Cricinfo Magazine
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Cricinfo Magazine was a monthly cricket
magazine
from January 2006–July 2007. It was published by Cricinfo
which is the world's largest cricket website and is owned by ESPN
. Its predecessor was Wisden Asia Cricket
. While the new magazine has no geographical designation in its name, it was aimed primarily at Indian cricket enthusiasts in India
and elsewhere. The founding editorial team, led by Sambit Bal
, was inherited from Wisden Cricket Asia.
The Cricinfo Magazine closed down after the July 2007 edition.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
from January 2006–July 2007. It was published by Cricinfo
Cricinfo
ESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
which is the world's largest cricket website and is owned by ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
. Its predecessor was Wisden Asia Cricket
Wisden Asia Cricket
Wisden Asia Cricket was a monthly English language cricket magazine produced by the British based cricket publishing company Wisden. It is a sister publication to the British focused The Wisden Cricketer...
. While the new magazine has no geographical designation in its name, it was aimed primarily at Indian cricket enthusiasts in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and elsewhere. The founding editorial team, led by Sambit Bal
Sambit Bal
Sambit Bal is an Indian journalist. He spent 15 years in mainstream journalism working in some of India's leading publishing house before joining Wisden in 2001. He was the first editor of Wisden Asia Cricket and the Asian editor of wisden.com. In 2003, wisden.com acquired Cricinfo, and both the...
, was inherited from Wisden Cricket Asia.
The Cricinfo Magazine closed down after the July 2007 edition.