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What is ESPNcricinfo?
ESPNcricinfo, formerly Cricinfo, is ESPN's cricket-focused website for live scores, match coverage, cricket news, scorecards, statistics, and records.
Source: ESPN's A to Z of Cricinfo
Official destination: espncricinfo.com for current scores and coverage.
What is ESPNcricinfo?
ESPNcricinfo, formerly Cricinfo, is ESPN's cricket-focused website for live scores, match coverage, cricket news, scorecards, statistics, and records. See ESPN's A to Z of Cricinfo. For current scores and coverage, visit the official ESPNcricinfo website.
This page is an independent reference, not the official ESPNcricinfo site. TheMarketBug is not affiliated with ESPNcricinfo or ESPN. For current scores, coverage, and original reporting, use the official site.
ESPNcricinfo at a glance
- What it is
- ESPNcricinfo is ESPN's cricket-focused website, formerly known as Cricinfo. Read ESPN's timeline.
- Official destination
- For current scores and coverage, use the official ESPNcricinfo website. This page is an independent explainer.
- What it covers
- Cricket news, live match coverage, commentary, scorecards, analysis, and series coverage.
- What it provides
- Searchable statistics and records for players, teams, series, and grounds through its cricket database and Statsguru.
- Is ESPNcricinfo the same as Cricinfo?
- Yes. ESPN's timeline says ESPN bought Cricinfo in June 2007 and renamed the website ESPNcricinfo. Read ESPN's timeline.
- Relationship to ESPN
- ESPN acquired Cricinfo in 2007, according to ESPN's history of Cricinfo.
What does ESPNcricinfo cover?
Live coverage and news
- Live scores, match coverage, commentary, and scorecards. Open live cricket scores.
- Cricket news, analysis, features, interviews, videos, and series coverage. Visit the official site.
Statistics and records
- Searchable statistics and records, including player, team, series, and ground information. Open Statsguru.
The coverage categories above are summarized from ESPN's A to Z of Cricinfo, which describes Cricinfo's live coverage and statistics resources. A live site can change its navigation or coverage, so the official site is the current reference.
Sources and scope
What each source supports
- Coverage and background
- ESPN's A to Z of Cricinfo describes Cricinfo's live coverage and statistics resources.
- Name history
- ESPN's timeline of Cricinfo records ESPN's June 2007 purchase and the renaming to ESPNcricinfo.
- Current destination
- The official ESPNcricinfo site is the current destination for scores and coverage.
- Searchable statistics
- Statsguru provides searchable cricket statistics.
Published by TheMarketBug: ; updated . This is a dated explainer, not a live scores feed.