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Test cricket hat-tricks

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I have been working on this for a week or two, adding in extra details and references. It is almost there: I just need to add links to the scorecards for the first seven instances and check them. I'd be grateful for any comments. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:29, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The scorecard links, etc, are fixed, so please vote. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:06, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Will action (pace other arguments, BAN and ZIM have one official Test hat-trick each). -- ALoan (Talk) 16:34, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully fixed now. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:06, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed, so I will support Sam Vimes 15:25, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak object
    • The table creates an annoying scrollbar in 800x600. A solution to this problem is to reduce the width of the "Inn." & "Test" columns. (Set the table width to 600px while testing)I've fixed it but the style is now messed.
    • Lots of red in the centre of the table. More % of blue is needed.
    • Some of the notes are not working
    • ...recently by James Franklin... --> ..."New Zealander James"...
    • A photo perhaps? You might get an old PD photo from Australia )pre-1955)
    • Q: are all the mentioned hat-tricks been taken in the same over? (You can also mention that a HT is valid for three deliveries a bowler bowls... it neededn't be valid in an over/innings.
    • You can also mention which all dismissals count for a valid hat-trick. (eg run-outs don't count)
=Nichalp «Talk»= 17:49, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comments.
  • I've "subst:"ed {{prettytable}} and changed the font size - better?
  • I think there is clear majority of blue links, but we need people to write stubs for some more or less obscure South African and Pakistani crickets.
  • I am not a note expert, and this is the first time I have used them. Which ones are broken? Can you help?
  • Fixed.
  • Added one from Fred Spofforth, the first Test bowler to take a hat-trick
  • A: No. It should be apparent from the table that the balls in a hat-trick can be in different innings (and hence in different overs) and there are footnotes for each of the hat-tricks spread over two innings - for example, Merv Hughes' hat-trick was in three different overs in two innings, over 24 hours apart. I don't have ball-by-ball details (and they are quite difficult to get for the very early matches - they may not even exist). Are you really asking for a longer explanation of what a hat-trick is?
  • I'm not sure the article needs an explanation of when the bowler gets credit for a wicket - isn't that in dismissal (cricket)?
-- ALoan (Talk) 13:06, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
OK Support. Would prefer it if those red links are taken care of. =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:56, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Good list, but more redlinks need to be cleared. Will support when there are half a dozen or fewer. Could also do with a note of the hat-trick in the England v Rest of World series in 1970 that was original treated as a Test, and about South African rebel Tests, jguk 19:21, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • "half a dozen or fewer" is a pretty extreme interpretation of a "significant majority of blue links"! I'll see what I can do about your and Nichalp's other points. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think we should aim high - particularly for the cricket lists - otherwise we could end up nominating another dozen all in one fell swoop, jguk 18:04, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
        • Well, the more the merrier - which "other dozen" are you thinking of? If a list has less than say 1/3 red links, that would usually be good enough for me. The national lists of cricketers should help fill in many of the redlinks in due course, but historical cricketers from some countries (e.g. South Africa) seem to be poorly represented. -- ALoan (Talk) 21:08, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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