Put these five players in order

[Bijed]

In terms of what I'd most likely go for myself, ifI had to:

Jadeja (assuming we're not talking about him with just the moustache, that looked awful)
Lillee
Moeen
Grace
Hughes

 

[vcs]

What about Colin de Grandhomme?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Openers from the last 10years or so who've played approx 50 tests and all average 40-45:

Tamim Iqbal, Gautam Gambhir, Simon Katich, Murali Vijay, Mohammad Hafeez

I'd probably go:
Katich
Tamim
Vijay
Gambhir
Hafeez

 

[weldone]

Rate as ODI batsmen only:

Misbah, Imran, Hick, Haddin, Umar Akmal

 

[Howe_zat]

Openers from the last 10years or so who've played approx 50 tests and all average 40-45:

Tamim Iqbal, Gautam Gambhir, Simon Katich, Murali Vijay, Mohammad Hafeez

I'd probably go:
Katich
Tamim
Vijay
Gambhir
Hafeez

Katich
Tamim
Gambhir
Vijay
Hafeez

Katich as an opener was gun, Gambhir was unstoppable for about two years and better than Vijay who has only ever been solid. Surprised Hafeez averages 40, though he gets too much hate.

 

[Red]

Rate as ODI batsmen only:

Misbah, Imran, Hick, Haddin, Umar Akmal

Hick
Misbah
Haddin
Umar
Imran

 

[weldone]

Hick
Misbah
Haddin
Umar
Imran

Interesting. I'll be tempted to rate Imran higher than Haddin and Umar (although Umar may surpass Imran by the time he retires)

Same question for Russell Arnold, Ravi Bopara, Ken Rutherford, Steve Tikolo, Sunil Gavaskar (as ODI batsmen only)

 

[Black_Warrior]

Rate as ODI batsmen only:

Misbah, Imran, Hick, Haddin, Umar Akmal

Misbah
Haddin
Imran
Hick
U Akmal

 

[Red]

Misbah
Haddin
Imran
Hick
U Akmal

Hick underrated here. Was outstanding at #3 for Eng in ODIs. Deserving of a place in an Eng ATG ODI XI AFAIC.

 

[cnerd123]

Openers from the last 10years or so who've played approx 50 tests and all average 40-45:

Tamim Iqbal, Gautam Gambhir, Simon Katich, Murali Vijay, Mohammad Hafeez

Katich
Tamim
Vijay
Gambhir
Hafeez

 

[OverratedSanity]

Katich
Tamim
Gambhir
Vijay
Hafeez

Katich as an opener was gun, Gambhir was unstoppable for about two years and better than Vijay who has only ever been solid. Surprised Hafeez averages 40, though he gets too much hate.

Hmmm, looking back you may be right. Gambhir was genuinely incredible for a couple of seasons, and then became terrible. Vijay had 2-3 very good years but hasn't put together a dominant run of form. Already shows signs of declining too.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Vijay
Tamim
Hafeez
Gambhir
Katich

 

[Howe_zat]

Cheteshwar Pujara - 6792 runs at 43.81, 18 hundreds
Richie Richardson - 5949 at 44.39, 16 hundreds
Andrew Strauss - 7037 at 40.91, 21 hundreds
Mark Taylor - 7525 runs at 41.48, 19 hundreds
Marcus Trescothick - 5825 at 43.79, 14 hundreds

 

[Himannv]

Richardson
Pujara
Taylor
Trescothick
Strauss

 

[honestbharani]

Richardson
Pujara
Taylor
Trescothick
Strauss

Probably go Strauss above Tresco, but otherwise same.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Richardson
Taylor
Strauss
Pujara
Trescothick

 

[Aritro]

freddie was freddie. icon, inspiration, never backed down from a battle, bowled a yard too short.

I enjoyed this summation

 

[bagapath]

Cheteshwar Pujara - 6792 runs at 43.81, 18 hundreds
Richie Richardson - 5949 at 44.39, 16 hundreds
Andrew Strauss - 7037 at 40.91, 21 hundreds
Mark Taylor - 7525 runs at 41.48, 19 hundreds
Marcus Trescothick - 5825 at 43.79, 14 hundreds

Taylor averaged 43.5

 

[trundler]

Richie Richardson
Mark Taylor
Cheteshwar Pujara
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss

 

[Fuller Pilch]

These are 5 batsmen who have often struggled, been dropped, or (in Mitchell's case) been seen as provincial journeymen. This year they've scored runs for run.

Surprise successes in 2022:

Jonny Bairstow
Kraigg Brathwaite
Dinesh Chandimal
Usman Khawaja
Daryl Mitchell

Rate them on surprise factor and as test batsmen.