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Top 10 openers of all time ??

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Big fan of Gregory
Me too, but other then McDonald who played his last test in '21, he was literally our only notable pacemen in the whole inter war period

It's a shame Tibby Cotter died in WW1, he might have been able to keep playing til the mid 1920s and given Hobbs and Sutcliffe some grief
 

Line and Length

Cricketer Of The Year
Hobbs
Hutton
Sutcliffe/Gavaskar
Simpson
Greenidge
Boycott
Smith
Hayden
Sehwag

I overlooked Richards but rate him very highly. Surprised Arthur Morris hasn't rated a mention.
 

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