Cricinfo
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Main page of Cricinfo Screenshot of the home page as of September 2026 | |
Type of site | Sports website exclusively for Cricket |
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| Available in | |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru, India |
| Owner | JioStar |
| Key people | Sambit Bal (Editor-in-chief) |
| URL | Official website  |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 15 March 1993 |
| Current status | Active |
Cricinfo (formerly known as CricInfo and ESPNcricinfo) is a sports news website dedicated exclusively to the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and StatsGuru, a database of historical matches and players spanning from the 18th century to the present.
The site, originally named as CricInfo, was originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King. Wisden Group acquired a majority stake in the company in 2003. As part of an eventual break-up of the Wisden Group, it was sold in 2007 to ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications, and the site was renamed as ESPNcricinfo. In November 2024, it became part of JioStar group, after Disney India's assets were merged with Viacom18, owned by Reliance Industries. In June 2026, the site announced that it is being renamed as Cricinfo.
References
- ↑ "The A to Z of ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ↑ "Sambit Bal". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "ESPNcricinfo at 20 years". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "ESPN acquires Cricinfo". Cricinfo (Press release). 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ "About Us". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
