After mu hugely successful opening bowling partnership article, I thought I'd look at opening batsmen!!!
Hobbs & Sutcliffe are the obvious place to start. Both are all time greats for England and played a lot together during the 20's and 30's
I started watching Cricket in the early 80's and Greenidge & Haynes were the main men. The former, with his infamous limp being the better imo.
Onto the 2000's and Hayden & Langer were the top order that laid the foundations for Punter and co to thrive on. Hayden the aggressor and Langer the more resolute foil
Honourable mentions
Sehwag & Gambhir
Cook & Strauss
Anwar & Sohail
Smith & Gibbs
Jayasuria & Atapattu
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posted on 28/1/21
Pretty sure DeVilliers did not open in tests?
Greenidge and Hayes was the benchmark.
comment by Barefoot (U19770)
posted on 28/1/21
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 5 minutes ago
Pretty sure DeVilliers did not open in tests?
Greenidge and Hayes was the benchmark.
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Didn't AB and Smith share a record opening stand?
comment by Barefoot (U19770)
posted on 28/1/21
AB & Smith did open together but it was Gibbs who I had in mind.
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted on 28/1/21
Greenidge & Haynes
Hayden & Langer
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted on 28/1/21
Smith and McKenzie have the highest opening partnership
and AB didnt open, might have on the odd occasion i spose
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted on 28/1/21
Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge for Hampshire
comment by Barefoot (U19770)
posted on 28/1/21
AB did open on occasions.
Never saw Barry Richards play. Like with Graeme Pollock, a wasted career.
comment by Bennythedip - Living The Dream (U9359)
posted on 30/1/21
Cook and Strauss, Greenidge and Haynes best in my lifetime though. 80s Gooch and Robinson.
comment by JustTrue (U13155)
posted on 30/1/21
I thought Gibbs and Kirsten were together at one time.
Slater and Taylor were good
Recently Dhawan and Rohit Sharma in white ball cricket
Obviously Hayden and Langer
But my favourite were Greenidge and Haynes.
comment by Warmonger (U10140)
posted on 14/2/21
Post 2000, without a shadow of doubt, its Hayden vs Langer, they smashed all bowling attacks at home and abroad . Pre-2000 Haynes and Greenidge. They played in an era where difficulty level of playing conditions and bowling was at its zenith
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