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{{short description|Wikipedia project aimed at improving coverage of cricket}}
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Welcome to the '''Cricket WikiProject'''!  We are a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|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 [{{fullurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Members/Active|action=edit&section=1}} add your name] to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Participants|list of project members]]. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them on '''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket|our discussion page]]'''. Please browse this page to make yourself familiar with the project.

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|What do we do?}}
<span id="SCOPE"></span>{{Shortcut|WP:CRIC#SCOPE}}
This [[WikiPedia:WikiProject|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 [[List of Test cricketers|at least one Test]], [[List of ODI cricketers|at least one ODI]] or [[List of Twenty20 International cricketers|at least one T20I]].

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|What are we working towards?}}
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|How can you help?}}
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. 

<!-- If you would like to learn more about how our project works and how you can participate, please read the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/The Nets/Introduction|'''"Introduction to cricket on Wikipedia"''']]. If you're ready to get started, -->Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Open tasks#TASKS|'''list of open tasks''']] contains thousands of articles that need different types of improvement. Article reviews and other discussions can be found on our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Article alerts|list of article alerts]]''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cricket/Article_alerts&action=watch 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 [{{fullurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Members/Active|action=edit&section=1}} adding your name] to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Members|'''list of members''']], and by adding one of our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Members/Banners|userboxes]] to your user page. Whether or not you join the project, you can sign up to receive our monthly newsletter, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/News|''The Leg Stump'']], by adding your user name to '''[[User:AssociateAffiliate/Leg Stump subscribers|this list]]'''.
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<span id="SCOPE"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|What topics do we cover?}}

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:
# International cricket, including [[Test cricket|Test]], [[One Day International]] (ODI), and [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) cricket, in addition to matches played in the [[ICC Trophy]]/[[ICC World Cricket League]]. 
# Comprehensive coverage of all major international cricket tournaments or series since 1877.
# Domestic cricket predominantly focused on the [[List_of_International_Cricket_Council_members#Full_Members|12 Full Members of the International Cricket Council]] and their domestic teams and competitions.
# Coverage of cricketers to have played at Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A, or Twenty20 level.
# Coverage of umpires who have officiated in major international or domestic matches.
# Coverage of all cricket grounds to have held matches in Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A, or Twenty20 formats, or otherwise historically notable. 
# ''[[The Laws of Cricket]]''.
# Depictions of cricket in all media, such as art, books and other prose, film, music, poetry, sculpture, television, and video games.
# Creating and maintaining an efficient and navigable category system to ensure that all cricket-related articles can easily be found by interested readers.
# 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.

<span id="GUIDE"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|What advice can we offer?}}

We maintain advice pages on [[WP:COPO|content]] and [[WP:N|notability]] related to cricket articles, and there is a formal style guideline as well:

* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/The Nets/Style advice|'''cricket style guide''']] provides advice on article content and structure.
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Notability|'''cricket notability guide''']] provides advice on the notability of topics.
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/The Nets/Citations and references|'''cricket citations and references guide''']] covers sourcing and citation for articles.

In addition, our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/The Nets|'''Nets''']] offer training and instruction on a wide range of subjects related to cricket and Wikipedia.

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<span id="STRUCT"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|How is our project organized?}}

We have organized activities within the project under three main departments:
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Assessment|'''assessment department''']] determines and tracks the quality of cricket articles.  
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Contests|'''contest department''']] offers a form of friendly competition to motivate editors.
* The [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject Cricket/Incubator|'''incubator department''']] host new groups and initiatives within the project.

We also maintain task forces to organize collaboration on particular cricket topics:
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; General topics :[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Cricket grounds task force|Cricket grounds]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Cricket history task force|Cricket history]] ·  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Cricket equipment task force|Equipment]] · ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Laws of Cricket task force|Laws of Cricket]]'' · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Internatonal cricket task force|International cricket]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Women's cricket task force|Women's cricket]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Records and statstics cricket task force|Records and statistics]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Umpiring task force|Umpiring]]

; Nations and regions : Full members: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Afghanistan cricket task force|Afghanistan]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Australia cricket task force|Australia]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Bangladesh cricket task force|Bangladesh]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/England cricket task force|England]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/India cricket task force|India]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Ireland cricket task force|Ireland]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/New Zealand cricket task force|New Zealand]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Pakistan cricket task force|Pakistan]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/South Africa cricket task force|South Africa]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Sri Lanka cricket task force|Sri Lanka]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/West Indies cricket task force|West Indies]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Zimbabwe criket task force|Zimbabwe]]<br>Associate members: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Associate cricket task force|Associate cricket]]

; Periods : [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/18th century task force|18th century]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/19th century task force|19th century]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/20th century task force|20th century]] · [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/21st century task force|21st century]]

The redlinks above are taskforce ideas. If you would like to start a taskforce, please use the incubator tool at the [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject Cricket/Incubator|'''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.

<span id="SCOPE"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|Contests}}

Why not take part in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Contests|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
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<span id="SCOPE"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|Article notifications}}
<span id="AFD"></span>{{Shortcut|WP:CRIC#AFD}}
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<span id="SCOPE"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|Recent deaths}}
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.

*[[Hugh Morris (cricketer)|Hugh Morris]] – 28 December
*[[Somachandra de Silva]] – 15 December
*[[Robin Smith (cricketer)|Robin Smith]] – 1 December
*[[Prakash Bhandari]] – 19 November
*[[Barry Knight (cricketer)|Barry Knight]] – 10 November
*[[Jayananda Warnaweera]] – 16 October
*[[Wazir Mohammad]] – 13 October
*[[Roger Harris (cricketer)|Roger Harris]] – 10 October 
*[[Bernard Julien]] – 4 October
*[[Bruce Morrison (cricketer)|Bruce Morrison]] – 23 September
*[[Dickie Bird]] – 22 September
*[[John Jameson (cricketer)|John Jameson]] – 13 September
*[[Peter Truscott]] – 1 September
*[[Michael Charlton (journalist)|Michael Charlton]] - 24 August
*[[Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)|Ken Shuttleworth]] – 19 August
*[[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] – 15 August
*[[Gordon Rorke]] – 5 July
*[[Jim Allen (cricketer)|Jim Allen]] – 2 July
*[[Wayne Larkins]] – 28 June
*[[Dilip Doshi]] – 23 June
*[[David Lawrence (cricketer)|David Lawrence]] – 21 June
*[[Ronald Napier]] – 11 June
*[[Robert Anderson (New Zealand cricketer)|Robert Anderson]] – 1 June

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<span id="STRUCT"></span>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Section header|Notability guidelines}}

===Players and officials===
; A cricket figure is presumed notable if they :
# Have appeared as a player in at least one cricket match that is judged to have been played at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Official cricket|highest international or domestic level]]
# Have appeared as a player for an [[List of International Cricket Council members#Associate members|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)
# 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
# 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 [[History_of_cricket#Historical_sources|Historical sources]].

===Clubs, teams and venues===
<span id="CRIN"></span>{{Shortcut|WP:CRINTEAMS}}
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 (cricket)|Lancashire League]], the [[Central Lancashire Cricket League]] or one of the [[ECB Premier Leagues]].
* for Australia, clubs that have played at [[Grade cricket]] level&mdash;the highest level below the state representative team&mdash;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 (cricket)|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.

===Competitions and leagues===
<span id="OFFCRIC"></span>{{Shortcut|WP:OFFCRIC}}
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 cricket|First-class]], [[List A cricket|List A]] or [[Twenty20]] 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]].

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