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Type of site | Sports website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English Hindi Tamil Kannada |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India[1] |
| Owner | ESPN |
| URL | Official website  |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 15 March 1993[2][3] |
| Current status | Active |
ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo)[4] is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.[5] The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and StatsGuru, a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. As of March 2023[update], Sambit Bal was the editor.[6]
The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King, was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Group—publishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As part of an eventual breakup of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, in 2007.
- ^ "The A to Z of ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Shetty, Rachna. "Timeline | Cricinfo at 20 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "ESPNcricinfo at 20 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "ESPN acquires Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo (Press release). 11 June 2007.
- ^ "ESPNcricinfo / About Us". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Sambit Bal. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2016.