Publisher Description
Cricket’s legends play again as we join W. G. Grace, Jack Hobbs, Denis Compton, Geoffrey Boycott, and other great cricketers. We relive Len Hutton’s thirteen-hour stand against Australia in the summer of 1938, marvel at lan Botham’s 1981 tour de force at Old Trafford, accompany Ted Dexter as he stands for Parliament, and join Wilfred Rhodes, aged 49, taking six for seventy-nine as he saves England from defeat in 1962.
Wisden Cricketers Almanack features Nicola Barber, Terence Edmond, Stephen Thorne, Jim Barclay, David Goodhand, Howard Ward, Nicholas Day, David Pullan, Andrew Wincott, Amerjit Deu, Keith Stewart, and Jonathan Wrather.
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About the Narrators
Neil Hellegers grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in theater arts and a minor in psychology before getting an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to New York City in 2003 and, since then, has made a career of theatrical performance, percussion, theater education, and audiobook narration. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.
Nicola Barber, is an Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator whose voice can be heard in television and radio commercials and popular video games such as World of Warcraft. She is also an Audie finalist in the prestigious category of solo female narrationfor her work on Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. She has performed on the stage in New York City and at a number of top regional theaters in the United States. Her film and television roles include The Nanny Diaries with Scarlett Johansson, and Law & Order’s 2009 season premiere. Originally from England, she currently resides in New York, a multicultural background that enables her to bring a broad range of accents and characterizations to her role as a full-time voice-over actor.
Stephen Thorne trained at RADA and played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. He has worked extensively in radio, with over two thousand broadcasts for the BBC, including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series and the part of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings. His television work includes EastEnders, Boys from the Bush, Death of an Expert Witness, and David Copperfield.
Gabra Zackman is an actress, author, and narrator who has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. She was educated at Northwestern University. A classically trained actress, she has appeared in theaters all over the country as well as on film and television.
Jim Barley has worked as an
actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred
in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store,
the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Jim Barley has worked as an
actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred
in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store,
the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Howard Ward is an English actor who has taken
leading roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, appeared on numerous television
programs and in over fifty BBC Radio productions, and regularly voices TV and
radio campaigns. He has also narrated several series for National Geographic,
Discovery Channel, and BBC Channel Four.
Jim Barley has worked as an
actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred
in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store,
the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Andrew Wincott is a British actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator. He is most known in radio drama as the voice of Adam Macy in The Archers. He has worked with numerous theater companies throughout the UK.
Amerjit Deu is an
Indian actor known for Bollywood Queen,
Death Train, and Karma Magnet, and
many television appearances. He lives in London.