Re-Vote for # 2 Opener 1986-2006 (Previous Poll Tied)

[Turbinator]

of course it has nothing to do with the fact that he's indian rite ?

o ofcourse not i wudnt be biased liek that.......

 

[Fusion]

I think Anwar should go through, seeing that he has accumalated the most votes between the two polls. And of course this has nothing to do with the fact that I like him more! Wow, we were just selecting the openers and we had such a close race. Imagine when we get to the middle order, allrounder(s), the quicks, and GASP, the
spinner(s)! This may go on for a year or so!

 

[silentstriker]

Sehwag scores more runs at a faster rate, a better average and with more centuries and a phenomenal conversion rate. Why is this poll tied?

 

[JBH001]

Because Anwar was the better batsman (so far) and people recognised that.

 

[silentstriker]

Because Anwar was the better batsman (so far) and people recognised that.

I suppose you are right. Scoring less at a lower average at a lower speed with a smaller conversion clearly points to him being a better batsman.

 

[aussie tragic]

Subject to Bagapath's confirmation, (as he is the thread starter) I consider that Anwar should go through based on a count back of all votes between the two Opener Polls.

This count back system will also work well on the new approach decided on the main thread (i.e. we'll have a prelimanary Poll whereby the top 4 will go into a selection Poll; If the selection Poll is then tied, whoever got the most votes in the preliminary Poll will be declared the winner)

btw, Hayden is locked in as the # 1 Opener by a landslide margin and there's no way he should have to go back into a three-way vote with Anwar & Sehwag as suggested by some

 

[Jono]

I reckon Anwar and Sehwag should be disqualified and Gooch should slot in.

 

[bagapath]

Subject to Bagapath's confirmation, (as he is the thread starter) I consider that Anwar should go through based on a count back of all votes between the two Opener Polls.

This count back system will also work well on the new approach decided on the main thread (i.e. we'll have a prelimanary Poll whereby the top 4 will go into a selection Poll; If the selection Poll is then tied, whoever got the most votes in the preliminary Poll will be declared the winner)

btw, Hayden is locked in as the # 1 Opener by a landslide margin and there's no way he should have to go back into a three-way vote with Anwar & Sehwag as suggested by some

hey aussie tragic. i guess anwar should go through as you suggest since he has garnered more votes. however, it is a personal disappointment since i would have preferred gooch, sehwag and smith ahead of him. but well, more forum members prefer anwar. so lets go for it.

on to no.3. i am sure its going to be more fun from now on until we get to the spinners where the results are quite obvious even without a poll

 

[Perry Mason]

Personally I think thats a poor decision to award it to Anwar based on the results of the first poll. I've gone through that thread now, and it seems to me that almost all the Indians on that thread favoured Hayden as the #1 opener, while the Pakistanis (I assume from their other posts on the forum) were in favour of Anwar. It was only when Hayden was removed from the equation that the Indians shifted allegiance to Sehwag. Which suggests bias on the part of the Pakistanis in the poll for the #1 opener to me.

 

[StumpMic]

Personally I think thats a poor decision to award it to Anwar based on the results of the first poll. I've gone through that thread now, and it seems to me that almost all the Indians on that thread favoured Hayden as the #1 opener, while the Pakistanis (I assume from their other posts on the forum) were in favour of Anwar. It was only when Hayden was removed from the equation that the Indians shifted allegiance to Sehwag. Which suggests bias on the part of the Pakistanis in the poll for the #1 opener to me.

Ok firstly how do you know all the Pakistanis voted for Anwar? Secondly what you call bias might be considered patriotism by some .

 

[R_D]

I don't get one thing tho.. When People say Sehwag hasn't faced many great attacks and pitches are flatter these days etc... Which is fair enough. Wonder why the same logic wasn't applied to Hayden. How did he win it so easy.

 

[Perry Mason]

Ok firstly how do you know all the Pakistanis voted for Anwar? Secondly what you call bias might be considered patriotism by some .

I went by those who posted their comments in the thread. And if patriotism/bias (tomatoe-tomatoh) are to be factors in an exercise as this, its a futile exercise.

 

[marc71178]

GASP, the
spinner(s)! This may go on for a year or so!

Can I suggest that this team has 2 spinners in it please...

 

[marc71178]

Sehwag scores more runs at a faster rate, a better average and with more centuries and a phenomenal conversion rate. Why is this poll tied?

Because he's also had far more batsman friendly conditions and faced overall weaker bowling.

 

[marc71178]

I reckon Anwar and Sehwag should be disqualified and Gooch should slot in.

Nah, to avoid the future arguments I propose Warne opens the batting.

 

[bagapath]

Can I suggest that this team has 2 spinners in it please...

that was always the plan marc. please see the original thread "Playing selector: Lets pick the best test XI of the past two decades"

 

[jack_sparrow]

the polls closed but I woulda voted for anwar. I certainly think he's a winner in all sorts. I'd think twice about having sehwag on my team then anwar.

 

[silentstriker]

Because he's also had far more batsman friendly conditions and faced overall weaker bowling.

But their stats aren't even close. If you are going to use that argument, then no batsman of the 2000's is even close to the top batsmen of the 90's. You are basically saying Azharuddin is better than Ponting, because its the same argument when comparing Anwar vs. Sehwag.

I can see awarding Anwar the opening batsmanship if their stats were similar, but its not even close.

 

[marc71178]

They aren't that far apart, especailly when you look down their higher scores and see how many runs there were in those matches...

 

[Jono]

Yeah but (to play Devil's Advocate for a moment) if that's the case, not only is Anwar > Sehwag, Anwar > Hayden too. Both have feasted on poor bowline line-ups and flat pitches. At least Sehwag has had to play McGrath and Warne.