Talk:History of cricket

message: Hello. I looked at this to see what it says about Jim Laker, whose article I've just nominated at WP:GAN. He isn't mentioned and, apart from Basil D'Oliveira in the context of apartheid, neither is any other post-war player, not even Gary Sobers. There is only the briefest mention of Don Bradman, a couple of sentences about WG Grace and next to nothing about anyone else. The article is supposed to be a history of cricket. History is made by people and cricket is played by people. The article needs to adjust its focus.
I was interested to see a section called "Historical sources", which includes the sort of list I might expect to see in a history book, but not in an article like this. There is a Bibliography of cricket so I don't see the need for an additional list of books here, especially one with a scope that has been deliberately limited. The whole section reads as if someone has mounted a WP:SOAPBOX. It isn't about historical sources at all – it is an argument about match status prior to an official designation in 1894! I really don't think it belongs here but I'll wait and see if anyone will justify its inclusion. 
Perhaps the best way to handle the history of a sport like cricket is to reduce this article to a brief introduction of several main articles that scope particular periods or countries. You already have History of cricket to 1725 and History of cricket (1726–1771), but then it seems to stop, so more articles are needed. You could see how WP:FOOTY have handled this with medieval football, English public school football games and then, from the 1850s, History of association football before diversifying into specialist topics, which are largely by country. 
Thanks. All the best and stay safe. No Great Shaker (talk) 10:17, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd forgotten this but the vandalism just now has reminded me. No one else has commented so I'll look at the issue again soon and take some action. I really don't see how the historical sources section can possibly be justified. No Great Shaker (talk) 08:07, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few thoughts 

message: Who developed cricket 45.121.2.90 (talk) 14:38, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is answered in the Origin sub-section of the article. HiLo48 (talk) 21:51, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cricket  

message: where is first cricket game  started 2409:40E7:B:3426:8000:0:0:0 (talk) 07:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Try reading the article! JH (talk page) 08:46, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hi 

message: Iceland's national cricket team claims Egill Skallagrímsson invented cricket in 911, see https://www.krikket.is/history. I'm not exactly sure it is a strong claim but as a national cricket team, it should merit a mention at the very least. Ufoolme (talk) 10:45, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: From what is quoted, all that we learn is that it was a team game involving a bat, and there seems to be no good reason to assume that it had any resemblance to cricket. Based on that, I don't think it merits even a mention. JH (talk page) 15:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Icelandic claim of inventing cricket