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| Edition | 97th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1027 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | K. F. Barrington, D. B. Carr, R. Illingworth, G. Pullar, M. J. K. Smith | | Notable Events | - Australia regain Ashes, winning the 1958-59 series 4-0 in Australia.
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| Edition | 98th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1027 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | N. A. T. Adcock, E. R. Dexter, R. A. McLean, R. Subba Row, J. V. Wilson | | Notable Events | - Geoff Griffin of South Africa is no-balled for throwing several times in the Lord’s Test match against England in 1960. Despite taking a hat-trick in the match (the only Test hat-trick at Lord’s to date), it proves to be his last Test.
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| Edition | 99th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1067 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | W. E. Alley, R. Benaud, A. K. Davidson, W. M. Lawry, N. C. O’Neill | | Notable Events | - The first test in 1960-61 between Australia and West Indies ends in the first tie in Test history.
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| Edition | 100th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1179 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | D. Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, P. H. Parfitt, P. J. Sharpe, F. J. Titmus | | Notable Events | - The last Gentlemen v Players matches are played in England in 1962. The distinction between amateurs and professionals in English cricket is abolished before the 1963 season.
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| Edition | 101st Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1055 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | D. B. Close, C. C. Griffith, C. C. Hunte, R. B. Kanhai, G. S. Sobers | | Notable Events | - Sussex win the first Gillette Cup, cricket’s first major one-day tournament.
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| Edition | 102nd Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1067 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | G. Boycott, P. J. Burge, J. A. Flavell, G. D. McKenzie, R. B. Simpson | | Notable Events | - Tom Graveney scores his 100th first-class century, in 1964.
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| Edition | 103rd Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1083 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | K. C. Bland, J. H. Edrich, R. C. Motz, P. M. Pollock, R. G. Pollock |
| Edition | 104th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1075 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | R. W. Barber, B. L. D’Oliveira, C. Milburn, J. T. Murray, S. M. Nurse |
| Edition | 105th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1111 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | Asif Iqbal, Hanif Mohammad, K. Higgs, J. M. Parks, Nawab of Pataudi jun |
| Edition | 106th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1095 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | J. G. Binks, D. M. Green, B. A. Richards, D. L. Underwood, O. S. Wheatley | | Notable Events | - Colin Cowdrey becomes the first man to play in 100 Tests and marks the occasion by scoring a century against Australia. Australia retain the Ashes after the 1968 series is drawn 1-1.
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| Edition | 107th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1127 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | B. F. Butcher, A. P. E. Knott, Majid Khan, M. J. Procter, D. J. Shepherd | | Notable Events | - Lancashire win the first 40-over Sunday League in 1969.
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| Edition | 108th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1127 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | J. D. Bond, C. H. Lloyd, B. W. Luckhurst, G. M. Turner, R. T. Virgin | | Notable Events | - South Africa’s 1970 tour of England is cancelled after South Africa are excluded from international cricket because of their government’s apartheid policies.
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| Edition | 109th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1155 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | G. G. Arnold, B. S. Chandrasekhar, L. R. Gibbs, B. Taylor, Zaheer Abbas | | Notable Events | - England regain the Ashes in Australia, winning the 1970-71 series 2-0.
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| Edition | 110th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1111 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | G. S. Chappell, D. K. Lillee, R. A. L. Massie, J. A. Snow, K. R. Stackpole | | Notable Events | - England retain the Ashes in 1972 after drawing the series 2-2 in England.
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| Edition | 111th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1193 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | K. D. Boyce, B. E. Congdon, K. W. R. Fletcher, R. C. Fredericks, P. J. Sainsbury | | Notable Events | - England win the first women’s World Cup, in 1973, beating Australia by 92 runs in the final at Edgbaston..
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| Edition | 112th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1163 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | D. L. Amiss, M. H. Denness, N. Gifford, A. W. Greig, A. M. E. Roberts |
| Edition | 113th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1223 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | I. M. Chappell, P. G. Lee, R. B. McCosker, D. S. Steele, R. A. Woolmer | | Notable Events | - Australia regain the Ashes in 1974-75, winning the series 4-1 helped by the fearsome pace bowling of Lillee and Thomson. Australia then retain the Ashes in England in 1975, winning the series 1-0. The Leeds Test is abandoned on the final day after the pitch is vandalised overnight.
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| Edition | 114th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1127 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | J. M. Brearley, C. G. Greenidge, M. A. Holding, I. V. A. Richards, R. W. Taylor | | Notable Events | - West Indies, having lost 5-1 in Australia in their 1975-76 Test series, regroup to beat England 3-0 in England in 1976. Viv Richards makes 829 runs in the series despite missing one of the five Tests through illness.
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| Edition | 115th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1163 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | I. T. Botham, M. Hendrick, A. Jones, K. S. McEwan, R. G. D. Willis | | Notable Events | - In March 1977 the Centenary Test between Australia and England is played at Melbourne to celebrate 100 years of competition. Australia win by 45 runs, exactly duplicating the result of the first match in 1877.
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| Edition | 116th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1179 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | D. I. Gower, J. K. Lever, C. M. Old, C. T. Radley, J. N. Shepherd | | Notable Events | - World Series Cricket is launched in November 1977 in Australia on non-Test grounds using drop-in pitches in front of sparse crowds. However a day-night cricket experiment under floodlights proves a success. World Series Cricket players are ruled ineligible for selection for official international matches.
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