ESPNcricinfo Is Now Cricinfo: How to Track Live Scores, Schedules and Stats

Cricinfo — the cricket site most fans still call ESPNcricinfo — is the same live-scores, schedule and stats hub it has always been, just under its original name again. JioStar, the company that now owns the platform, dropped the ESPN branding in June 2026, so the address most fans still search for, espncricinfo.com, now simply redirects to cricinfo.com. Here’s what changed, what didn’t, and where to find everything from live ball-by-ball scores to century-old batting records.

What Happened to ESPNcricinfo?

ESPNcricinfo became simply “Cricinfo” again in June 2026, when owner JioStar dropped the ESPN name from the site. The platform first launched in March 1993 as a text-based cricket news service called CricInfo, took on the ESPN prefix after ESPN bought it in 2007, and kept that name for nearly two decades. JioStar — a joint venture of Disney India, Reliance Industries and Reliance’s Viacom18 unit — took over the platform in November 2024 as part of a wider merger of Disney’s and Reliance’s Indian media operations, and moved to retire the ESPN mark the following year. The change is cosmetic rather than structural: same destination once you’re redirected, same staff, same feature set.

Where Do I Go for Live Cricket Scores Now?

Just go to cricinfo.com — the homepage itself is the live-scores page. It lists every match currently in progress, across Tests, ODIs and T20s, men’s and women’s, international and domestic, each with a running scorecard that updates automatically as the game is played. Clicking into any match opens full ball-by-ball commentary, and several matches also offer a Hindi-language commentary option alongside the default English feed. (For illustration only: on a busy day the homepage might show a dozen-plus matches running in parallel across different tournaments — the exact fixtures you see will depend entirely on what’s being played when you visit.)

How Do I Check the Schedule for Upcoming Matches?

A dedicated Schedule link, plus separate Series and Teams sections, cover fixtures that haven’t started yet. The Schedule page lists upcoming matches by date; the Series pages group fixtures by tournament, whether that’s a bilateral tour, a domestic T20 league or an ICC event; and the Teams pages let you jump straight to one side’s full run of matches. That structure makes it easy to plan around a specific team or competition rather than scrolling a global list.

Where Can I Find Cricket Stats and Records?

The Stats hub is anchored by Statsguru, Cricinfo’s long-running searchable database of cricket records. It lets you filter historical batting, bowling and fielding data by player, team, format, venue, date range and dozens of other criteria, with records reaching back into 18th-century cricket. The same Stats section also carries current ICC team and player rankings across formats.

What Other Tools Does Cricinfo Offer?

Beyond scores and stats, the site runs Ask Cricinfo and Cricinfo Games as standing features. Ask Cricinfo is a natural-language search tool for quick record and rules questions, aimed at readers who’d rather type a question than build a Statsguru query themselves. Cricinfo Games offers a rotating set of daily cricket-trivia puzzles. The site’s News and Features sections carry match reports, analysis and longer profile writing, and a separate Videos section hosts highlights and interviews.

Is There a Cricinfo App?

Yes, and it has dropped the ESPN name too, at least on Android. The app linked from Cricinfo’s own site footer is listed on Google Play simply as “Cricinfo - Live Cricket Scores,” matching the web rebrand. We didn’t independently re-check the current Apple App Store listing at the time of writing, so iOS users should search the App Store directly and confirm the exact current name before downloading, since app-store listings can lag or predate a web rebrand.

Who Owns Cricinfo Now?

Cricinfo is owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Disney India, Reliance Industries and Reliance’s Viacom18 subsidiary. JioStar formed out of a broader 2024 merger between Disney’s Star India operations and Reliance’s Viacom18 media assets, and picked up Cricinfo as part of that combined portfolio in November 2024. The site’s own footer copyright line now credits “Jiostar India Pvt Ltd” directly, rather than ESPN or Disney.

The Bottom Line

Whether you know it as ESPNcricinfo or Cricinfo, the destination is the same: cricinfo.com remains the place to check live scores, upcoming schedules and the deepest stats archive in the sport. If you’re specifically tracking India’s current home series, our schedule guide to the 2026 India vs West Indies ODIs and T20Is has match times and how-to-watch details for US viewers. We’ll keep an eye on the site for any further branding changes and update this guide if the name, or the owner, shifts again.