ui.tablesorter uses XPath selectors

The zebra widget won't work unless change the 803,804 lines from:

$("> tbody:first/

tr:visible:even",table).removeClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[1]).addClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[0]);

$("> tbody:first/

tr:visible:odd",table).removeClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[0]).addClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[1]);

to:

$("> tbody:first

tr:visible:even",table).removeClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[1]).addClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[0]);

$("> tbody:first

tr:visible:odd",table).removeClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[0]).addClass(table.config.widgetZebra.css[1]);