Template talk:Infobox cricketer

New parameter

This is to request that a signature parameter be added to the cricketer infobox for those players whose signature is available. Actors and other public figures have that parameter in their infoboxes, cricketer infoboxes can also provide that option. OCDD (talk) 17:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Also, a "career awards" section section like the basketball player infobox. OCDD (talk) 17:31, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Can you name any cricketers who have a famous enough signature for us to be able to source it adequately? And why add career awards? The infobox is already bloated enough with stats for all three formats. Just add any honours in their own section further down the article. – PeeJay 17:43, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Fair, the career awards can remain in the sections but as for the signature, most of the popular cricketers have signatures that can be shown in the infobox. Since Virat Kohli was mentioned, he is on the list. The signature parameter, once added, can be used by multiple pages since their signs are readily available. OCDD (talk) 09:15, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

But cricketers aren't known for their signatures. What is the actual point of adding it? I don't even think it's needed for most people, let alone cricketers. – PeeJay 11:45, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Career awards would end up with an awfully long infobox. Can you imagine Virat Kohli#Awards and honours being added? That infobox is already bloated by the medal templates - which we really should find a way of auto collapsing like they are in cycling infoboxes, for example. Blue Square Thing (talk) 11:21, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Annotations for spouse

The description for the {{{family}}} field says "followed by relationship in ()s. (e.g. Adam Hollioake (brother))". Is this also true for spouses? Using the {{marriage}} template includes information about the marriage: the year(s) and the text "m.". So if you know what "m." means or are curious enough to hover over it, you know this is a marriage. But if you don't, you don't know what this relationship is. Should these entries be annotated "(spouse)" (or "husband" or "wife"). That would be redundant for the fact that it's a marriage, but clearer for readers and in sync with all the other relationships that might exist. The {{marriage}} template use examples are in a {{{spouse}}} field—some/many biographical infoboxes have a field that explcitly labels this relationship, but {{Infobox cricketer}} does not. Ping User:OCDD based on trying to resolve an issue raised at a talkpage. DMacks (talk) 14:34, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

I shouldn't think it matter that much. I probably wouldn't bother using a marriage template, but other people might so that's OK Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:14, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request 28 May 2025

I am requesting that in the stats column that the number of available columns for stats be raised from the existing 4 to 6. It is truly needed. I want to put information on players in but can't fit all formats since it only allows 4. There have been edits on articles like Steve Smith and Joe Root where a user has been changing the formats of the stats and I have had to change them back. It would be extremely helpful if we could have stats in all 6 formats to cover all three formats in Domestic and International Cricket. And yes, local T20 stats and international leagues should be combined. Example to explain what I am saying: "David Warner's Domestic T20 Stats (Big Bash League) should not be separate from his stats in foreign T20 leagues (E.G. IPL, PSL stats combined with BBL for T20 stats ETC). Thank you Servite et contribuere (talk) 07:52, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

One problem is that the infobox simply isn't wide enough to do this. There have been a variety of possibilities put forward over the years, some of which involved the removal of the majority of statistics. I tend to favour this view, but have been unable to convince people that it's the way forward. I don't see an easy way to add anything more though without causing massive bloat to the infobox Blue Square Thing (talk) 08:46, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Addition of career highlights

I think there should be addition of career highlights like there is for NBA players.

So say for Kohli it will be

1 X IPL champion (2025) 2 X IPL Orange Cap (2016, 2024) 1 X CWC POTT (2023) 2 X T20 WC POTT (2014, 2016) 1 X ICC Cricketer of the Decade (2011-2020) 2 X ICC Test Cricketer of the Year (2017, 2018) 1 X ICC Test Team of the Decade (2011-2020) 3 X ICC Test Team of the Year (2017, 2018, 2019) 1 X ICC ODI Cricketer of the Decade (2011-2020) 4 X ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year (2012, 2017, 2018, 2023) 1 X ICC ODI Team of the Decade (2011-2020) 7 X ICC ODI Team of the Year (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023) 1 X ICC T20I Team of the Decade (2011-2020) 1 X ICC T20I Team of the Year (2022)

plus can be more Mrinalmech (talk) 08:44, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

There is a general consensus going back quite a long period of time that the infobox is rather too full anyway. What exactly would you like to remove in order to make way for such a long list of "highlights"? Blue Square Thing (talk) 08:43, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Medal templates, hosts and the WTC

I've started a discussion at WT:CRIC about an issue with this that is worth trying to find consensus over. It's more likely to get replies there Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:02, 14 June 2025 (UTC)