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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Shakib Al Hasan edit

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Nominator(s):Aftabuzzaman, —Vensatry (Talk) 18:24, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My first fifers-list (of a player's) in a long time. Aftabuzzaman created the basic article. I expanded the lead and tidied up the table a bit. —Vensatry (Talk) 18:24, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 14:27, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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  • "...he ranks equal with fortieth in the all-time list." fortieth should be 40th and remove with, equal 40th is correct.
  • "Shakib's first five-wicket haul came in October 2008 while playing New Zealand;" -> Shakib's first five-wicket haul was against New Zealand in October 2008;
  • "In Test cricket, he has taken five-wicket hauls against Test-playing nations except Australia." add all after against

NapHit (talk) 09:39, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 08:13, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "44 players have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers." probably needs to be referenced to Cricinfo's list.
  • And probably needs an "as of".
  • "Shakib's first five-wicket haul..." specify Test/ODI and perhaps consider linking to an appropriate touring article. Don't assume our readers get that it's Test cricket from the mention of first innings.
  • "spread across" do you mean "in three consecutive innings"?
  • "He took a pair of five-wicket hauls against Zimbabwe in November 2014. As of November 2015, this remains the only occasion where he took ten wickets in a match." consider merging to avoid the repetition, and perhaps consider a link to a ten-wicket match at the Glossary of cricket terms?
  • "a year before his first Test appearance in May 2007" needs a comma to make sure we know which appearance the May 2007 relates to.
  • "in ODIs came" perhaps "in the one-day format" to avoid repetition.
  • "six of his 14 " MOSNUM, so 6/14 or six/fourteen.
  • Would be nice if the table columns lined up between the Test and ODI sections.
  • Ref 11 doesn't need ESPNcricinfo in the title.

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:00, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • "With 15 five-wicket hauls across all formats of the game" => "With 15 five-wicket hauls across all formats of international cricket", as currently it implies that these are the only fifers he's ever taken in any cricket match at all
  • "He ended the year with three more five-wicket hauls—coming in consecutive innings—against South Africa and Sri Lanka." => "He ended the year with three more five-wicket hauls, which came in consecutive innings against South Africa and Sri Lanka."
  • "ODI" is introduced in the final paragraph of the lead but it has not been mentioned before and the abbreviation is not explained or linked. It should probably be written out in full here, although obviously it is OK to then use the abbreviation in the next sentence.
  • "He took five wickets for 47 runs in the match which his team won by 145 runs" => "He took five wickets for 47 runs in the match, which his team won by 145 runs" - a bit picky but there you go ;-)
  • That's all I can spot -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisTheDude: Fixed all, thanks for the comments. As for the last comment, I have problems with comma splice :). —Vensatry (Talk) 08:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Relentlessly (talk) 15:24, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Relentlessly

In general this looks good. One or two small things:

  • "this remains his best bowling figures" – I can see how you end up with this construction, but it reads oddly to me. "Bowling figures" is surely plural, so it should be "these remain his best bowling figures".
  • "Three of his fourteen five-wicket hauls have come against Zimbabwe." This is confusing because we haven't previously had a reference to his taking 14 five-wicket hauls in Tests. You need to introduce this at the beginning of the paragraph or at least make it "his fourteen five-wicket hauls in Tests".
  • In the key, "Shakib was selected player of the match." This doesn't quite make sense. It should be "selected as player of the match" or "named player of the match".

I've also taken a good look through the sources and the sourcing looks excellent. It's a pity that such a vast majority of links are to one website, but I understand that Cricinfo is canonical.

On a broader subject, I do wonder if a little more context to Shakib's career could be offered. He's been described as "Bangladesh’s greatest-ever cricketer" ([2]) and has been ranked as the top all-rounder in every form of international cricket ([3]). These feel relevant to a description of him as a cricketer, although I recognise that they aren't specifically relevant to five-wicket hauls.

Relentlessly (talk) 10:47, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Relentlessly: Fixed all. Thanks for the comments and suggestions. —Vensatry (Talk) 15:18, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Relentlessly (talk) 15:24, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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