Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Cricket


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The result was merge to History of United States cricket. ✗ plicit  00:10, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Pro Cricket

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Non-notable tournament which fails WP:NCRIC via WP:OFFCRIC. There is very little coverage I can find from this one event. 18 years on, there is no WP:LASTING effect from this tournament, so fails WP:EVENT. Wider WP:GNG not really satisfied either. StickyWicket (talk) 22:52, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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Comment: I created this page in 2004 when Pro Cricket was in progress, and at the time it seemed like it might be a breakthrough cricket tournament in the USA. History has turned out differently though. The development of cricket in the USA has a long and tortuous history, with several failed attempts to establish tournaments, as well as a contentious series of disagreements between the International Cricket Council and various groups aiming to be the official (ICC sanctioned) governing body of US cricket, plus rival groups setting up non-ICC-sanctioned events, and accusations of mismanagement. As an aficionado of cricket history, I believe that Pro Cricket has a place in the story - at least it managed to hold some games and attract some world class players.

I don't dispute that in the long run it probably has close to zero lasting impact, and the page should probably be deleted. Pragmatically, I think the material would be better condensed and used to slightly expand the entry in History of United States cricket, particularly to include details of the organising company and their lack of affiliation with the ICC. (I may do this myself in the next few days, but am busy right now.) - dmmaus (talk) 04:54, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge I agree with User:Dmmaus that Pro Cricket has a significant place in history but perhaps not enough to warrant it's own article. It should be added as a section to History of United States cricket. GoldMiner24 (talk) 00:38, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. Wouldn't object to parts of it being incorporated into the History of United States cricket article, but disagree that it has a significant place in the history [of cricket]; there's certainly no lasting impact from this tournament. StickyWicket (talk) 18:33, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge seems to be a sensible idea. Blue Square Thing (talk) 21:41, 19 February 2022 (UTC)


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