner). He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2004 in the 2005 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as"
"published the notional historical winners, Engel noted with ""surprise and pleasure"" that these five players were the same as had been selected as ""Wisden""s five Cricketers of the Century. Sachin Tendulkar and Warne have both been selected as notional and actual winners, while Virender Sehwag was the first player to be recognised twice by ""Wisden"" as an actual winner since 2004. Kumar Sangakkara has since similarly been selected twice, and in 2012 he became the first player to be recognised twice in one edition of ""Wisden"", as both Leading Cricketer in the World and a Cricketer of the Year. Cricketers"
"and Shane Warne (27 votes). In 2000, Richards was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, coming fifth behind Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne in the poll of 100 international cricket experts appointed by ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"". Several prominent personalities including former cricketer Imran Khan and writer John Birmingham are of the opinion that Richards was the best ever batsman against genuine fast bowling. For Barry Richards, Ravi Shastri and Neil Fairbrother, he has been cited as the best batsman they personally witnessed. Wasim Akram rates Richards the greatest batsman"
"of the tournament. Claire Taylor was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year, the first woman to be honoured with the award in its 120-year history. England underlined their dominance of the women's game with victory in the inaugural Twenty/20 World Championship at Lords. After qualifying top of their preliminary group, defeating India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, they overcame a formidable Australian total in the semi-final, thanks to Claire Taylor's unbeaten 76. A spell of 3 for 6 by fast bowler Katherine Blunt saw New Zealand dismissed for 85 in the final at Lords and Player of the"
"average of 60.97 remains fourth best after Sir Donald Bradman's (99.94), Adam Voges' (61.87) and Steve Smith's (61.37, ) averages . Pollock has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including being voted in 1999 as South Africa's ""Cricketer of the 20th Century"", one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1966, as well as being retrospectively selected in 2007 as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1967 and 1969. In South Africa he was player of the year in 1961 and 1984, with special tributes in the S.A. Cricket annuals of 1977 and 1987. Bradman described"
"half-centuries. Hayden has also been working with Cricket Australia in raising the profile of cricket among the indigenous population of Australia. In 2010, he captained the Indigenous All-stars XI against the ACA Masters XI as part of the Imparja Cup held in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Hayden is also an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Matthew Hayden Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM (born 29 October 1971) is a former Australian international cricketer. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day"
"of Australia. Justin Langer Justin Lee Langer AM (born 21 November 1970) is an Australian former cricketer and the current coach of the Australian national men’s cricket team, having been appointed to the role in May 2018. A left-handed batsman, Langer is best known for his partnership with Matthew Hayden as Australia's opening batsmen during the early and mid-2000s, considered one of the most successful ever. Representing Western Australia domestically, Langer played English county cricket for Middlesex and Somerset, and holds the record for the most runs scored at first-class level by an Australian. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Langer"
"Justin Langer Justin Lee Langer AM (born 21 November 1970) is an Australian former cricketer and the current coach of the Australian national men’s cricket team, having been appointed to the role in May 2018. A left-handed batsman, Langer is best known for his partnership with Matthew Hayden as Australia's opening batsmen during the early and mid-2000s, considered one of the most successful ever. Representing Western Australia domestically, Langer played English county cricket for Middlesex and Somerset, and holds the record for the most runs scored at first-class level by an Australian. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Langer excelled at"
"Bundaberg. He died of heart disease in 1984. Don Tallon Donald ""Don"" Tallon (17 February 1916 – 7 September 1984) was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953. He was widely regarded by his contemporaries as Australia's finest ever wicket-keeper and one of the best in Test history, with an understated style, an ability to anticipate the flight, length and spin of the ball and an efficient stumping technique. Tallon toured England as part of Don Bradman's ""Invincibles"" of 1948 and was recognised as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year"
"surviving recipient of the award is Sonny Ramadhin (1951), which he became in August 2015 with the death of Arthur Morris. The longest that a recipient has lived after receiving the award is 77 years by Harry Calder (1918), who died in 1995. Calder, however, uniquely for a recipient, played no first-class cricket. Among first-class players, the longest lived after receipt of the award is 74 years by Wilfred Rhodes (1899). Five women have been chosen: Claire Taylor (2009), Charlotte Edwards (2014), Heather Knight (2018), Natalie Sciver (2018) and Anya Shrubsole (2018). General Specific Wisden Cricketers of the Year The"
"match, and the player's contribution to this result. The maximum possible rating was 300. The Wisden 100 list for Test cricket was released on 26 July 2001. The top-rated batting performance was Donald Bradman's 270 for Australia against England at Melbourne in the 1936–37 Ashes series. 5 of Bradman's innings appeared in the top 100, more than any other batsman. The top-rated bowling performance was Hugh Tayfield's 9/113 for South Africa against England at Johannesburg in the 1956–57 series. Curtly Ambrose and Harbhajan Singh each had 4 performances in the top 100, more than any other bowler. For the full"
"had not known of the honour and had not played cricket since school, more than three-quarters of a century earlier. Harry Calder Harry Lawton Calder (24 January 1901 – 15 September 1995) was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1918, when a 17 year old schoolboy. Calder is the youngest person to receive this accolade, one of the game's top honours, and the only Wisden Cricketer of the Year that never played first-class cricket. Calder was born in South Africa. His father, Henry Calder, had a brief first-class career, playing ten matches for Hampshire, Western Province and"
"20th century includes five players who captained Australia and three others who captained state teams: (12th man: Wayne N. Phillips) Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club The Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club is a cricket club located in the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, which plays in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. Founded in 1862 as South Melbourne, it has produced nine Australian Test captains, more than any other cricket club in Australia. 47 international players have represented the club, eight of whom have been listed as a ""Wisden"" “Cricketer of the Year”. The club played at the South Melbourne Cricket"
"play. He reached 300 in 205 minutes and the innings took less than four hours. Macartney topped the batting averages and run-scoring aggregates, which saw him named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1922. Wisden said that he was, ""by many degrees the most brilliant and individual Australian batsman of the present day"". After missing the 1924–25 series due to mental illness or a recurrence of war injuries, Macartney departed international cricket at the peak of his powers on the 1926 tour of England. He became the second Australian to score a century in the"
"Graham McKenzie Graham Douglas McKenzie (born 24 June 1941) – commonly called Garth McKenzie after the comic strip hero – is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), Transvaal (1979–80) and Australia (1961–71) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965. He succeeded Alan Davidson as Australia's premier fast bowler and was in turn succeeded by Dennis Lillee, playing with both at either end of his career. McKenzie was particularly noted for his muscular physique (hence his nickname) and ability to take wickets on good batting tracks. His father Eric McKenzie and uncle Douglas"
"world's most ""proper"" publications was a source of much mirth. Brimson played for North Devon Cricket Club, and works as a geography teacher/head of sixth form as well as coaching hockey/cricket for West Buckland School. The offending photograph can be found on page 657 of the 2000 Wisden Almanack. Matthew Brimson Matthew Thomas Brimson (born 1 December 1970) is a former English cricketer who gained notoriety by exposing himself in a team photograph that was published in the 2000 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Brimson was a Slow Left Arm Orthodox bowler who played for Kent, and then Leicestershire, in the English"
"first honoured in 1904, but received a second award in 1921 for his last season in first-class cricket, when he led Middlesex to a County Championship win. John Wisden, cricketer and eponymous founder of the almanack, was featured in a special commemorative section in the Jubilee edition of the publication in 1913, 29 years posthumously. From 2000 to 2003 the award was made based on players' impact on cricket worldwide rather than just the preceding season in England, but the decision was reversed in 2004 with the introduction of a separate Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award. The earliest"
"his family to South Africa to play in domestic Limited Overs cricket, before returning to Western Australia. He has the record for taking the most number of hit wickets in Test history(4). In 2010, McKenzie was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Graham McKenzie Graham Douglas McKenzie (born 24 June 1941) – commonly called Garth McKenzie after the comic strip hero – is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), Transvaal (1979–80) and Australia (1961–71) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965. He succeeded Alan Davidson as Australia's premier fast bowler"
"Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia (also known as Wisden Australia) was a cricket annual and reference book, the Australian version of ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"", generally known as ""Wisden"". The Australian edition's gestation period was lengthy: the first edition appeared in 1998, when the Preface referred to a March 1981 report in ""The Australian"" announcing the imminent appearance of the Australian edition. ""Wisden Australia"" was published by Hardie Grant Publishing of Melbourne, at or near the beginning of the Australian season, in November or early December. In contrast to the yellow cover of the parent publication ""Wisden Cricketers'"
"his death. John Wisden John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He is now best known for launching the eponymous ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket. Wisden was born in Crown Street, Brighton. His father, William, was a builder. He attended Brighton's Middle Street School (formerly the Royal Union School, founded as a charity school in 1805). He moved to London after his father died, and lived with the wicket-keeper Tom"
"£7000. He confessed to his crime in August 1873 and soon after committed suicide by drowning himself in the Yarra River. He was survived by his wife, Eliza Helma Lovett (née Cameron), and a son, Richard. Cricket writer Gideon Haigh published an article on Wardill in 1992 titled ""The Drowned Bradman"". His brother Benjamin also played cricket for Victoria. Richard Wardill Richard Wilson Wardill (3 November 1840 – 17 August 1873) was an Australian cricketer who played in ten first-class cricket matches, eight of which were for Victoria. He is noted as the first cricketer to score a century in"
"place names in this region reflect Thomson's Northumbrian origins, with prosaic names in the form of a Northumbrian dialectic name for an animal. As a result, the area is still occasionally referred to as ""Thomson's Barnyard"" or ""The Farmyard Patch"". Among sportspeople with Caversham connections, Australian Test cricketer and 1931 Wisden Cricketer of the year Clarrie Grimmett is perhaps the best known. Grimmett, the first player to take 200 Test wickets, was born in the suburb on Christmas Day, 1891. Noted rugby union administrators ""Old Vic"" Cavanagh and ""Young Vic"" Cavanagh were also born in Caversham. Between them, the father"
"be found online or in the reports of the various state cricket associations. The website of Cricket Australia, the national body, does not cover grade cricket in any detail. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia (also known as Wisden Australia) was a cricket annual and reference book, the Australian version of ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"", generally known as ""Wisden"". The Australian edition's gestation period was lengthy: the first edition appeared in 1998, when the Preface referred to a March 1981 report in ""The Australian"" announcing the imminent appearance of the Australian edition. ""Wisden Australia"" was published by Hardie Grant"