The 72nd edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2019. As fans look forward to a bumper summer, with the Cricket World Cup and an eagerly anticipated Ashes series , cricket will rarely have had so much exposure. There are comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action, as well as series records against Australia . For the first time, England will also play Ireland in Test match cricket. County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth , with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer's events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2019. There are also sections on Ireland's cricketers, women's cricket , the major domestic T20 competitions from around the world, while the Editorial assesses the looming arrival of The Hundred in 2020 . For any cricket fan, the season is never complete without a copy of Playfair to guide you through it all .