Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World

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Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World is an annual accolade bestowed by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack on the player judged to have been the best-performing cricketer globally in the preceding year.

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instanceOf annual sports accolade
cricket award
alsoKnownAs Wisden Leading Cricketer NERFINISHED
awardFor best-performing cricketer in the world in the preceding year
awardingBodyType sports publication
awardType individual performance award
chronology one winner per year (with rare exceptions such as shared awards)
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
distinguishedFrom Wisden Cricketers of the Year NERFINISHED
domain international cricket
evaluationAspect batting performance
bowling performance
captaincy and overall impact
fielding performance
firstWinner Ricky Ponting NERFINISHED
firstYearAwarded 2004
frequency annual
genderScope initially men only
separate women’s award introduced later
hasCategory Cricket awards
Most valuable player awards
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack NERFINISHED
hasEditionLanguage English
hasTemporalQualifier award year may differ from performance year
inception 2004
isPartOf Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack awards NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
medium announced in annual Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
namedAfter Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack NERFINISHED
notableWinner Ben Stokes NERFINISHED
Jacques Kallis NERFINISHED
Kumar Sangakkara NERFINISHED
Muttiah Muralitharan NERFINISHED
Ricky Ponting NERFINISHED
Steve Smith NERFINISHED
Virat Kohli NERFINISHED
presentedBy Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack NERFINISHED
publisher John Wisden & Co. (historically associated with Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack) NERFINISHED
relatedAward Wisden Cricketers of the Year NERFINISHED
Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World NERFINISHED
scope global
selectionCriteria overall performance in international cricket during the calendar year
selectionMethod chosen by Wisden editor and/or panel of cricket writers
significance considered one of the most prestigious individual awards in cricket
sport cricket
temporalCoverage preceding calendar year

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Ben Stokes award Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World