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Old October 28, 2010, 02:30 AM
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Default CricInfo's naming conventions...

been meaning to ask this for a few years but been too lazy to post it.

but has anyone other than me noticed cricinfo seems to have seperate naming conventions for 3 countries only...at least the 3 nations with ODI status. players from bangladesh, pakistan, and afghanistan have both in the ball-by-ball commentary and the scorecards their full or 2-name names recorded. i.e tamim is referred to as "tamim iqbal" instead of TI Khan.

however, all the other major countries have the "SR Tendulkar" model of first and middle initial, and then Last name. the Sri Lankan players generally have 47 of their given initials and then a "surname" ie DPDM Jayawardene.

anyone know why this is and who decided on this convention?
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