Wisden Group Wisden Group The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the magazine "The Wisden Cricketer", Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised ball-tracking system, which is used by the media in cricket, tennis and other sports. The group also owned "The Oldie", a general interest British magazine aimed at older readers. Sir John Paul Getty was chairman of John Wisden & Co from 1993 until his death in 2003, when he was
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack are free of charge and open to all visitors (although its forum requires registration) while the latter charges a nominal annual membership fee for access to its main site. A "Wisden" archive is maintained by ESPNCricinfo (see External Links), offering access to some features, articles and international scores from the first edition onwards. The article "A History of "Wisden"" prepared for the 1963 centenary edition is likely to be of most interest to collectors who do not have access to the original volume. A combination of rarity (perceived or known), condition, completeness and originality determines the price a collector is