Favourite Batting Partnerships

Which partnerships have you enjoyed most in the past and currently?

I'm still thinking about my favourites from the past.
I still like to see Flintoff and Pietersen together but don't have as much confidence in Flintoff as I used to so tend to spend most of the time they're together, cringing.

I'm very excited, atm, about seeing Kallis and Duminy together.

What's yours, from the past and present?

For about 18 months from early 2002 to late 2003, Vaughan and Trescothick were a great opening partnership to watch.

Henry wrote:For about 18 months from early 2002 to late 2003, Vaughan and Trescothick were a great opening partnership to watch.

Always makes me give a big sigh when I see Trescothick's name

And currently?

Completely biased here but who gives a fugg.....

Lara/Hooper - it is impossible to have a more aesthetically pleasing partnership than that.

Lara/Sarwan - Two elegant batsmen who seemed to love batting with each other.

Ramdin/Bravo - Doesn't happen anywhere near often enough, but their 177 run partnership against Australia in 2005 was spectacular and they both played some amazing shots against Shane Warne and Brett Lee.

Demelza wrote:

Henry wrote:For about 18 months from early 2002 to late 2003, Vaughan and Trescothick were a great opening partnership to watch.

Always makes me give a big sigh when I see Trescothick's name

And currently?

Sehwag and Gambhir are good fun.

A couple of blasts from the past:

Harry Pilling (5' 3") & Clive Lloyd (6' 4")

Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge

Graham Gooch & Mark Waugh for Essex.

Cut above most county attacks when they got going...

Graveney and D'Oliveira

Turner and Headley

Sehwag and Sachin

M Waugh and Gilchrist

Saeed and Yousuf

Lara and Hooper

You're all forgetting to put your favourite current partnerships.

KP and Fred

Sehwag and Gambhir

Monty and Jimmy

For power and grace, I'd go with:

Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist
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Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist.

My current favourite has to be Broad & Anderson

What, no Montay?

For comic running, it had to be Boycott and Amiss

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Sorry Geoff

skully wrote:What, no Montay?

come now.... Monty doesn't hang around long enough to have 'partnership' even uttered in the same sentence as his name. All this bollocks about 'he can 'work his way up to number 9' from Beefy was just that - Bollocks. Monty will still be telling his grandkids about 'that dreamy cover drive I played against Pakistan in 2006.'

skully wrote:What, no Montay?

Just like I always give a big sigh when I see the name Trescothick, I always groan when I see the name Monty Panesar

JKLever wrote:

skully wrote:What, no Montay?

come now.... Monty doesn't hang around long enough to have 'partnership' even uttered in the same sentence as his name. All this bollocks about 'he can 'work his way up to number 9' from Beefy was just that - Bollocks. Monty will still be telling his grandkids about 'that dreamy cover drive I played against Pakistan in 2006.'

Didn't he heave MuMu into the Grandstand at Lords?.....once!

Bit of a slog that one though. THAT cover drive is still no.1

JKLever wrote:Bit of a slog that one though. THAT cover drive is still no.1

The slog was against the spin!

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:Bit of a slog that one though. THAT cover drive is still no.1

The slog was against the spin!

Enough said...

Current - Sehwag and Gambhir.

I'm keen to see some good partnerships between DeVilliers and Duminy in the future.

The current Indian openers are a bit of fun.

Congrats on the Festive Santas, JGK.