London - Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara has been named as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2015 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Meanwhile Australia's Meg Lanning has been chosen as the cricket 'bible's' inaugural Leading Woman Cricketer in the World - the first time the England-based annual has bestowed such an award in 152 editions of continuous publication dating back to 1864.
But editor Lawrence Booth was stinging in his criticism of the England and Wales Cricket Board for their "mishandling" of the Kevin Pietersen affair that saw the star batsman axed from the England set-up.