Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. Its publications include:

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack - a leading reference book established in 1864; it selects the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. It also selected the panel who chose the Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000.
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia - introduced a few years ago
• The Wisden Cricketer - a monthly magazine
• Wisden Cricket Monthly - a magazine that merged with The Cricketer to form The Wisden Cricketer
• Wisden Asia Cricket - a defunct cricket magazine
• Cricinfo Magazine - introduced in 2006 and aimed mainly at followers of Indian cricket.
• A variety of books, many of which are statistical, for example the Wisden Book of Cricket Records and Wisden Book of Test Cricket.

Wisden also operates the Cricinfo website and in 2006 it acquired the Hawk-Eye computerised ball-tracking system, which is used by the media in cricket and other sports.

Sir Paul Getty was chairman of Wisden for a number of years before his death in 2003, and he was succeeded by his son Mark The Insider: Mark Getty by Mark Getty (May 8, 2005, Guardian Unlimited).

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