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 comprised editions from 1864 to 1878 inclusive and was limited to 1000 sets. The individual books are not strictly facsimiles, and cannot be mistaken for originals, because although they include a copy of the original covers they are hardbound in red boards with ""WISDEN" FACSIMILE" in gilt on the front and the set number – "No. X of 1000" – on the back. Internally there is also an entry to the effect that the editions are facsimiles at the bottom of each title page: "This facsimile edition is published in 1991 by John Wisden & Co. Ltd. and printed by