CW's Ranking of Opening Batsmen (Tests)

[Lillian Thomson]

Sutcliffe.

(Again putting Sir Geoffrey next early in case I nod off).

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sutcliffe (sadly Herbert, not Bert)

 

[Bitmap]

Sutcliffe

 

[Line and Length]

Sutcliffe ... this is predictable thus far.

 

[Xix2565]

Sutcliffe

 

[steve132]

Sutcliffe

 

[ImpatientLime]

based sutters

england gotta shout loud and proud about the one position they are legit jets in.

 

[ataraxia]

Sutcliffe

 

[Fuller Pilch]

based sutters

england gotta shout loud and proud about the one position they are legit jets in.

WERE not ARE. The law of averages might have finally caught up with England - 3 amazing openers plus the likes of Boycott, WG, Gooch, Cook, Amiss, Stewart, Vaughan, Trescothick, Strauss etc and now struggling to get openers to average 30. Although as a Kiwi who remembers the dark days of the 1990s basically pre Matt Horne and the time post Mark Richardson in the 2000s until Latham arrived, I can't laugh at England.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Sutcliffe

 

[Gob]

Marcus Harris

 

[gftw]

Sutcliffe - 12
Harris - 1

The List
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Sunil Gavaskar
4. Herbert Sutcliffe

The vote for the #5 test opener of all-time begins now.

 

[trundler]

Great batsman, bigger ****. Geoff Boycott.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Boycott. Slim pickings after Sir Geoffrey in terms of genuine greatness.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Boycott. Slim pickings after Sir Geoffrey in terms of genuine greatness.

Well there's still his grandmother with her rhoooobarb.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Anyway Boycott

 

[ataraxia]

Excluding Barry,

yeah Boycott

 

[Line and Length]

Boycott

 

[CricAddict]

Boycott

 

[ImpatientLime]

graeme smith

way better than boycott