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The Benson and Hedges Cricket Year is now into its 19th edition, and each year it has had to answer the same question to justify its existence: Why? After all, the Wisden Almanack is the undisputed heavyweight in its field and another review of the cricketing year is over-egging the pudding somewhat. The answer is tucked away at the bottom of the inside front cover where it says that the book "is published within weeks of the end of the English season, and has a sense of immediacy which is unrivalled".