The Wisden Cricketer "Cricinfo Magazine" was announced, though that was closed down shortly after ESPN's acquisition of Cricinfo. "The Wisden Cricketer: South African edition" recently closed down, too. Following the sale of the magazine to Test Match Extra, the magazine merged with the much older "The Cricketer" magazine and changed its name to The Cricketer (in association with "Wisden") in May 2011. The editor of "The Wisden Cricketer" for all its existence, John Stern, left later that month. The Wisden Cricketer The Wisden Cricketer was the world's best-selling monthly cricket magazine. It was created in 2003 by a merger between "The Cricketer" magazine
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack impressions. In more recent years sales of the 2006 edition exceeded 50,000 in total. The size of the print run was based on the publisher's belief that England's successful Ashes campaign the previous summer would attract considerable public interest. Although unsupported by any reliable documentation, it is almost certain that print runs were reduced during the First World War. The 1916 edition, also containing as it does the obituary of W G Grace, is the most expensive 20th century "Wisden". The smallest recent print runs are believed to be for the years 1969 to 1971. Collecting "Wisden"s is a popular