Template talk:National cricket teams

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Note that this template will need changing after tomorrow, when either the Netherlands or the UAE will finish fifth in the ICC Trophy and therefore gain ODI status. Loganberry (Talk) 19:07, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Change now made. Loganberry (Talk) 00:31, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] West Indian teams

Should we really have the West Indian teams (Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago) in this template? As far as cricket is concerned, they are domestic teams, not national teams. —This unsigned comment is by Andrew nixon (talk • contribs) .

It's not completely clear-cut, but I tend to agree. Anyone else have an opinion? Stephen Turner (Talk) 11:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I think we should be aiming to include only teams listed at List of International Cricket Council members - perhaps we should make that clear in the name / title of the template? -- ALoan (Talk) 12:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

So that would rule out Wales as well. Any others? Stephen Turner (Talk) 12:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Maybe the answer is to have a seperate template for "Other National Teams", including the now defunct teams like East Africa, East & Central Africa and West Africa, in addition to Wales, Northern Ireland (who competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games), perhaps with the West Indian nations who competed in those games too, and also for those nations that have membership of regional bodies, but not of the ICC, such as New Caledonia (members of the East-Asia Pacific Cricket Council), Belarus, Estonia, Russia, etc... (all members of the ECC). Also any ICC prospective members such as Burma/Myanmar, who probably deserve an article anyway, as they have hosted first class cricket in the past. Andrew nixon 12:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't know about a separate template — is it useful when browsing Welsh cricket team to get a box of non-ICC members? Maybe the answer is to separate them out into a new row at the bottom of the existing box. Stephen Turner (Talk) 12:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Maybe have 5 lists in the box, Full Members, ODI Status Teams, Associate Members, Affiliate Members, Non-MembersAndrew nixon 13:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

That sounds best to me. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I've split it into ICC members and non-members as a first step. I'm dubious as to whether the distinction between Associate Members and Affiliate Members is really important enough to the general reader to be distinguished in the template, but we can do that later if we want. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:18, 15 March 2006 (UTC)