This volume serves as a comprehensive biographical reference guide to the professional cricketers active in the English county circuit during the 1988 season. The author, Iain Sproat, compiles detailed profiles for players, providing a snapshot of the sport's personnel at a specific point in time. The text functions as a primary record for researchers, historians, and enthusiasts interested in the statistical and personal backgrounds of late-twentieth-century athletes.

This reference work is regarded as a standard archival resource for cricket historians and statisticians documenting the professional game in the United Kingdom. The content provides a dense, factual record that remains useful for verifying player histories from the 1988 season.