New Delhi: Google celebrated the 187th birthday of the English cricketer John Wisden, by posting a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features John Wisden playing cricket. The letter L in the doodle has been replaced with a cricket pitch.
Born on September 5, 1826 at Brighton, John Wisden played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He made debut for Succex at 18 years of age.
John Wisden is said to be the best all-rounder of his days. He is widely known for launching the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864. It happened the year after he retired from first-class cricket.
Wisden died of cancer in 1884. He was 57.
