Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/The Library

Welcome to The Library. Cricket is one of the most written about sports in the world, with over 200 years of written material. The various editions of E.W. Padwick's A Bibliography of Cricket list more than 20,000 separate items. When writing an article on a cricket topic, it is important to research it prior to and during the creation of the article. Books make an excellent source material for research and incorporating content into an article. Here at The Library you can find a wide variety of cricket books which are useful for referencing your article. Please add any cricket books you might own which are missing to the relevant section of The Bookshelf. In addition to adding your books, it would be beneficial to list your username alongside your entry so other users can contact you to request extracts.

Books which are marked 'eBooks' are available to read for free at the Internet Archive. You can register your free account here.

General
Where the books do not belong under any other heading.

Histories
Note: This section is for histories of the game whose coverage is too broad for them to fit under any other section.

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Published since 1864 and known throughout the world of cricket as 'the Bible of Cricket', Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is an annually published cricket reference book detailing cricket throughout the world in the year prior to which the issue was published (i.e. 1970 Wisden covers cricket in 1969). It is a very good resource for major cricket events and obituaries. Much of Wisden has not been digitised - though some of its content can be found on ESPNcricinfo's website at https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/almanack - so the below section of The Bookshelf is best used as a reference guide for articles; any information you require from a specific issue would be best enquired from at the project talk page, where many project members have access to hard copies.

The Wikipedia Library
The Wikipedia Library is an open research hub, a place for active Wikipedia editors to gain access to reliable sources that they need to create and expand articles. The Wikipedia Library aims to make access and use of sources free, easy, collaborative, and efficient. You can activate your account by clicking here. Once registered, you might consider lending your support to the Cricket Project's efforts to have Cricket Archive added as a library partner, enabling all project members free access to a vital cricket resource. You can lend your support here by scrolling down to find the suggestion titled 'Cricket Archive' and clicking the 'Upvote' icon to the right of it.