Opening Batsmen

donkey vote still having a big impact in this poll

taipan wrote:Graeme Smith anyone.

Has featured in 4 of the 12 300+ opening partnerships.

*chortle*

lardbucket wrote:donkey vote still having a big impact in this poll

Did Bucks vote? (I have him on ignore).

Which opener faced the most great fast bowlers of all time?

Athers faced Ambrose, Bishop, Walsh, Donald, Pollock, Waqar, Wasim, McGrath, McDermott, Gillespie, and Vaas.

I just got my original list out of the bin and I promise, I did have Vic Trumper on it. However, you're only allowed 10 choices on this poll.

So Sehwag > Trumper?

Right YOU do a bloody poll then, smart arse.

tac wrote:
Is that a new sex position involving corpses, Finky?

Nah, just the pinnacle of laziness.

lardbucket wrote:So Sehwag > Trumper?

Never, in a million years, however many totally benign and lifeless pitch bullying he wants to do.

See, if I hadn't thrown Sehwag in, there wouldn't have been this debate!

Paul Keating wrote:Which opener faced the most great fast bowlers of all time?

Athers faced Ambrose, Bishop, Walsh, Donald, Pollock, Waqar, Wasim, McGrath, McDermott, Gillespie, and Vaas.

Sunny - could have faced the likes:

Lillee, Thommo, Holding, Garner, Marshall, Imran, Roberts, Hadlee, Wasim, Botham, Snow, Croft, Willis, Reid not to mention lesser lights like Hogg, Alderman, Sarfraz, Dilley, Hughes, Old etc etc.

Brass Monkey wrote:

lardbucket wrote:So Sehwag > Trumper?

Never, in a million years, however many totally benign and lifeless pitch bullying he wants to do.

Trumper would have still been batting today.

JGK wrote:Trumper would have still been batting today.

Nah, he'd have got to about 120, got bored and deliberately give his wicket away to give someone else a go. Or so Wisden would have you believe.

Why is Virender Sehwag anywhere near the list? FTB who has barely scored a 2nd innings run in his life. He has acquired a vastly inflated reputation, and his place on any list of greats is preposterous.

He tanks no track with any juice in or any bowler with a bit of movement on the day.

I am in no doubt that Sehwag is better than Hobbs because Sehwag has scored 300 against bowlers like Steyn and Shoaib and Sami. Hobbs wouldn't have faced bowlers as good as that. In fact I would sum up my thoughts by saying 'east or west; Sehwag is the best!!'

I genuinely believe what I have written above so please don't belittle my uninformed, biased and mentalist ramblings.

I would also like to add 'lolzzzz'

spangler wrote:I am in no doubt that Sehwag is better than Hobbs because Sehwag has scored 300 against bowlers like Steyn and Shoaib and Sami. Hobbs wouldn't have faced bowlers as good as that. In fact I would sum up my thoughts by saying 'east or west; Sehwag is the best!!'

I genuinely believe what I have written above so please don't belittle my uninformed, biased and mentalist ramblings.

I would also like to add 'lolzzzz'

I love lesbians

Just from that list it would be:

Hobbs > Hutton > Herb > Gavaskar > Greenidge/Hayden > rest.

Hobbs > Gavaskar > Hutton > Sutcliffe.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Just from that list it would be:

Hobbs > Hutton > Herb > Gavaskar > Greenidge/Hayden > rest.

Had a double take there. Not even LLL could think that Matt Elliot was better than Sunny.

Sehwag >Gavaskar >Hayden >Langer >Kirsten >Anwar >Hobbs >Hutton >Wright(John)

I've only been watching cricket since 1995 but I'm well informed

Hard to go past Hobbs but Sutcliffe had a remarkable record statistically.

It's no suprise Hobbs is dominating this poll. He's a lay down misere.

I agree that Barry Richards could have been better than Hobbs if given the chance. As it stands I'd still pick him alongside Hobbs in an All-time World XI.

As for Trumper - he has no place in an all-time openers thread. He was a decent and serviceable opener, but had much greater success down the order.

Cheers.

horace wrote:i wouldn't include langer, but would include ponsford, simmo and lawry.....no-one seems to be cheering for boycs

Fear ye not Horace, there is now, it's Sir Geoffrey for me.

Scary - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=loYyJllsj68
As good as it gets - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fbEqXv7SN2s&feature=related
*snigger* - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t0cuya1ulrc

Btw, as a kid I loved watching Roy Fredericks bat. What made him more interesting was that inbetween all those magnificent hooks and pulls I spent many an hour trying to fathom out whether or not he had an unfeasibly large head or was wearing an ill-fitting cap.

Happy days.

Geoffrey Trueman wrote:

horace wrote:i wouldn't include langer, but would include ponsford, simmo and lawry.....no-one seems to be cheering for boycs

Fear ye not Horace, there is now, it's Sir Geoffrey for me.

Scary - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=loYyJllsj68
As good as it gets - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fbEqXv7SN2s&feature=related
*snigger* - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t0cuya1ulrc

Btw, as a kid I loved watching Roy Fredericks bat. What made him more interesting was that inbetween all those magnificent hooks and pulls I spent many an hour trying to fathom out whether or not he had an unfeasibly large head or was wearing an ill-fitting cap.

Happy days.

My borther played against the Windies for NSW Country and he reckons Fredericks has an unfeasibly large cock . . . he said that when they went into the changing rooms for a beer, Frederricks was just getting out of the shower, and my brother said that all they could see was a massive cock with a little man growing off it . . . (or that's his favourite story anyway)