Talk:Bob Willis

Becoming the top English Test wicket taker
We ought to note - if we can find out - in which Test Willis overtook Trueman's 307 (from memory) Test wickets to become England's top wicket taker (until superseded in turn by Botham) JH (talk page) 10:25, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Now done. It was in the first Test of the 1983-4 tour of NZ. JH (talk page) 21:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Bowling speed
I'm ashamed of my lack of knowledge about cricket, so this may be an idiotic query... but were bowling speeds measurable during Willis' career? If they were, could anyone supply numbers? Regards, Notreallydavid (talk) 04:00, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * They were, but they often measured after the bounce and it was somewhat unreliable, as it should be measured from the hand. I don't know the figures. S.G.(GH) ping! 11:39, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

1982/83 Ashes Series
The article is misleading, and factually wrong, about the 1982/83 Ashes Series. Whilst it correctly gives the first innings scores of Australia and England, it falsely states that Australia won the match by 8 wickets. It was actually a drawn match. It was the 2nd Test in Brisbane that Australia won by 8 wickets. Australia won the 3rd Test in Adelaide, narrowly lost the 4th Test in Melbourne by 3 runs (correctly stated) and drew the final to win by 2-1. The section makes it sound like Australia won 3-1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.177.218.51 (talk) 05:14, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed S.G.(GH) ping! 11:38, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Obituaries
Can you explain why you are using schooltips.com.ng as a source for Willis' obituary as opposed to BBC News, the Daily Telegraph or any number of more respectable outlets? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:19, 4 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I've added the Guardian obit to the lead as it seems to be the only one which actually gives a date of death. That might be worth keeping an eye on just in case it's not actually the 4th. Blue Square Thing (talk) 20:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Both Cricinfo and Cricket Archive have the 4th as his date of death.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 20:45, 4 December 2019 (UTC)