Comments
- Two of your three refs for "widely acknowledged" are from the same publisher (ESPN). I suggest you add some diversity to the sources.
- " while capturing 235 wickets" this is possibly odd to non-cricket people as you're saying it in the same breath as his batting record. Perhaps you need to clarify "as a bowler" or something similar.
- "for most runs and highest individual score" is that most runs in total? Perhaps also worth noting here what those records were.
- "36 years later" not useful to a reader, maybe just "in 2010".
- "elected him as a Leading Cricketer in the World for eight years" doesn't seem quite true, reads more like someone did some maths and worked out that he would have been the leading cricketer if the award had existed at the time. He wasn't "elected", he was a "notional winner".
- "during the period 1958–70" no need for "the period". In English I'd write "between 1958 and 1970".
- The ICC Hall of Fame is actually called the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
- "After having played enough Test cricket" what do you mean? He was bored of it?
- In the key, complete sentences need a full stop.
- "match was Tied" why capital T?
- Why is only London unlinked?
- When sorting by date, the 3 and 2 test numbers are in the wrong order.
The Rambling Man (talk) 16:38, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
More comments (a revisit)
- "five-in-one cricketer" I don't know what this means, so I'm sure other readers will have trouble getting it....
- This is just a quote used to describe his ability to bat, field and bowl three different styles. If you want to remove this it's fine, as explaining this would get into too much detail. —Vensatry (Ping me) 03:59, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Well if it's unclear to me (a cricket fan) then it'll be unclear to others I'm sure. Perhaps you could find a different quote about his expertise? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:12, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Can I add a FN explaining "five-in-one" in this context? —Vensatry (Ping me) 12:38, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Of course, but footnotes are normally referenced, so you'd need to ensure your interpretation of "five-in-one" is reliably sourced. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:18, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. Thankfully the same ref. explains why Bradman described Sobers as a "five-in-one cricketer". —Vensatry (Ping me) 04:36, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- "aggregating 8,032 runs with the bat" any real need to say "with the bat"? Perhaps "as a batsman" at a push, just to not confuse readers.
- Boycott didn't really "went past him", he "surpassed Sobers' record", right?
- No need to repeat Gary in the image caption.
- "one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000." maybe worth clarifying that this was one in five.
- "In the fourth Test of the same series he went on..." last person you mentioned was Lara, so you need to reiterate Sobers.
- In the spirit of wikilinks, you could include History of cricket in the West Indies from 1945–46 to 1970 somewhere.
- Meanings in the Key should only have a full stop if they are complete sentences.
- "First of the two occasions where a Test match ended in a tie.[26]" this is time-dependent so you need to pay heed to WP:ASOF.
The Rambling Man (talk) 19:14, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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