CW's Ranking of Opening Batsmen (Tests)

[Daemon]

Size difference:

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lol they always put him in the middle of Hayden and the other commentator too. He also stands a couple steps back which makes it look even worse.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Bill Woodfull.

 

[The Sean]

Ashley mallett chose trumper in his test team of the century as a middle order batsman rather than a opener.

He did indeed, with some justification - noting that his versatility was a key point in his favour and that he could move up to open should that be required.

I enjoyed reading Mallett's team and his reasoning, though it was one of the more home-country-biased sides I've seen - six of his XI were Australian, with a seventh Aussie as 12th man!

 

[HookShot]

Didn’t realise that Greenidge’s career was such a mixed bag with his series average against England ranging all the way from 20.67 to 81.71.

Still, can’t go past such an iconic attacking batsman….Greenidge

Series

Mat

Inns

NO

100s

50s

0s

HS

Runs

Avg

S/R

Ca

St

1974-1975 India v. West Indies​

5​

9​

0​

1​

2​

0​

107​

371​

41.22​

​

5​

0​

1975-1976 Australia v. West Indies​

2​

4​

0​

0​

0​

2​

8​

11​

2.75​

22.00​

1​

0​

1976 England v. West Indies​

5​

10​

1​

3​

2​

1​

134​

592​

65.78​

63.05​

7​

0​

1976-1977 West Indies v. Pakistan​

5​

10​

0​

1​

4​

0​

100​

536​

53.60​

​

8​

0​

1977-1978 West Indies v. Australia​

2​

3​

1​

0​

1​

0​

80*​

131​

65.50​

​

1​

0​

1979-1980 Australia v. West Indies​

3​

6​

1​

0​

1​

1​

76​

173​

34.60​

48.06​

3​

0​

1979-1980 New Zealand v. West Indies​

3​

6​

0​

0​

3​

0​

97​

274​

45.67​

39.26​

4​

0​

1980 England v. West Indies​

5​

6​

0​

0​

1​

1​

53​

124​

20.67​

37.92​

3​

0​

1980-1981 West Indies v. England​

4​

5​

0​

0​

3​

1​

84​

223​

44.60​

47.45​

6​

0​

1981-1982 Australia v. West Indies​

2​

4​

0​

0​

2​

0​

66​

134​

33.50​

54.47​

1​

0​

1982-1983 West Indies v. India​

5​

7​

2​

1​

3​

1​

154*​

393​

78.60​

​

4​

0​

1983-1984 India v. West Indies​

6​

10​

2​

1​

1​

0​

194​

411​

51.38​

​

2​

0​

1983-1984 West Indies v. Australia​

5​

8​

3​

2​

1​

1​

127​

393​

78.60​

60.46​

6​

0​

1984 England v. West Indies​

5​

8​

1​

2​

0​

0​

223​

572​

81.71​

61.51​

3​

0​

1984-1985 Australia v. West Indies​

5​

8​

0​

0​

1​

0​

95​

214​

26.75​

46.22​

5​

0​

1984-1985 West Indies v. New Zealand​

4​

7​

2​

1​

1​

0​

100​

264​

52.80​

44.00​

3​

0​

1985-1986 West Indies v. England​

5​

6​

0​

0​

1​

0​

58​

217​

36.17​

71.85​

3​

0​

1986-1987 Pakistan v. West Indies​

3​

5​

0​

0​

1​

0​

75​

132​

26.40​

41.77​

3​

0​

1986-1987 New Zealand v. West Indies​

3​

6​

1​

1​

1​

0​

213​

344​

68.80​

52.44​

1​

0​

1987-1988 India v. West Indies​

3​

6​

0​

1​

1​

1​

141​

260​

43.33​

46.68​

4​

0​

1987-1988 West Indies v. Pakistan​

3​

6​

0​

0​

0​

0​

43​

135​

22.50​

44.55​

6​

0​

1988 England v. West Indies​

4​

6​

0​

1​

1​

0​

103​

282​

47.00​

41.78​

4​

0​

1988-1989 Australia v. West Indies​

5​

10​

1​

1​

2​

1​

104​

397​

44.11​

43.39​

4​

0​

1988-1989 West Indies v. India​

4​

7​

0​

1​

1​

1​

117​

243​

34.71​

53.41​

3​

0​

1989-1990 West Indies v. England​

4​

7​

0​

1​

0​

0​

149​

308​

44.00​

52.38​

3​

0​

1990-1991 Pakistan v. West Indies​

3​

6​

0​

0​

0​

0​

21​

58​

9.67​

48.33​

2​

0​

1990-1991 West Indies v. Australia​

5​

9​

1​

1​

0​

0​

226​

366​

45.75​

45.07​

1​

0​

Overall (27)​

108​

185​

16​

19​

34​

11​

226​

7558​

44.72​

​

96​

0​

 

[gftw]

Greenidge - 4
Simpson - 4
Lawry - 1
Morris - 1
Sehwag - 1
Woodfull - 1

Breaking the tie with Simpson just because he came in ahead of Greenidge in the other list.

The List
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Sunil Gavaskar
4. Herbert Sutcliffe
5. Geoffrey Boycott
6. Graeme Smith
7. Bob Simpson

The vote for the #8 test opener of all-time begins now.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Greenidge

 

[ImpatientLime]

Sehwag

 

[Line and Length]

Sehwag

(Greenidge was a fine opener to watch, but too inconsistent .)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Barry Richards

 

[OverratedSanity]

Greenidge ffs

 

[honestbharani]

Greenidge


Sehwag next though.

 

[ataraxia]

Morris

 

[Bitmap]

Greenidge

 

[trundler]

Lawry

 

[steve132]

Greenidge

 

[kyear2]

Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Morris

 

[gftw]

Greenidge - 6
Sehwag - 2
Richards - 1
Morris - 2
Lawry - 1

The List
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Sunil Gavaskar
4. Herbert Sutcliffe
5. Geoffrey Boycott
6. Graeme Smith
7. Bob Simpson
8. Gordon Greenidge

The vote for the #9 test opener of all-time begins now.

Reply

 

[honestbharani]

SehWAG

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Sehwag