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Your ATG Team opening batsmen combo
- Thread starter kyear2
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Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Grace should be an option too, maybe?
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Hobbs-Grace
And who is taking Simpson in ATG team??
And who is taking Simpson in ATG team??
kyear2
International Coach
Averaged 55 as an opener, arguable greatest ever slip fielder and offers a 6th bowling option that would ensure you don't have to change up the team on a spinning wicket.
He's an incredibly versatile and valuable asset and definitely viable.
Not one of the things I'm looking for though, just think he deserved a mention.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Hardly makes the AT Australia team. If he is viable then so are a number of others in Boycott, Smith, Greenidge, Hayden, Sehwag and ofcourse Trumper.
kyear2
International Coach
Who's missing?
And you still haven't retracted the bs statement about me trying to rig the other vote.
If you don't want to participate, just don't.
kyear2
International Coach
Were you going to vote for any of those? There are literally only 3, or a maximum of 4 legitimately viable options. Hobbs, Hutton, Sunny and for a few Sutcliffe.
Everything else is to just make up numbers.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Then don't..... Just add those 4 and Barry. Anyways, Grace and Trumper are definitely more viable than Simpson imo.
srbhkshk
International Captain
Didn't like any of the other options. Too ancient for my taste. If I must, consider Hobbs+1.
kyear2
International Coach
And no, don't have to, just throws off the numbers.
Who would you have wanted voted for?
srbhkshk
International Captain
Smith or Greenidge I think.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Where's Matthew Hayden at?
Why do I have to choose an old **** to pair alongside Gavaskar (and also ignore the last 40 years of Test cricket history as well)?
I do respect Hutton's game, but he is my 3rd choice, not second for openers.
Why do I have to choose an old **** to pair alongside Gavaskar (and also ignore the last 40 years of Test cricket history as well)?
I do respect Hutton's game, but he is my 3rd choice, not second for openers.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Hayden, GSmith, Greenidge, and Sehwag should all have been options.
They will only grow more popular as we get more and more evidence over the years and realize the truth that modern opening is ****ing hard.
Seems OP is ignoring so many comments that not enough openers have been named for an ATG choice....so as I said, a meaningless ATG thread, it's not a "Your ATG Opening combo" but more of a "Which of OP 6 selected openers would you pick as top 2" thread
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kyear2
International Coach
I guess @ataraxia had it right, so....
Yes, to try to keep it uncluttered, it may not have all of your preferred options, but please just select the one closest.
Sehwag is not an option, I got told by everyone on the forum for weeks how Smith wasn't a viable option, over rated and not a top tier batsman who took advantage of a soft era. Hayden is not an ATG batsman, in any conditions where the pitch offered the slightest hint of assistance, he was poor.
Greenidge I did consider and it was between him and Simpson.
I find it hilarious that Simpson is being questioned by the same person who in the bowling thread voted for all 3 bowlers based on their batting, and advocates for all rounders. He's that equivalent in this scenario, who also did quite well as an opening batsman.
I will see if I can add Greenidge, but at the end of the day it was about who will make the team and that's really between 3 persons, 5 max.
And that's your opinion only...the arrogance, people saying 6 choices not enough so you come back saying 3 is enough with 5 at max...get over yourself
kyear2
International Coach
Please see above.
The bowling poll for 3 slots had 7 options. Why list 10 persons to each get 1 vote each? Especially when there are only 5 viable candidates to start.
kyear2
International Coach
And so is yours.