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Latest comment: 14 years ago6 comments2 people in discussion

Looks like you might be preparing this for a FL promotion. A couple of points before then:

  • The score column needs its sortability fixing so that a not out score sorts above an out score. For example here, 197 and 197* are the wrong way around. Examples of how to do this are on most cricket FLs; something like {{sort|1970|197}} and {{sort|1975|197*}} should work.
  • n/a in the 'Balls' column is slightly misleading. It isn't a case of it not being applicable; they still needing balls bowling at them! 'Unk' (Unknown) or 'NR' (Not recorded) with a footnote or similar might be better.
  • Player's should be sorted by surname, not first name. {{sortname|Brian|Lara}} will do this.
  • Well done on this, although now looking at it, I realise that some of the Pakistani cricketers (and maybe some of the Indian?) should be sorted by their first name, which is I believe their family name? Not an expert on this, but I think if a scoreboard list them as say 'Shahid Afridi', rather than 'S Afridi' then it means you need to sort by the 'Shahid', rather than 'Afridi'. Harrias talk 08:14, 19 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
This has always confused me as it's not the same across the board, Imran Khan is always referred to as Imran, however Mohammad Yousuf is known as Yousuf. As for the Indians, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan generally get called by their first name (maybe because their surnames are so common?) but the likes of Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman don't. Maybe we should ask an Indian? Mr.Apples2010 (talk) 11:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
  • The result column sorts completely wrong; I'd either suggest not making it sortable by this (which isn't ideal), or working out some kind of jiggery pokery.
  • The results are also completely unreferenced.
  • managing 122 runs in its inaugural match sounds a bit off; maybe rephrase to managing 122 runs in the inaugural match on the ground. or something similar. You should also provide a reference for it being the first match on the ground.
  • Australian Steve Waugh came close to achieving the milestone, but was dismissed on 199 in 1999. – Doesn't work for me, how can he come the closest when others have succeeded?
  • Desmond Haynes and Clive Lloyd are the only players to score four Test centuries at the Kensington Oval, while four other cricketers have hit three hundreds. – Perhaps switch 'centuries' and 'hundreds' here, as it could be misread that four cricketers have scored 300s.
  • became the first non West Indian to score – Again, just doesn't read right to me. Try something along the lines of became the first touring batsman?

Just a few ideas and pointers, all-in-all, it's a good list, but as the first to be attaining a decent standard of its sort, it's natural it'll have some hiccoughs! Harrias talk 10:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

I will work on your suggestions but I think I'll leave the opening paragraphs to someone else as I'm not really an English expert. Maybe if the result just had the winning team rather than the method of victory it will work? Mr.Apples2010 (talk) 17:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Have updated the list slightly to show what has been done, and what I think still needs doing, particularly looking towards nominating the article for FL. Harrias talk 08:14, 19 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
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