SJS
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This may have been done before but I recently came across a blog by an Indian fan. He had drawn up an all time sub-continental side and as openers he chose Ganguly you partner Tendulkar instead of Anwar. Maybe he would have chosen Anwar if he (the blogger) was a Pakistani but that apart I find it an intriguing question.
There isn't much between them as can be seen from the stats below but I would love to know what people think. Here are a few ground rules and it would be great if people followed them.
1. This is not to fit him into an All Time sub-continental side so please DO NOT consider "long standing successful partnership with Tendulkar" as a criteria.
2. We are only looking at them as openers in ODI's so the choice has nothing to do with their overall caliber as batsmen but you may comment on their batting besides as opener as long as the choice is not based on that.
3. Fielding is not criteria nor is bowling ability. This is purely about batting.
4. You can use additional stats to support your argument.
I am not making this a poll because I am not interested in knowing the numbers of votes for each as much as the arguments for and against
There isn't too much that separates them in the stats at first sight though one can pick a few odd things.
There isn't much between them as can be seen from the stats below but I would love to know what people think. Here are a few ground rules and it would be great if people followed them.
1. This is not to fit him into an All Time sub-continental side so please DO NOT consider "long standing successful partnership with Tendulkar" as a criteria.
2. We are only looking at them as openers in ODI's so the choice has nothing to do with their overall caliber as batsmen but you may comment on their batting besides as opener as long as the choice is not based on that.
3. Fielding is not criteria nor is bowling ability. This is purely about batting.
4. You can use additional stats to support your argument.
I am not making this a poll because I am not interested in knowing the numbers of votes for each as much as the arguments for and against
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[B]Player Anwar Ganguly[/B]
ODI'd 247 311
Inns 244 300
Not Outs 19 23
Aggregate 8824 11363
Average 39.24 41.02[
Highest 194 183
50+ 63 94
100+ 20 22
Ducks 15 16
Scoring Rate 80.67 73.71
Inns/50+ 3.87 3.19
Inns/100 12.2 13.6
Opener-Ins 220 236
Opener-NO 16 16
Opener-Agg 8156 9146
Opener-Avg 39.98 41.57
Opener-50+ 57 77
Opener-100+ 20 19
Opener I/50+ 3.86 3.06
Opener-I/100 11 12.42
Opener-Srate 79.93 73.59
Opener -4's 866 935
Opener -6's 88 139