Best Opening Partnerships in Domestic FC History

[harsh.ag]

Hampshire famously had Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge as their openers. Barbados had Marshall and Garner opening the bowling in the 80s.

What about the Shield?

 

[Zinzan]

I'm guessing Hobbs & Sandham for Surrey were handy.

 

[Coronis]

Woodfull and Ponsford. /thread

Sutcliffe and Holmes weren't bad at all for Yorkshire.

 

[Zinzan]

Just checked Hobbs and Sandham, Sixty-six times they posted a three-figures stand, including the towering 428 against Oxford University in 1926.

 

[morgieb]

Did Sutcliffe and Hutton ever open together for Yorkshire?

 

[Zinzan]

Sutcliffe and Hutton made 16 century opening partnerships together, 15 of them for Yorkshire. Their highest was 315, which they achieved twice.

 

[Marius]

Henry Fotheringham and Jimmy Cook were also pretty good for the old Transvaal 'Mean Machine' during the 1980s.

 

[jimmy101]

Whilst not as impressive as some of the others mentioned here, Matthew Hayden & Martin Love were a formidable opening combo for QLD in the 90's.

 

[Coronis]

Sutcliffe and Hutton made 16 century opening partnerships together, 15 of them for Yorkshire. Their highest was 315, which they achieved twice.

How did you check this?

 

[mr_mister]

Shoaib Akthar and Brett Lee opened the bowling for the same club side in Sydney Grade cricket one season correct? What fun that must have been for amateurs to face

 

[Red]

Whilst not as impressive as some of the others mentioned here, Matthew Hayden & Martin Love were a formidable opening combo for QLD in the 90's.

Hayden and Jimmy Maher wasn't it?

 

[Athlai]

What about the Shield?

After beating Evolution I think they'd peaked and the right decision was made to break them up.

 

[Midwinter]

Lawry and Stackpole were impressive for Victoria

Hoping Quiney and Dean turn into one of the ATG opening pairs

 

[Zinzan]

How did you check this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sutcliffe#Sutcliffe_and_Hutton

 

[Zinzan]

And then there's the legendary Luke Woodcock and Michael Papps for Wellington.

 

[Athlai]

And then there's the legendary Luke Woodcock and Michael Papps for Wellington.

19 innings
717 @ 37.74
HS 235
1 100s
3 50s

 

[Gnske]

And then there's the legendary Luke Woodcock and Michael Papps for Wellington.

Watching Papps and Murdoch live was cricket like I've never seen it before.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Whilst not as impressive as some of the others mentioned here, Matthew Hayden & Martin Love were a formidable opening combo for QLD in the 90's.

Didn't Martin Love bat at 3 and Jimmy Maher open with Hayden mostly?

 

[honestbharani]

Delhi had at one point Sehwag, Gambhir, Dhawan and Aakash Chopra in the same side.

 

[Zinzan]

Watching Papps and Murdoch live was cricket like I've never seen it before.

That's one way of putting it... at least you still used the word 'cricket' I guess.