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 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