Wisden-MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year Competition Now Open

Do you have a photo of the The Ageas Bowl from the 2016 season that you are extremely proud of?

The 2017 Wisden-MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year competition is now open for entries.

The contest was launched in 2010, and is open to all photographers, amateur or professional, from across the world. It remains free to enter, with the only stipulations that entries must have been taken during the year of the competition, and have a cricketing theme.

A top prize of £2,000 will be awarded to the winner and the selected runners-up will also win £1,000. The top three images will appear as the first three colour photographs in the 2018 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.The other eight shortlisted entries will each receive £250. 

Indian freelance photographer Saqib Majeed won the 2016 Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year competition for a colourful image of a cricket game in Srinagar. Saqib, a photojournalist for the past eight years, came across the scene on a visit to Nishat Bagh – one of the most famous Mughal gardens.

The shortlist, runners-up and eventual winner of the 2017 competition will be chosen by a judging panel chaired by former Chief Sports Photographer of The Sunday Times, Chris Smith, and including world-renowned cricket photographer Patrick Eagar. The former art director of The Cricketer magazine, Nigel Davies, is also on the panel, along with music photographer Kevin Cummins. Alison Mitchell, the SJA Sports Broadcaster of the Year for 2013, and multi-award-winning cricket photographer Adrian Murrell complete the panel.

Photographers can submit up to three images, and there is no fee for entering. The closing date for entries is 23:59 GMT on Friday 5th January 2018, and photographers can enter the competition via the Lord’s website at www.lords.org/photooftheyear. Winners will be announced in April 2018.