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WISDEN REPLACEMENT DUST JACKET 1978

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Wisden introduced dust jackets in 1965, but until they were laminated in 1993 they were not especially hard-wearing. This laminated jacket can either replace one that is lost or protect an existing one.

Date:1978
Code: 30582
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Wisden 1978

Year1978
Edition115th Edition
EditorNorman Preston
Pages1163
Five Cricketers of the YearI. 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.
  • Two months after the Centenary Test news emerges that the Australian media tycoon, Kerry Packer, has signed 50 of the world’s top players for his breakaway “cricket circus”, World Series Cricket.
  • John Edrich scores his 100th first-class century in July 1977.
  • Geoff Boycott scores his 100th first-class century in August 1977. Boycott, who had just returned to Test cricket after a three-year self-imposed exile, reaches his milestone with a century in the fourth Ashes Test on his home ground at Headingley. England regain the Ashes, winning the series 3-1.