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 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Printed and bound by MPG Books." Facsimile dust jackets are available for editions of "Wisden" from 1965 to 2003 to replace those that have been lost or damaged. They are also offered from 2004 onward as "traditional covers" that can be substituted for the original photo dust jackets. Supplied by "Wisden"s "official dust jacket supplier", these jackets are laminated and are printed in black on yellow (unlike the original jackets issued with the editions from 1965 to 1978 that incorporated colour elements). Replacement dust jackets are also clearly distinguishable from the originals as they are marked on