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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 17:44, 30 January 2010 [1].

List of England Twenty20 International cricketers[edit]

Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (talk) & Wt is this (talk) 13:34, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Immediate disclosure: this is a former featured list, see here for details. Primary concerns seemed to be over sourcing, lack of lead, etc, which I think I've addressed. I've also made the table sortable (after a recent FL - List of Indian women Test cricketers) and added a few images. I am concerned that the player images may cause issues on narrower browsers and will remove them if there's a consensus to do so. Otherwise, we have no dabs, all images have alt text, the columns all sort correctly, I don't think there are any typos, and everything that should be referenced, is. Finally, I have notified User:Wt is this as, judging by the list history, he did a lot of the work following the FLRC, and has been keeping it up to date in the meantime. I'm hoping he'll accept the offer of co-nomination of this list. As ever, thanks for all reviewing time, suggestions, praise etc! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:34, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For convenience of comparison, this is the list as it looked when it was delisted. BencherliteTalk 14:55, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support -

  • The first paragraph seems a bit blocky to me. Not exactly sure how it can be fixed, but the short sentence "England won the match by 100 runs" doesn't fit in well for me, and the subsequent explanation of T20I cricket seems a bit out of place straight after it.
    • Do you think a brief explanation of the format should be first, then describe England's entry into the format, then the individuals? Or should the format be described afterwards? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • As suggested below by Bencherlite, possibly switch the paragraph around as you say, so describe the format first. Harrias (talk) 15:07, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Okay, have done, cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Brilliant, that reads much better. I've moved (T20I) to the first instance rather than ask you to do it! Harrias (talk) 15:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Eoin Morgan holds the record for the highest score by an Englishman in T20I cricket," as he is Irish, he is an England cricketer, but not an English cricketer, or an Englishman, can this be reworded?
  • "Stuart Broad is the most successful English bowler in T20I," only if the definition of successful is wickets. In T20, it could be argued that economy is more important, and Maddy has a better average, which others may consider the rating of success. Could you rewrite it to either clarify, or remove 'successful'?
    • Tsk, I absolutely knew this would be picked up and I'm not sure why I dared to keep it in... how does "... has taken more wickets ..." suit you? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "who featured for the first time, against Australia in August 2009." No comma necessary.

The list itself is, as far as I can see, perfectly fine. Well done! Harrias (talk) 14:38, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

      • Thanks for your comments and for moving those images. Safari seemed to cope heroically with them being there, and even does when you reduce the width to barely nothing. IE7, now that's a different kettle of fish altogether.... ! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from BencherliteTalk 16:41, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
;Comments from Bencherlite (after edit conflict)
Some typos corrected (including an accidental reversal of bowling and batting averages in the key); one accidental omission of "alt=" fixed; fixed the broken url for Jamie Dalrymple (html, not htm, probably a cut-n-paste slip!). No dabs, and all ELs now work. Cricinfo is a reliable source.
Otherwise, looks to be a vast improvement on what went before. The sortability is excellent (I hadn't seen sorting with multiple header rows before). Minor thoughts:
Although I'm no alt text expert, I would have thought the alts could be improved. Would a non-expert know that Luke Wright is a cricketer just from looking at the photo? You could mention the wording on Broad's shirt.
Tsk, I thought my alt text wasn't toooo bad. I'll revise it. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps put the first two sentences in the lead to the end of the paragraph, or at least after the third sentence? That way, people coming to the article will at least know what a T20I is before being told when England first played one and who won.
Revised per suggestion, I think. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Worth mentioning somewhere that the matches are only 20 overs long?
Not sure. The link to the format should cover that, once we get into subtleties then we may need to talk about power plays, free hits, etc... not sure where you'd finish. I could say it's the shortest format of international cricket I suppose.... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that'd do. BencherliteTalk 16:06, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Have done. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:30, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Worth clarifying that the 16 teams are international teams?
Think that's covered (or at least implied) by the fact they're ICC-accredited? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"The record total number of runs has been scored by South African-born Kevin Pietersen" might work better without the passive: "South African-born Kevin Pietersen has scored the most runs in total", etc.
Didn't want a quick repeat of South Africa. Drop it the repeat altogether or are you alright with the passive? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good point, just say "Kevin Pietersen", no need to hark on about his birth place I think... BencherliteTalk 16:06, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Done The Rambling Man (talk) 16:30, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
:Why not say that the statistics are accurate as of the date of the last match (15 November 2009), rather than 20th Jan (today's date)? In any case, the accessdate for that note is 17th Jan, not 20th...
Yes, I'll do that. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What's the basis for deciding that a player's career is over or continuing (which I assume is the difference between "2009" and "2009-" for example)? It can't be that they played in the last England T20I, since there's more than 11 marked as having continuing careers.
Good question. I hadn't noticed that. I think it would be better to use that field as the date of the last match a specific player was involved in. What do you think of that? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Or, even better, check out this link which should confirm that these players could still be considered "active"... how's about that? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll leave it up to you how to present this! BencherliteTalk 16:06, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Howzat? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:30, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's it for the moment. BencherliteTalk 14:55, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good work by TRM and Wt is this. BencherliteTalk 16:41, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment wouldn't it be more simple to have the key in a table rather than the way its showed here? and wouldn't it make more sense for the Career column if Present was actually written out instead of a gap being left? Afro (Not a Terrible Joke) - Afkatk 18:19, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not sure how it would be more simple to have a table rather than the way its laid out. And I think the note leaving an open-ended dash is as easy to understand as "present", particularly with the note (which would be necessary in either case to validate my claim of "live" members of the squad). Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:18, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, not sure what you mean by "easier" as it's effectively tabulated but in a prosey way. I don't see the need for yet another table. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Haven't reviewed the list or prose itself yet, but the images are quite bunched up. –Juliancolton | Talk 22:20, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yep, I noted this would be a possible concern in my nominating statement. So far you're the only one to have a problem with it - I'd guess you're using IE and have a horizontal resolution of less than or equal to, say, 1024? The world would be a better place if everyone used Safari.... But seriously, if it's a major concern then I'll have to remove those player images altogether. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • An alternative would be to force them narrower using "upright", (perhaps cropping Wright's photo) but not forcing image size. BencherliteTalk 07:50, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yep, I'll give that a try, but what is worrying is that JC is seeing these thumbs with different widths in his browser and that's definitely not good... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quick comment - Why not mention in the Collingwood caption that he has played the most T20's for England? Aaroncrick (talk) 08:06, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
  • You could indicate the captains and wicket keepers in some way (or at least the captains), such as in List of South Africa women Test cricketers.
  • How about sorting the number of wickets taken according to total runs conceded, perhaps using a sortkey? For example, when there are several players who have taken 6 wickets each, they will be sorted from who has conceded the least amount of runs to the highest. There's something similar in this list.
    • Heh. I'll see what I can do. The sorting is pretty complex, as well you know, on these types of list. I'll try not to break it... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other than that, it looks good to me. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 12:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Just make sure you keep updating the article every so often. Aaroncrick (talk) 22:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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