These are the key biographies for development by WP:CRIC. All should have importance=high on their talk pages but the really important rating is the class one. We need all of these up to B-class at least and as many as possible up to GA and FA.
The biographies are those of people who are highly rated in reputable sources including those who appear in some of the Wisden, Hall of Fame and ICC Player of the Year listings such as Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World, Wisden Cricketers of the Century, Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, Six Giants of the Wisden Century, Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, John Woodcock's Hundred Greatest of All Time and the ESPN Legends of Cricket list.
The list is not exhaustive so please add anyone we've missed but remember they have to be high importance by reference to reputable sources and not someone who hit a Twenty20 six last week.
Key biographies[edit]
| Name | Era | Class | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gubby Allen | 1921–53 | Start | |
| Harry Altham | 1908–65 | Start | |
| Curtly Ambrose | 1985–2000 |  GA |
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| John Arlott | 1946–80 | Start | |
| Warwick Armstrong | 1898–1922 | GA |
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| Palwankar Baloo | 1905–21 | Start | |
| Charles Bannerman | 1870–88 | Start | |
| Sydney Barnes | 1894–1929 | C | |
| Ken Barrington | 1953–68 | B | |
| Lord Frederick Beauclerk | 1791–1825 | Start | |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 1961–81 | Start | |
| William Bedle | 1701–31 | B | |
| Alec Bedser | post-SWW | Start | |
| Billy Beldham | underarm | Start | |
| Richie Benaud | post-SWW | B | Broadcasting stuff not included |
| Jack Blackham | late 19C | Start | |
| Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley | late 19C | Start | |
| Colin Blythe | early 20C | Start | expansion needed plus citations |
| Allan Border | late 20C | B | Missing a number of citations |
| Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer) | early 20C |  FA |
2011 |
| Ian Botham | late 20C | C | |
| Geoffrey Boycott | late 20C | GA |
Passed September 2009 |
| Donald Bradman | inter-war | FA |
FA confirmed June 2008 |
| Johnny Briggs (cricketer) | late 19C | Start | |
| Jem Broadbridge | roundarm | Start | |
| William Caffyn | roundarm | Start | |
| Neville Cardus | writer | FA |
|
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 21C | Start | |
| Greg Chappell | late 20C | B | A lot of cleanup. Lots of content. Heavily edited recently by disgruntled Indian fans, so it seems. NPOV issues |
| Ian Chappell | late 20C | FA |
FA confirmed November 2007 |
| William Clarke (cricketer) | roundarm | Start | |
| Robert Colchin | underarm | Start | |
| Herbie Collins | inter-war | GA |
|
| Denis Compton | post-SWW | Start | shortage of references, otherwise not bad |
| Learie Constantine | inter-war | FA |
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| Martin Crowe | late 20C | Start | |
| Joe Darling | late 19C | GA |
|
| Alan Davidson (cricketer) | post-SWW | GA |
Passed October 2007 |
| John Derrick | source | Start | |
| Allan Donald | late 20C | Start | Needs cleanup, a bit random |
| John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset | underarm | B | |
| Rahul Dravid | 21C | Start | POV issues |
| Godfrey Evans | post-SWW | B | |
| Aubrey Faulkner | early 20C | Start | |
| Fazal Mahmood | post-SWW | B | |
| Andrew Flintoff | 21C | B | |
| Tich Freeman | inter-war | Start | |
| C. B. Fry | late 19C | Start | good overall, but the cricket section needs major expansion |
| Joel Garner | late 20C | Start | |
| Sunil Gavaskar | late 20C | Start | Would be good to have a couple more references, however is very good otherwise |
| Lance Gibbs | post-SWW | Start | substantial, but lacking in references and structure |
| George Giffen | late 19C | Start | |
| Adam Gilchrist | 21C | FA |
FA confirmed March 2007 |
| Graham Gooch | late 20C | Start | needs sectioning and, though substantial, should be further expanded |
| W. G. Grace | late 19C | C | currently being developed |
| Jack Gregory (cricketer) | inter-war | Start | lacks references and needs expansion |
| Clarrie Grimmett | inter-war | Start | |
| Richard Hadlee | late 20C | B | |
| Wes Hall | post-SWW | Start | substantial, but lacking in references and structure |
| Wally Hammond | inter-war | FA |
2010 |
| Hanif Mohammad | post-SWW | Start | needs expansion |
| David Harris (cricketer) | underarm | Start | |
| George Harris, 4th Baron Harris | late 19C | Start | |
| Neil Harvey | post-SWW | GA |
Passed June 07 |
| Lindsay Hassett | post-SWW | GA |
late 2009 |
| Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke | late 19C | Start | |
| Arthur Haygarth | writer | C | Needs more cites, expansion and images for B |
| Tom Hayward | early 20C | Start | |
| George Headley | inter-war | FA |
May 2011 |
| Ian Healy | late 20C | Start | |
| Patsy Hendren | inter-war | Start | |
| Clem Hill | early 20C | FA |
FA confirmed March 2008 |
| George Hirst | early 20C | FA |
March 2011 |
| Jack Hobbs | inter-war | FA |
|
| Michael Holding | late 20C | Start | Anecdotal humour is disproportionate |
| Len Hutton | post-SWW | FA |
Jan 2011 |
| Kapil Dev | late 20C | Start | Comprehensive, some language issues |
| Imran Khan | late 20C | B | Ignored the politics section, this is small |
| Archie Jackson | inter-war | FA |
|
| Stanley Jackson | early 20C | Start | needs more images, expansion and refs for B class |
| C. L. R. James | writer | Start | |
| Douglas Jardine | inter-war | FA |
2010 |
| Javed Miandad | late 20C | Start | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 21C | Start | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 21C | C | |
| Gilbert Jessop | early 20C | Start | needs structuring and more citations |
| Jacques Kallis | 21C | Start | |
| Rohan Kanhai | post-SWW | Start | good quality but far too short |
| Bart King | early 20C | FA |
FA confirmed May 2007 |
| Alan Knott | late 20C | Start | |
| Jim Laker | post-SWW | Start | |
| William Lambert (cricketer) | underarm | Start | |
| Brian Lara | late 20C | C | lacks article prose |
| Harold Larwood | inter-war | FA |
|
| Dennis Lillee | late 20C | C | hagiography |
| William Lillywhite | roundarm | Start | |
| Ray Lindwall | post-SWW | GA |
Passed January 2008 |
| Clive Lloyd | late 20C | Start | Not much more than a stub |
| George Lohmann | late 19C | Start | with more references might make GA |
| Thomas Lord | underarm | Start | needs expansion |
| Charlie Macartney | inter-war | FA |
FA confirmed Oct 2007 |
| Archie MacLaren | late 19C | FA |
|
| Vinoo Mankad | post-SWW | Start | lacks references and needs expansion |
| Rod Marsh | late 20C | Start | |
| Malcolm Marshall | late 20C | Start | hagiography |
| Peter May | post-SWW | Start | |
| Stan McCabe | inter-war | GA |
Passed Jan 07 |
| Glenn McGrath | 21C | Start | POV hype, some inline cites |
| Keith Miller | post-SWW | GA |
Passed March 2009 |
| Arthur Morris | post-SWW | FA |
FA confirmed November 2007 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 21C | B | NPOV issues etc. Rationale is obvious |
| Alfred Mynn | roundarm | Start | |
| Richard Newland | underarm | B | |
| Monty Noble | early 20C | Start | |
| John Nyren | writer | Start | |
| Richard Nyren | underarm | Start | |
| Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) | inter-war | FA |
FA confirmed May 2007 |
| Kerry Packer | patron | Start | |
| George Parr (cricketer) | roundarm | Start | |
| Fuller Pilch | roundarm | Start | |
| Graeme Pollock | late 20C | B | |
| Bill Ponsford | inter-war | FA |
FA confirmed June 2009 |
| Ricky Ponting | 21C | B | |
| Mike Procter | late 20C | Start | Some language needs to be toned down |
| Sonny Ramadhin | post-SWW | Start | starts well but then tails off, having almost nothing about his career after 1950 |
| K. S. Ranjitsinhji | late 19C | Start | short on references, otherwise good |
| John Richard Reid | post-SWW | Start | lacks references and needs expansion |
| Wilfred Rhodes | early 20C | FA |
2010 FA |
| Barry Richards (cricketer) | late 20C | Start | |
| Viv Richards | late 20C | Start | chronological account only for early career |
| Tom Richardson | late 19C | Start | pretty good, though short of citations and occasionally verging on hagiography |
| Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond | patron | Start | difficulties due to multi-project interest |
| Andy Roberts (cricketer) | late 20C | Start | Not much more than a stub |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 21C | B | |
| Alfred Shaw | late 19C | Start | Needs structuring and more citations |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | late 19C | B | a good beginning |
| Bob Simpson (cricketer) | post-SWW | B | Could do with a clean-up |
| John Small (cricketer) | underarm | Start | needs expansion |
| Garfield Sobers | post-SWW | C | currently being developed |
| Fred Spofforth | late 19C | Start | Weasel words |
| Brian Statham | post-SWW | Start | needs citations to support statements that - though probably true - currently appear as POV. Otherwise pretty good - substantial and well structured |
| Lumpy Stevens | underarm | Start | needs expansion on a chronological basis and a style section |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | inter-war | B | |
| Maurice Tate | inter-war | Start | |
| Hugh Tayfield | post-SWW | Start | pretty good but on the short side and lacking in citations |
| Bob Taylor (cricketer) | late 20C | C | |
| Herbie Taylor | inter-war | B | |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 21C | B | Massive NPOV problems, no proper chronological account. Has inline cites |
| Jeff Thomson | late 20C | Start | |
| Fred Trueman | post-SWW | Start | Hagiography |
| Hugh Trumble | early 20C | FA |
FA confirmed May 2008 |
| Victor Trumper | early 20C | Start | |
| Johnny Tyldesley | early 20C | Start | |
| Frank Tyson | post-SWW | Start | |
| Hedley Verity | inter-war | FA |
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| Bert Vogler | early 20C | C | Needs more references and coverage of his death for B class, possibly another image |
| Clyde Walcott | post-SWW | Start | |
| Tom Walker (cricketer) | underarm | Start | |
| Courtney Walsh | late 20C | Start | |
| Waqar Younis | late 20C | Start | |
| Shane Warne | late 20C | B | chronological account missing for mid career; signs of hyperbole |
| Pelham Warner | early 20C | Start | |
| Wasim Akram | late 20C | Start | Nationalism issues |
| Steve Waugh | late 20C | Start | Career in detail. need proper sources |
| Thomas Waymark | underarm | Start | |
| Everton Weekes | post-SWW | B | |
| Edgar Willsher | roundarm | C | Needs expansion |
| George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea | patron | Start | |
| John Wisden | roundarm | Start | |
| Bill Woodfull | inter-war | GA |
Passed May 07 |
| Frank Woolley | early 20C | Start | |
| Frank Worrell | post-SWW | Start | shortage of references, otherwise not bad |
| Bert Sutcliffe | post-SWW | Start | |
| Bob Willis | late 20C | GA |
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| Colin Cowdrey | post-SWW | C | |
| Dave Gregory (cricketer) | late 19C | Start | |
| Desmond Haynes | late 20C | Start | |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 21C | C | |
| James Lillywhite | late 19C | Start | |
| Mark Boucher | 21C | Start | |
| Tom Wills | roundarm | GA |
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| Tony Greig | late 20C | B |