Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is known wherever the game is played as "the bible of cricket". Published every year since 1864, it is probably the most famous sports book in the world, and certainly the most collectable - early editions change hands at auction for thousands of pounds. Now you can start your collection for next to nothing, by joining Wisden.com. For £25 - less than the cover price of the Almanack - you will receive the 2001 edition of the book, plus 12 months' full access to the site. That's a year's worth of editorial comment, daily columns, video features, Wisden 20:20 analytical statistics, all 900 of our player pages, and in-depth coverage of some mouthwatering series, including India's tour of the Caribbean, England at home to India and Australia defending the Ashes. Plus, you get all the big reads from the Almanack since 1864 - from the profile of Bradman when he was one of the Five Cricketers of the Year to the match reports and comment on Botham's Ashes. Essentially, you'll be getting the bulk of cricket history, at your fingertips and fully searchable.

Meanwhile, off line, you'll be able to enjoy the 2001 Almanack in full. Read Mike Atherton's farewell to Courtney Walsh, and Vic Marks on Curtly Ambrose. Mihir Bose investigates the match-fixers, Scyld Berry analyses the impact of Duncan Fletcher and John Bracewell, Tony Cozier sums up England's historic victory over West Indies in 2000, there is the Wisden obituary of Colin Cowdrey, and the Five Cricketers of the Year include Justin Langer and Darren Lehmann.

There are records, lists, reviews, scores and Laws, as well as the highly popular Chronicle section, which faithfully records everything from the day Sam Mendes took Tom Cruise to the Sydney Cricket Ground and told him about Mark Taylor declaring when he was on 334 not out - "Tom was so moved he was practically in tears".- to the Yorkshire club team who played a night fixture illuminated by car headlights, in which the only piece of clothing worn by any of the participants was the umpire's white coat.

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