Long names may prove to be a problem. I’ll have to find an algorithm for trimming that makes sense. I guess its based on sound groups? What I’ve done for now is that if a name is longer than 10 characters, I use Cricinfo’s “popular name”, which is a heavily shortened version they use in graphs etc. For these, Jayawardene would become “DPMD” (his initials) and Sangakkara becomes “Sanga”. I don’t want to use it all the time because it seems really hit-and-miss, but its bette...
