1966-85 World Test XI

[silentstriker]

It's always going to be hypothetical isn't it tho? Greenidge probably would have been as effective if the rest of the team were crap, but equally he might have been merely good or v. good rather than apparently great. We can guess but we can never know. Its like working out what proportion of their success McGrath and Warne owe to each other.

But then when you vote for an all time team, its always the best team that actually played together (say WI of 1980's). So Bradman and Sobers wouldn't both make an all time team, for example. Because if you can't separate achievements from the team....thats what you end up with.

 

[Matt79]

It's a question of degrees. You can separate it out, but in doing so, you sometimes might guess at what impact it would have on a player's performance. If you think its pronounced enough, you might therefore decide to select openers (batting or bowling) as a pair.

And Bradman's team of 1948 would give the 1980s Windies a run for their money!

 

[PhoenixFire]

Boycottand Greenidge got my vote. The perfect foil for each other.

 

[silentstriker]

Boycottand Greenidge got my vote. The perfect foil for each other.

If you want a attacking/defensive combo, which is not a bad idea, wouldn't Gavaskar/Greendige be betteR?

Though I do rate Boycs highly, and I'm sorta in love with him (in a totally hetero way, you perverts) as a commentator, so I can't completely disagree with you.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Sunil Gavaskar & Gordon Greenidge.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Hehe I am too. I love him because he is a Yorkshireman (like me) and just loves batting (like me). He is a legend round these parts, and had the best defensive technique I've ever seen, so I'm gonna go for him, although Gavaskar was great too.

 

[aussie tragic]

Well, Natman20 voted for all 11 Players so I guess it hasn't changed the Poll result but it is a little dissapointing.

Also, NZtailender only voted for one opener, so I guess Glenn Turner will have to bat from both ends

Mods:Is it possible to change the Thread title to "Pick two Openers for 1966-85 World Test XI". This may help to make it clearer in case members don't click on the first post.....Just a thought, or maybe the above two cases are just a blip.

 

[R_D]

Greenidge and Gavasker.

 

[Perm]

Sunil Gavaskar and Geoffrey Boycott

 

[Anil]

gavaskar and boycott..the two best batsmen in that list....greenidge was great and might have been a better foil for sunny but boycott was just the better technician and batsman....

 

[shortpitched713]

I'm actually kind of tempted to vote for Turner alongside Gavaskar. Greenidge was good, but he benifitted from being on a great side, whereas Turner was often the only class batsman on his team. He also suffered from playing on New Zealand pitches for many of his matches, which makes his mid forties average look a lot better, especially considering its as good or better than most of the players on the list. Still, it seems like the consensus is Greenidge and that vote will be in vain.

 

[aussie]

Gavaskar and Greenidge

 

[adharcric]

same as above

 

[aussie tragic]

What's with the Glenn Turner supporters.... three of the Glenn Turner voters did not vote for a second opener...sounds like a NZ conspiracy to me

 

[Perm]

What's with the Glenn Turner supporters.... three of the Glenn Turner voters did not vote for a second opener...sounds like a NZ conspiracy to me

We harmless Kiwi's would never dream of a conspiracy.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Glenn Turner was is probably the most forgotten about of the people who scored 100 Hundreds in 1st Class cricket, and was a fabulous player.

 

[Perm]

Glenn Turner was is probably the most forgotten about of the people who scored 100 Hundreds in 1st Class cricket, and was a fabulous player.

Totally agree, he also had one series (not sure what one it is) where he scored about 3 centuries in 4 games or something crazy like that.

 

[aussie tragic]

Totally agree, he also had one series (not sure what one it is) where he scored about 3 centuries in 4 games or something crazy like that.

The closest I could find was the 1971-72 series against the West Indies where he scored 4 double-centuries on the tour, including the following Test scores (5-Tests):

223*, 21, 2, 95, 21, 259, 1, 50 = 672 runs @ 96.00

Pretty Impressive!

 

[nightprowler10]

LOL @ Natman voting for everyone.

I voted for Sunny and Amiss (accidentally, I wanted to vote for Boycott, although Amiss isn't a bad choice either.)

 

[aussie tragic]

I voted for Sunny and Amiss (accidentally, I wanted to vote for Boycott, although Amiss isn't a bad choice either.)

Surprised you fessed up, now a lot of Boycott Fans will be angry with you if he loses to Greenidge by 1 vote