Sussex chief executive David Gilbert has hit Wisden for six for snubbing the county's Aussie star Michael Bevan.

Bevan has been left out of the cricketing bible's top five players of the 2000 season, despite his prolific form for club and country.

Gilbert said: "Bevan's omission must surely be a belated April Fool's Day joke.

"Not only did he top the national first class batting averages with 74.93 in the English 2000 season, but he averaged an amazing 132.37 in one day cricket as well.

"He was also the first batsman to 1,000 runs, scoring four centuries in five innings in the process!"

Graeme Wright, in his second spell as Wisden editor, revealed: "Michael Bevan was on a short list of six. It came down to him or Darren Lehmann and I went for Lehmann because of his success in the Australian domestic series."