Prize copy of Wisden withheld from disgraced cricketer up for auction

Leatherbound edition, intended to honour Mohammad Amir as player of the year, was never presented following spot-fixing scandal of 2010

A unique copy of cricketing bible Wisden’s Almanack, which was withheld from its player of the year after he was convicted of cheating, is expected to break sales records for the much-loved reference book at auction.

The leather-bound volume is the fifth of the first five of 150 numbered copies produced every year for collectors. Since 1890, the first five numbered copies have been presented to players chosen as cricketers of the year by the guide’s editor.

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