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Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
There are a few long sentences many of which can be trimmed at the commas. The lead contains a very long sentence ("He was primarily a right-handed batsman... ") with five commas and three 'and's. Tintin (talk) 08:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 17 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
In this section, I flagged some comments that I regarded as POV on 23/10, looking for citations. I still believe they are POV and because they come so high up in the article, they're particularly weighty, IMHO. Before I wade in with size 9s, I welcome comment (and/or edits). --Dweller08:24, 9 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Sure - I shoul probably go and find a Wisden comment about his playing style and catching, ut I also have his bio, which has quotes by Mark Taylor and Allan Border, etc. Of course, Wisden would be better. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Finding quotes supporting the contention that Mark Waugh is great slip fielder is as easy as finding those saying that Don Bradman is a great batsman :) The first page of the google search for Waugh and "greatest slip fielder" gets these endorsements from Gooch (" undoubtedly the greatest natural catcher that I've ever seen "), Steve Waugh (""Mark's probably the best slip catcher in the world, probably for the past 10-20 years"), Greg Matthews ("Mark Waugh is the best slip fielder in the world. "). I don't have any Wisdens or MW biographies to check - they should have better ones. Tintin (talk) 03:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Actually, that part should proabbly be removed - his average against India is 33 and Sri Lanka is about 20 something. I guess this is attributed to his general attitude of attacking spinners and hitting sixes more than anything else - in his era, he was considered as an ultra-agreesive batter. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Mark Waugh was a bad test batsman. Players should be judged on their statistics. Waugh's test average is the worst of any Australian batman (who didn't keep wickets or bowl) who played more than 20 tests - except for Kim Hughes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jono4174 (talk • contribs) 01:27, 8 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
That's simply not true. A quick Cricinfo query shows many others with lower averages, e.g. Yallop, Edwards, McCosker, Stackpole, Blewett, G.Marsh, North, Laird, Ritchie, Hookes, Elliot, Wood, etc etc Adpete (talk) 05:32, 20 July 2015 (UTC)Reply