Playing Selector: Openers for the Team of the 1990's

[morgieb]

Qualification: 2000 runs opening between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 1999 to make the main poll. I will include an Other option however if you desperately want someone not on the main list to open.

Only select TWO openers, please.

Stats, for those interested.

GA Gooch (Eng) 1990-1995 38 70 2 3571 333 52.51 10 15 1
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1990-1999 43 70 2 3271 188* 48.10 9 21 7
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 1994-1999 29 49 4 2084 340 46.31 5 9 7
DL Haynes (WI) 1990-1994 31 55 8 2132 167 45.36 6 8 3
NS Sidhu (India) 1990-1999 36 54 0 2443 201 45.24 7 12 6
MJ Slater (Aus) 1993-1999 58 103 5 4425 219 45.15 13 16 9
AJ Stewart (Eng) 1990-1999 45 77 2 3348 190 44.64 8 17 4
G Kirsten (SA) 1993-1999 56 100 9 3792 275 41.67 10 18 8
MA Taylor (Aus) 1990-1999 93 166 12 6306 334* 40.94 15 35 5
MA Atherton (Eng) 1990-1999 86 158 5 6072 185* 39.68 13 37 16
SL Campbell (WI) 1995-1999 35 63 3 2184 208 36.40 4 12 6
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 1992-1998 45 75 3 2608 205 36.22 4 13 4
GW Flower (Zim) 1992-1999 38 70 3 2230 201* 33.28 5 8 8
BA Young (NZ) 1993-1999 35 67 4 2024 267* 32.12 2 12 5

 

[morgieb]

BTW if you pick Other, can you please post who that is.

 

[mr_mister]

I voted the two Michaels. come at me

 

[AldoRaine18]

 

[harsh.ag]

Slats fans ruling the roost. ****s

 

[cnerd123]

Has to be Gooch and Kirsten. How is Slater ahead?

 

[watson]

Has to be Gooch and Kirsten. How is Slater ahead?

Gooch retired Feb 1995, so didn't play half the decade. Therefore, not sure he deserves to be classed as a "1990s player" even though he was stella from 1990 to 1993.

 

[mr_mister]

Slats averaged about 46 during the '90s. form really only dropped off after 2000. great player when playing well

 

[AldoRaine18]

Slats averaged about 46 during the '90s. form really only dropped off after 2000. great player when playing well

Yep. And in tubby you get a resilient opener, a wonderful captain and a gun slip fielder.

 

[Howe_zat]

he was stella from 1990 to 1993.

you're thinking of David Boon

 

[OverratedSanity]

Taylor and Gooch. Gooch 's early 90s peak was easily the best of all the ones mentioned, so he gets in easily, and Taylor's slip fielding and captaincy provides a great bonus to his already great batting.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

John Wright robbed by the 2K runs rule:

18 tests, 5 centuries, 1660 runs at 55


Gooch and Saeed Anwar imo


Andrew Hudson was a decent player too

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Imagine Slater and Sidhu in the comm box!

 

[Zinzan]

Gooch and Taylor, nice left/right combo...plus Tubby can be skipper.

 

[Zinzan]

John Wright robbed by the 2K runs rule:

18 tests, 5 centuries, 1660 runs at 55


Gooch and Saeed Anwar imo


Andrew Hudson was a decent player too

Fair enough cut-off tbh.

 

[mr_mister]

imagine if Waugh was made captain when Taylor was, would have broke some serious records

 

[Zinzan]

imagine if Waugh was made captain when Taylor was, would have broke some serious records

Probably would have notched up more victories overall, but they might not have developed into such a great side as when Waugh took over in '99 if not for Taylor's influence.

Waugh wasn't a bad captain at all, but Taylor's comfortably the best Aussie skipper I can remember.

 

[mr_mister]

yeah Taylor was great. was mainly referring to like, longevity records

 

[subshakerz]

Once again, Saeed Anwar being tragically underrated. Had he played in the 2000s, would have easily averaged over 50. Should check how highly the mighty Aussies of the late 90s rated him.

 

[Red]

Anwar and Gooch, just. Gooch might've only played half, but he made a ****load of runs.

I'm a Tubby Taylor fan, big time. So close with the captaincy and 1st slipping thrown in.