Greatest Opening Pair

[Sanz]

I pick Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge. What do you guys think ?

 

[Richard]

Hobbs and Sutcliffe.
Closely followed by Woodfull and Ponsford and Barnes and Morris.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Not Gibbs and Smith?

 

[Deja moo]

Tendulkar and Ganguly.........check the stats..

 

[Adamc]

Tendulkar and Ganguly.........check the stats..

Ok i will . I am assuming you are talking about ODI's, so:

Leading ODI opening pairs:
1. Sehwag/Tendulkar (Ind) 1393 runs @ avg. 66.33 7x100 5x50
2. Jadeja/Tendulkar (Ind) 1315@59.77 5x100 7x50
3. Gilchrist/Hayden (Aus) 2811@53.03 10x100 12x50
4. Haynes/Greenidge (WI) 5150@52.55 15x100 24x50
5. Ganguly/Tendulkar (Ind) 5621@49.30 16x100 21x50

(Minimum Qualification: 1000 runs)

In terms of number of runs, Ganguly/Tendulkar are up the top; in terms of averages Haynes/Greenidge and Gilchrist/Hayden are slightly ahead.

 

[Deja moo]

In terms of number of runs, Ganguly/Tendulkar are up the top; in terms of averages Haynes/Greenidge and Gilchrist/Hayden are slightly ahead

wow! I didnt know Tendulkar-Sehwag were ahead of Tendulkar-Ganguly in terms of average!

 

[Tom Halsey]

Vaughnie and Tres...

Athers and Stewie...

'Bout equal.

 

[Jono]

In ODIs I prefer Sehwag/Tendulkar opening. Opening is the perfect spot for Sehwag, and well Tendulkar is Tendulkar. I have always thought that Ganguly would best be suited coming in at 4 in ODIs after Laxman, I hope that's the way things work in the finals when Tendulkar and Sehwag return.

 

[iamdavid]

Hobbs and Sutcliffe.
Closely followed by Woodfull and Ponsford and Barnes and Morris.

I agree

I reckon Jayasuria & Kalu deserve a mention in the ODI category.

 

[age_master]

ODI - Gilly and Hayden, though Kalu and Sanath, Shewag and Tendulkar are up there as well

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Haynes and Greenidge closely followed by Gayle and Ganga.

 

[Mister Wright]

Tests - Best Opening Pairs

It looks like Sutcliffe & Hobbs easily have it over any other opening pair.

 

[Tom Halsey]

As has been proved in aLftA...

 

[Armadillo]

the most promising looks to be Taufeeq Umar and
Imran Farhat

 

[Andre]

I'm suprised you all speak of Gilchrist and Hayden as a top opening pair - IMO, Gilchrist and Mark Waugh were far, far superior.

 

[Gaijin-san]

What's wrong, Andre? This week is turning out to be most disappointing, what with all the agreeances. Gilchrist/Waugh were miles ahead of Gilchrist/Hayden. The only time Gilly and Waugh looked like they were human was when the rotation policy came in and they found themselves in a bit of a triangle. Before that though, Gilly and Waugh eclipsed everyone.

 

[marc71178]

In terms of number of runs, Ganguly/Tendulkar are up the top; in terms of averages Haynes/Greenidge and Gilchrist/Hayden are slightly ahead.

And when you consider quite how much more the One Day game has turned to help batsmen, that record from Haynes and Greenidge becomes all the more impressive.

 

[Sanz]

How About David Boon And Geoff Marsh. Does anyone remember them ?? I think they were were consistent.

 

[Mister Wright]

How About David Boon And Geoff Marsh. Does anyone remember them ?? I think they were were consistent.

Yep, back when 180 was a competive target (in ODI).

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

As has been proved in aLftA...

Hmm....

Sutcliffe avge 32.03
Hobbs avge 29.13

It might also help if Hobbs actually opened occasionally :P.

Pakistan... Anwar (avge 39.86) and Umar (avge 31.22) with partnerships of 274 and 221*.

New Zealand... Dempster (43.88) and Richardson (26.16) with partnerships of 265*, 145, 134 and 118.