Each year from 1998 to 2005 '' Wisden Australia'' selected one Australian

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as ''Wisden Australia'' Cricketers of the Year. The award recognised that player's contribution to

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in Australia in the previous season, in a similar manner to the

Wisden Cricketers of the Year The ''Wisden'' Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', based "primarily for their influence on the previous English season". The award began in 1889 with the naming ...

, selected by ''

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "Bible of cricket" (or variations thereof) has been applied to ''Wi ...

'' based on their influence on the game in England. The first award was made to a

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er, Belinda Clark. Until

Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England women's cricket team, England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A Batting order (cricket), top order Batting (cricket), batter,In women's c ...

was nominated by Wisden in 2009, no other woman had been a Cricketer of the Year in any format of the almanack.

List of ''Wisden Australia'' Cricketers of the Year

References

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