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Matty Hayden v SUnil Gavaskar - better test opener ?

Was actually debating with a mate from Queensland about this the other day....
IMO, Gavaskar's the better player.....looking at Hayden's record its quite obvious he was merely good away from the higher bouncing Australian wickets whereas Gavaskar had a similar record home and away ..

What do you guys reckon ?
 

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I get the feeling you guys aren't taking this seriously....

My 2c, Gavaskar but not by the distance some would suggest.
 

SJS

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Hayden - because he is a better player of left arm pacers from Baroda who migrate to Mumbai.
 
I get the feeling you guys aren't taking this seriously....

My 2c, Gavaskar but not by the distance some would suggest.

Hayden has agreat record on papaper but where he falls down relative to Gavaskar is his record away from home.

Gavaskar averaged over 50 outside India......Hayden only averages 42 away from Australia.

Also quite interesting to note that Hayden doesn't average above 35 in ENgland, NZ and RSA, the places where the ball is most likely to move around a bit.
Gavaskar never played in SA but averaged over 40 in ENgland And NZl.
 
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Anil

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I get the feeling you guys aren't taking this seriously....

My 2c, Gavaskar but not by the distance some would suggest.
are you kidding? gavaskar by so much it isn't funny...gavaskar bears serious comparison to the greatest ever openers test cricket has seen while hayden would be at least a couple of rungs below...
 

Ikki

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Been through this a million times. Hayden is one of the greatest openers of all time and compares with Gavaskar quite easily. The comparison is helped by a few myths - some that seem to inflate Gavaskar's reputation and others that deflate Hayden's. Having said that, looking at it as it stands, Gavaskar is a bit better. If Hayden improves his away record there is no reason why he can't be the better of the two. Actually, Gavaskar's home record isn't too flash either and is held up by his smashing of Sri Lanka - minnows of the time.
 
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Ikki

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are you kidding? gavaskar by so much it isn't funny...gavaskar bears serious comparison to the greatest ever openers test cricket has seen while hayden would be at least a couple of rungs below...
This is ridiculous. Why would Hayden be a couple rungs below? If I were to bring the same arguments that people put against Hayden for Gavaskar then he wouldn't be near Hobbs and Sutcliffe either.
 

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