ESPNcricinfo

sports news website

ESPNcricinfo (previously called Cricinfo or CricInfo)[4] is a sports activities news website dedicated to the sport of cricket. The website includes information, articles, live scores of cricket games (along with scorecards), and StatsGuru, a database of historic games from the 18th century to the latest. The website, at the start conceived in a prior-World Wide Web(www) shape in 1993 by Simon King.[5] In 2002 Wisden Group bought it and then in 2007 it was sold to ESPN, together owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation. [6]

ESPNcricinfo
Type of site
Sports website
Available inEnglish
Hindi
Tamil
Kannada
HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka, India[1]
OwnerDisney India
URLOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched15 March 1993 (1993-03-15)[2][3]
Current statusActive

References

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  1. "The A to Z of ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. Shetty, Rachna. "Timeline | Cricinfo at 20 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. "ESPNcricinfo at 20 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. "ESPN acquires Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  5. "The first two decades. Here's a look at the milestones in the site's history so far". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  6. "Cricket: Cricinfo website makes plans for the future". the Guardian. 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2022-03-07.