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CW's Ranking of Opening Batsmen (Tests)

OverratedSanity

OverratedSanity

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Morris has one of the skewed statistical records in terms of peak vs career in cricket history. In his first 14 tests in 1946 and 1947 he averaged 74. In the remaining 32, he only averaged 37.

Will go for Gary Kirsten here, made a huge impression on me whenever he toured Asia. Very underrated opener. Lawry a good shout too but never watched him obviously.
 
Line and Length

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Cricketer Of The Year
Our usual dozen or so votes in:

Morris 5
Lawry 3
Kirsten 1
Cook 3
Haynes 1

I declare Morris the 13th Opener on our list.

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
9. Virender Sehwag
10. Barry Richards
11. Matthew Hayden
12. Graham Gooch
13. Arthur Morris

Voting is now open for the 14th name on the list. Keep them flowing please.
 
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Cricketer Of The Year
While Trumper is often regarded as an opener, he performed far better in the middle order (averaged 33.00 when opening and 53.07 when batting 3-6)

Torn between Cook and Lawry.

I'll vote for Bill Lawry
 
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