Dream ODI XI: Select the TWO opening batsmen

[bagapath]

Please select TWO from the following 22 top batsmen to open your Dream ODI XI

All of them have scored 2000+ runs as openers. They all have a batting avg > 30. and a SR > 70 or their avg > 40 in which case their SR will be above 60.


Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com
Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

If you want to choose anyone other than these 22 players mention their name in your post. I will count them separately as long as you saved up that vote in the poll.

 

[stephen]

Obvious choice for me. Tendulkar + Gilchrist.

 

[Matt79]

Sachin and Gilly

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Hayden and Tendulkar.

 

[Spark]

gilchrist/tendulkar, by a whisker over hayden/tendulkar 'cos of keeping

 

[bagapath]

gone for gilly and sachin

 

[Athlai]

Got to be Sachin and Gilly.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

yeah, um, gilly + sachin

 

[King Pietersen]

Sachin Tendulkar and Mark Waugh for me.

 

[stephen]

I have a feeling this will be a whitewash.

Unfortunately for Hayden, who IMO is the third choice opener for this team.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Tendulkar and Gilchrist.

13 voters within 10 minutes is impressive. Quickest start for any poll on CW I know of.

 

[Noble One]

Voted for Tendulkar and Anwar.

Tendulkar the automatic choice.

Tempted to select 10 or 12 names for the second opening partner. Question of which style of opener to select. The highly attacking Gilchrist, Jayasuriya or Sehwag. Perhaps the more slower accumulators like Waugh, Greenidge, Hayes or Ganguly. Selected Anwar as he combines the two styles so well (much like Tendulkar). A player capable of having the scoreboard read 0/90 off 15, and yet still go on to score the big century.

 

[stephen]

I love that Tendulkar has a 100% record at the moment.

 

[King Pietersen]

Sachin Tendulkar and Mark Waugh for me.

On 2nd thoughts; scrap that. Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist. Any chance of getting my poll vote changed?

 

[Spark]

On 2nd thoughts; scrap that. Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist. Any chance of getting my poll vote changed?

at this rate it won't make any difference

 

[bagapath]

On 2nd thoughts; scrap that. Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist. Any chance of getting my poll vote changed?

will do it if gilchrist is losing his place by one vote/ or is tied with someone else at the end of the polls...

 

[wfdu_ben91]

I have a feeling this will be a whitewash.

Unfortunately for Hayden, who IMO is the third choice opener for this team.

Yeah, mindless. Hayden is the better bat then Gilly, but people are selecting him because of his keeping whilst I would select Dhoni as the keeper as his probably the better ODI player.

 

[Blakus]

Gone for Tendulkar of course and a surprise pick in Lara. Simply, the thought of those 2 batting together from the get go is too good to resist.
That being said, looks like it's going to be a fairly meaningless vote though.

 

[NUFAN]

Went for Sachin Tendulkar and Mark Waugh.

Junior's brilliant fielding gets him over the line for me.

Happy enough with the obvious Tendulkar and Gilchrist opening partnership though.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Went for Sachin Tendulkar and Mark Waugh.

Junior's brilliant fielding gets him over the line for me.

Happy enough with the obvious Tendulkar and Gilchrist opening partnership though.

Yeah, Gilchrist so bad he had to be hidden away at third man