Tests (NZ): 94 (2007-08 to 2022-23, 6 as captain); HS 77* v E (Napier) 2007-08 – on debut; BB 7-64 v I (Bangalore) 2012.

The 74th edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2021, as well as a review of events during the previous Covid-impacted twelve months. County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth, with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer's events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2023. LOI (A): 4 (2022); HS 15 v SL (Colombo, RPS) 2022; BB 2-26 v SL (Colombo, RPS) 2022 – separate matches.The Ashes series is the main attraction this coming season, and here you’ll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action. MIDDLETON, Edward William Osborne (King’s C, Taunton; Oxford Brookes U), b Exeter, Devon 28 Dec 2000.

The 76th edition of the 'Playfair Cricket Annual' is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2023, as well as a review of events during the previous twelve months. F-c Tours (NZ): E 2013, 2015; A 2011-12, 2015-16; SA 2012-13, 2016; WI 2012; I 2012, 2013-14 (NZA); SL 2012-13, 2013-14 (NZA); Z 2011-12; B 2013-14.

To my mind, the debate about England’s greatest all-rounder in my lifetime is now settled in his favour. This has been a smaller version of the front cover photograph except in 1998 and 2008, when it was the back cover picture, and in 2006, 2010 and 2023 when the Ashes urn was depicted.

Others have included Playfair Football Annual, Playfair Rugby League Annual and Playfair Racing Annual. About the Author: Ian Marshall took over as Editor of the Playfair Cricket Annual in 2009, having previously worked on 15 editions of the annual in his role as a book publisher. He played a relatively brief part in his side’s County Championship success, but was central to England’s ICC T20 World Cup triumph, earning both the Man of the Match award in the final against Pakistan and the Man of the Series prize. F-c Tours (NZ): E 2013, 2014 (NZ A), 2015, 2021, 2022; A 2015-16, 2019-20; SA 2016; WI 2014; I 2013-14 (NZ A), 2016-17, 2021-22; P 2022-23; SL 2013-14 (NZ A), 2019; Z 2016; UAE 2014-15 (v P), 2018-19 (v P).

India are the main attraction this coming season, and here you'll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action. Brown joins Derbyshire on loan from Worcestershire from 8 September for the rest of the season, ahead of a permanent move.