Claire Taylor, England's leading run-scorer in her team's successful World Cup campaign this year, has become the first woman to be named as one of the five cricketers of the year by the annual Wisden almanac. The other four selected in the 146th edition of the almanac are England fast bowler James Anderson and South Africans Mark Boucher, Neil McKenzie and Dale Benkenstein.

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