Pick your best opening pair in the modern era

[subshakerz]

As the title suggests, select an opening pair based on each era, and then select which order you would put them in a contest. I have narrowed the options below but can add your own suggestions:

70s/80s (combined decades due to lack of options): Boycott/Gavaskar/Greenidge/Haynes

vs.

90s: Anwar/Gooch/Slater/Kirsten

vs.

2000s: Smith/Hayden/Sehwag/Langer

vs.

2010s: Cook/Warner

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Gavaskar and one of B Richards/Boycott/Greenidge

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Tim McIntosh and James Marshall

 

[honestbharani]

If it is some draft type thing where you can pair whom you want, I would go for G Smith - Sehwag.

 

[Shady Slim]

nah it can't be warner imho

england failure too big a black mark on his career for an australian opener

 

[Xix2565]

Give me Rohit Sharma and Dennis Amiss .

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=1;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;spanmin2=01+Jan+1970;spanval2=span;template=results;type=batting

 

[Fuller Pilch]

As the title suggests, select an opening pair based on each era, and then select which order you would put them in a contest. I have narrowed the options below but can add your own suggestions:

70s/80s (combined decades due to lack of options): Boycott/Gavaskar/Greenidge/Haynes

vs.

90s: Anwar/Gooch/Slater/Kirsten

vs.

2000s: Smith/Hayden/Sehwag/Langer

vs.

2010s: Cook/Warner

Lots of options to add for 70s Add Barry Richards, Turner, Amiss, and Fredericks

80s
Not so many, but perhaps add
Wessels and Wright

2020s so far
Karunaratne, Rohit Sharma, Khawaja

 

[mr_mister]

Slater and Atherton

 

[HookShot]

‘Which is the most prolific Test opening partnership of all time?’

https://www.espn.ph/cricket/story/_/id/21344372/which-most-prolific-test-opening-partnership-all

 

[trundler]

Gavaskar and Greenidge, duh.

 

[Raz0r6ack]

Hayden and Langer

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hayden and Langer

This

Closely followed by Sehwag and one of Sanjay Bangar or Aakash Chopra.

Or more seriously Gautam Gambhir.

Gibbs and Kirsten, Smith and McKenzie 2 good ones from SA too

 

[trundler]

This

Closely followed by Sehwag and one of Sanjay Bangar or Aakash Chopra.

Or more seriously Gautam Gambhir.

Gibbs and Kirsten, Smith and McKenzie 2 good ones from SA too

I know cricket before 1995 doesn't exist in your head but maybe you've heard of Greenidge and Haynes.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

‘Which is the most prolific Test opening partnership of all time?’

https://www.espn.ph/cricket/story/_/id/21344372/which-most-prolific-test-opening-partnership-all

Hobbs+Sutcliffe

 

[TheJediBrah]

I know cricket before 1995 doesn't exist in your head but maybe you've heard of Greenidge and Haynes.

Heard of them but no interest in talking today about ones I haven't seen live. Might be different tomorrow. Thanks for your concern though