The historic edition of the famous Wisden Almanack is the 146th, and the coveted awards have been in existence for 120 years.

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And in 1732 he inaugurated his famous Poor Richard's Almanack with a hoax predicting the death of rival almanac publisher Titan Leeds.

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The Almanack's editor Scyld Berry told BBC Sport Sidebottom had gone from being out of the reckoning altogether to England's no. 1 bowler in less than a year.

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Greig scored more than 3, 500 runs and took 141 wickets during his Test career, and was named one of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's players of the year in 1975.

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