Talk:List of English Test cricketers

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With the creation of an article on Neville Tufnell we now have articles on 300 English Test cricketers. With just 326 to go, that means we are 47.9% complete, jguk 12:45, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Update stats automatically?

I just updated the stats after the Ashes, but after I'd finished I wondered if someone has a script to do this automatically. Presumably the list was originally generated automatically, so it's possible. Updating them by hand was a bit of a bore, even though only twelve players were used in the series! Stephen Turner 11:58, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Yep, it was generated automatically - but the problem is that I might overwrite a lot of name corrections if I do the automatic thing again. Shouldn't be too hard to figure it out, however. Sam Vimes 12:07, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

That's what I assumed. Is it possible for your program to read this page to get the correct disambiguation links, so that everything can be updated at the press of a button? Stephen Turner 13:30, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Turns out it was a bit too hard for me - however, *Paul* has figured out how to do it. The only problem is that the page will now take on the format of all the other List of international cricketers. I trust this is not a problem? Sam Vimes 09:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it's actually better to have them all in the same format. However, I hope it won't lose the various bits of rubric, and the two tables at the bottom. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:00, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I've done the main lists, if the other lists are be presented in the same format, probably best done manually. I'll get around to it, but if anyone wants to jump in.... --Paul 16:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I've restored the fuller format for sections before the 1990s as none of those statistics will need to be updated. Personally, I like the additional information, jguk 10:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Is this updated automatically or not? Viewing the article history suggest not, but the dicussion casts doubt. I'd update it, but I don't know how to find the maidens stats without actually going through each scorecard. HornetMike 14:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Try using Cricket Archive instead of cricinfo, it gives the maidens with all the other stats. AMBerry 20:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)