Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of women's Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by 10:01, 11 March 2013 (UTC).

List of women's Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut

 * Nominator(s):  Harrias  talk 17:33, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

An interesting list of those players to have taken five-wickets in an innings on their debut in women's Test cricket. Test cricket is almost dead within women's cricket, having being replaced by the more marketable one-day formats of the game, so this list is unlikely to grow much over the next few years. In just over 130 Test matches, 13 players have achieved the feat. There could be an argument made that this list would be a 3b violation in favour of List of five-wicket hauls in women's Test cricket, but I'm not sure how practical such a list would be. It would have 94 entries, which is retained in this format would be somewhat unwieldy in my opinion. If it were condensed, then this list would still have value as a stand-alone list. There are a number of red links in the list at the moment, but I am working through them over the next few weeks, so I am confident that by the time this nomination closes the remaining red links should be in the minority. As always, all comments and insights would be appreciated.  Harrias  talk 17:33, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Might it be possible to create entries for redlinks Vivalyn Latty-Scott and Rebecca Steele? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:05, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * To quote the above blurb: "There are a number of red links in the list at the moment, but I am working through them over the next few weeks, so I am confident that by the time this nomination closes the remaining red links should be in the minority." I am prioritising the players who took the five-wicket hauls. So, succinctly, yes.  Harrias  talk 18:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds great, thank you for the satisfactory response, and keep us posted, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment: Looks like Joyce was player of the match, so indicate that in the table. However, it looks like the award wasn't given at any of the other matches. Not even the more recent ones, strangely enough. Chamal T •C 16:48, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I opted not to include it for that very reason: it is an award that has been infrequently presented in women's Test matches, and when it has been presented, it hasn't always been published. So it might be that others have won the award, but we don't know about it, or certainly that others would have won the award had it been presented. It seems to be unfair, in my opinion, to give undue precedence to Joyce for this reason.  Harrias  talk 16:58, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Alright, fair enough. Don't see any other problems, so I'll support. Chamal T •C 02:46, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. Looks a bit better upon revisiting the page. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:53, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Support – Meets the standards. Zia Khan 15:18, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Comments –
 * "Maclagan's bowling figures of seven wickets for 10 is the best by any woman on Test debut". "is" → "are"?
 * Minor, but the semi-colon in the photo caption should be a regular old comma instead. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:23, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * But I do so like semi-colons! Both issues fixed.  Harrias  talk 16:54, 4 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support – Looks good to me. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  07:07, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
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