Better opener : Gavaskar vs Cook

[Burgey]

Gavaskar is in the running for WBC but this comparison shouldn't even be made. He's miles ahead of Cook ffs.

 

[sayon basak]

Sunny > Hutton > Hobbs > Richards > other ATG openers >> cook

Hobbs at 3?
No Herbert Sutcliffe in the top 4?
And don't think there are more than 4/5 ATG openers. So curious who are the "other ATG openers".

And if you really count Barry (which is okay), you should also count Grace.

 

[sayon basak]

Okay who voted for Cook?

 

[DrWolverine]

How do we compare someone who played in 1900s to someone who played in 1970s? Test cricket saw a massive change in those years.

Greatest opener before WW 2 : Hobbs

Greatest opener after WW 2 : Sunny

 

[DrWolverine]

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Hobbs at 3?
No Herbert Sutcliffe in the top 4?
And don't think there are more than 4/5 ATG openers. So curious who are the "other ATG openers".

And if you really count Barry (which is okay), you should also count Grace.

Hobbs. Sutcliffe. Hutton and Gavaskar are Tier 1 openers.

 

[sayon basak]

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Hobbs. Sutcliffe. Hutton and Gavaskar are Tier 1 openers.

Yeah that's what I'm sayin'.

Hobbs
Hutton
Gavaskar
Sutcliffe

Boycott
Greenidge
Simpson
Bruce Mitchell

Gooch

G Smith
Sehwag
Hayden
Cook
(Not considering Grace, Richards or Trumper as usual).

 

[DrWolverine]

I do not think Barry Richards should be considered at all. Even if he was very talented, he played just 4 Test matches.

 

[sayon basak]

I do not think Barry Richards should be considered at all. Even if he was very talented, he played just 4 Test matches.

If FC considered**