Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket

WikiProject Cricket

Welcome to the Cricket WikiProject! We are a group of Wikipedia editors that have been working on topics related to the sport of cricket since December 2004.

Please join us and contribute to the project's development. If you are interested, please add your name to the list of project members. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them on our discussion page. Please browse this page to make yourself familiar with the project.

This WikiProject is about the sport of cricket and it aims to:

• Create and maintain articles about all people and subjects that are notable in cricketing terms
• Maintain an efficient and navigable category system to ensure that all cricket-related articles can easily be found by interested readers
• Create and maintain templates useful for editing and standardising cricket-related articles
• Update and maintain Category:Cricket templates as the root of a comprehensive, well-structured and navigable category system for all cricket-related templates
• Accurately classify the status and importance of all cricket-related articles
• Co-ordinate team efforts and peer review cricket-related articles
• Keep Current sports events up-to-date, particularly when international matches take place and the senior domestic titles are decided
• Keep Recent deaths up to date when a notable cricketer dies (in addition, sad though it is, a newspaper obituary presents an opportunity to improve the cricketer's biography)
• Expand the biographies of everyone who has played senior cricket with distinction; this includes all cricketers who were famous before Test cricket began and all cricketers who have played in at least one Test, at least one ODIorat least one T20I.

As of 24 July 2024, there are 48,985 articles within the scope of WikiProject Cricket, of which 322 are featured and 166 are good articles. These articles have the {{WikiProject Cricket}} template on their talk page. We are currently working towards three major milestones:

• 65.6% Stub-Class
• 31.2% Start-Class
• 1.6% C-Class
• 0.6% B-Class
• 0.3% GA-Class
• 0.7% FA-Class
• 0.1% remaining

You don't have to join our project to work on cricket articles. We welcome everyone who wants to help improve cricket articles, and encourage you—project member or not—to participate in all of our activities and take complete advantage of the support we as a project can offer, from advice about editing, helping you find sources, or taking part in contests.

Our list of open tasks contains thousands of articles that need different types of improvement. Article reviews and other discussions can be found on our list of article alerts (watch). Please feel free to select something that interests you and start editing! Every edit helps us toward out goal of becoming the foremost free-content encyclopedia of cricket in the English language.

If you would like to advertise your participation, you can formally join the project by adding your name to the list of members, and by adding one of our userboxes to your user page. Whether or not you join the project, you can sign up to receive our monthly newsletter, The Leg Stump, by adding your user name to this list.

We generally consider any article related to historical or modern-day cricket affairs to be within our scope.

Most of our work focuses on ten broad areas:

1. International cricket, including Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, in addition to matches played in the ICC Trophy/ICC World Cricket League.
2. Comprehensive coverage of all major international cricket tournaments or series since 1877.
3. Domestic cricket predominantly focused on the 12 Full Members of the International Cricket Council and their domestic teams and competitions.
4. Coverage of cricketers to have played at Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A, or Twenty20 level.
5. Coverage of umpires who have officiated in major international or domestic matches.
6. Coverage of all cricket grounds to have held matches in Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A, or Twenty20 formats, or otherwise historically notable.
7. The Laws of Cricket.
8. Depictions of cricket in all media, such as art, books and other prose, film, music, poetry, sculpture, television, and video games.
9. Creating and maintaining an efficient and navigable category system to ensure that all cricket-related articles can easily be found by interested readers.
10. Increasing the number of well-written cricket-related articles by expanding all stubs to start-class and improving all start-class articles to B-class at least.

We maintain advice pages on content and notability related to cricket articles, and there is a formal style guideline as well:

• The cricket style guide provides advice on article content and structure.
• The cricket notability guide provides advice on the notability of topics.
• The cricket citations and references guide covers sourcing and citation for articles.

In addition, our Nets offer training and instruction on a wide range of subjects related to cricket and Wikipedia.

We have organized activities within the project under three main departments:

• The assessment department determines and tracks the quality of cricket articles.
• The contest department offers a form of friendly competition to motivate editors.
• The incubator department host new groups and initiatives within the project.

We also maintain task forces to organize collaboration on particular cricket topics:

General topics

Cricket grounds · Cricket history · Equipment · Laws of Cricket · International cricket · Women's cricket · Records and statistics · Umpiring

Nations and regions

Full members: Afghanistan · Australia · Bangladesh · England · India · Ireland · New Zealand · Pakistan · South Africa · Sri Lanka · West Indies · Zimbabwe
Associate members: Associate cricket

Periods

18th century · 19th century · 20th century · 21st century

The redlinks above are taskforce ideas. If you would like to start a taskforce, please use the incubator tool at the incubator department to see whether there is enough wider community interest in that particular topic. If there is, your taskforce idea can become a part of the wider project structure.

Why not take part in our contests? The project has four contests, designed to motivate users to expand our coverage in a fun constructive way. The contests are:

• The General Article Expansion Contest
• The New Article Creation Contest
• The Photo Contest
• The Cricket Quiz

Articles for deletion

• 22 Jul 2024 – Village Green, Christchurch (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Alexeyevitch (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 20 Jul 2024 – MAX60 Cricket League (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AssociateAffiliate (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 17 Jul 2024 – Ravindra Lakmal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cloudz679 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 17 Jul 2024 – Hewage Jayaweera (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cloudz679 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 09 Jul 2024 – Archie Vaughan (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by AssociateAffiliate (t · c) was closed as no consensusbyStar Mississippi (t · c) on 24 Jul 2024; see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
• 30 Jun 2024 – Joe Phillips (English cricketer, born 2003) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Twinkle1990 (t · c) was closed as redirectbyBarkeep49 (t · c) on 22 Jul 2024; see discussion (15 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 20 Jul 2024 – Ugandan cricket team in Kenya in 1959–60 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AssociateAffiliate (t · c): concern
• 17 Jul 2024 – Hewage Jayaweera (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Cloudz679 (t · c) was deproded by Bobo192 (t · c) (author) on 17 Jul 2024
• 17 Jul 2024 – Ramnarine Chattergoon (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Cloudz679 (t · c) was deleted
• 12 Jul 2024 – 2023 Legends League Cricket (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Joseph2302 (t · c) was deleted
• 12 Jul 2024 – 2022 Legends League Cricket (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Joseph2302 (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• 10 Jul 2024 – Category:Australian cricket writers (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Templates for discussion

• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Tasmania Squad 2007/08 Ford Ranger Cup (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Tasmania Squad 2006/07 Pura Cup (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Tasmania Squad 2004/05 ING Cup (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Tasmania Squad 1978/79 Gillette Cup (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Queensland Gillette Cup Winners 1975/76 (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Good article nominees

• 18 Jun 2024 – India at the Cricket World Cup (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion
• 11 Apr 2024 – Chennai Super Kings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Jan 2024 – John Holder (umpire) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by StickeyWicket (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Dec 2023 – Murali Vijay (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion

Featured list removal candidates

• 11 Jul 2024 – List of Indian Premier League captains (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for FL removal by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 23 Jun 2024 – 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Vestrian24Bio (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 12 Mar 2024 – Early life of Ricky Ponting (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09byPharaoh496 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 11 Feb 2023 – Australian cricket team in India in 2022–23 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Adpete (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 13 May 2024 – Draft:South African cricket team against Ireland in UAE in 2024 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TimothyBlue (t · c)
• 30 Mar 2024 – Draft:The Clark Curves (for Calculating Curtailed Cricket Contests) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by RJClark1447 (t · c) was declined by SafariScribe (t · c) on 22 Jul 2024
• 22 Mar 2024 – Draft:2024 Big Matches (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Umbrella Corp786 (t · c) was declined by SafariScribe (t · c) on 21 Jul 2024

Please list cricketers, umpires, match officials, administrators, writers and broadcasters who have died in the past few months below. This helps to alert project members who might be able to source new material to expand their articles, such as obituaries.

• Billy Ibadulla – 12 July
• David Johnson – 20 June
• Raman Subba Row – 17 April
• Derek Underwood – 15 April
• Jack Alabaster – 9 April
• Saeed Ahmed – 20 March
• Robin Hobbs – 17 March
• Duncan Fearnley – 8 March
• Mike Procter – 17 February
• Datta Gaekwad – 13 February
• Keith Booth – 25 January
• Doug Padgett – 20 January 2024
• Derek Stirling – 13 December 2023
• Joe Solomon – 8 December
• Clyde Butts – 8 December
• Bishan Singh Bedi – 23 October

A cricket figure is presumed notable if they

1. Have appeared as a player in at least one cricket match that is judged to have been played at the highest international or domestic level
2. Have appeared as a player for an Associate team in a Twenty20 International match after 1 July 2018 in either a World T20 (men or women) or Global Qualifier (men or women)
3. Have appeared prior to 2005 as a player in an ICC Trophy final, or have appeared since 2005 in at least one match in any of the ICC World Cup Qualifier, Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, or ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier competitions
4. Umpires are presumed notable if they've been a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires or meet another of the above points

Note: understanding of what constitutes a match played at the highest international or domestic level is central to these criteria, and qualification of a given match is dependent on its inclusion in a substantial source. Youth players (for example, members of under-19 teams) are not notable unless they satisfy one of the statements above, or if they can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG. The criteria have been taken from WP:CRIN, which should be consulted for details. Major individual matches (i.e., played outside organised competitions) are those shown to be significant, especially if historically significant, by substantial sources as outlined in Historical sources.

All clubs and teams taking part in senior cricket matches are automatically qualified under the conditions of WP:N and WP:ORG; as are venues used in such matches. Difficulty may arise with clubs that have not competed at senior level and, similarly, with venues that have not staged first-class or List A matches. "Minor cricket" is a specific term in the sport that does not necessarily imply a lack of notability; in parallel with sports like association football and baseball, many cricket clubs in "minor leagues" are professionally run and do employ professional players. It is necessary to take an individual view about each country in terms of its own grassroots structure. WP:CRIC has decided that:

• for Great Britain, those clubs that have competed in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship or are included in the List of English and Welsh cricket league clubs do meet the notability requirements. The essence of the latter group is that the clubs belong to one of the Lancashire League, the Central Lancashire Cricket League or one of the ECB Premier Leagues.
• for Australia, clubs that have played at Grade cricket level—the highest level below the state representative team—meet notability requirements. These are the actual clubs to which Australian international players belong. State and national teams are representative selections.
• for Ireland, those clubs that are competing or have competed in the top division of one of the three provincial leagues: the Leinster Senior League, the NCU Senior League or the North West Senior League.

Note: a venue (aka ground), WP:CRIC has agreed that its regular usage by a notable club ensures its own notability per se. Beyond a purely cricketing outlook, a venue is a recognised named site with a fixed geographic location and established community associations of a permanent nature which themselves ensure notability.

A list of notable competitions and leagues that the Cricket WikiProject deems to lead to presumed notability for players can be found at WP:OFFCRIC. These are competitions and leagues that are deemed too have been played at the highest domestic or international level. Not all First-class, List AorTwenty20 competitions and leagues are considered notable, as although certain competitions may well gain significant coverage, it does not always trickle down to players and umpires partaking in the competition. Players with presumed coverage are those the cricket WikiProject believe to have a number of suitable in-depth sources written about them. The presumption of coverage is the belief that sources do exist for those players. Playing in a non-notable tournament doesn't immediately disqualify someone from being notable. Players that have played in tournaments deemed non-notable may still be notable if they can be shown to pass the wider requirements of WP:GNG.