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Gooch vs Boycott vs Cook

Gooch vs Boycott vs Cook

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BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
Crawley averages 30 and isn't good at getting starts or capitalising on starts. His defence isn't good enough for a Test opener.

Gooch struggled v only one opponent and exploded once he cracked them.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Hall of Fame Member
Johan said:
Crawley isn't top 20 English openers
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Let's see.....

  1. Jack Hobbs
  2. Len Hutton
  3. Herbert Sutcliffe
  4. WG Grace (have to count somewhere, so here)
  5. Geoff Boycott
  6. Alaistar Cook
  7. Graham Gooch
  8. Arthur Shrewsbury
  9. Archie Maclaren
  10. Alec Stewart
  11. Dennis Amiss
  12. CB Fry
  13. John Edrich
  14. Marcus Trescothick
  15. Phil Mead
  16. Tom Hayward
  17. Michael Atherton
  18. Michael Vaughan
  19. Cyril Washbrook
  20. Andrew Strauss
  21. Jack Russell Sr
  22. Bobby Abel
  23. Wilfred Rhodes
  24. Andy Sandham
  25. Jack Robertson
  26. Chris Broad
  27. Peter Richardson
  28. Andrew Stoddard
  29. Colin Milburn
  30. Raman Subha Row
  31. Ben Duckett
  32. Cyril Walters
  33. Mark Butcher
  34. Geoff Pullar
  35. Bob Barber
  36. Mike Smith
  37. Chris Barnett
  38. Brian Luckhurst
  39. Zak Crawley
 
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Coronis

Coronis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
capt_Luffy said:
Let's see.....

  1. Jack Hobbs
  2. Len Hutton
  3. Herbert Sutcliffe
  4. WG Grace (have to count somewhere, so here)
  5. Geoff Boycott
  6. Alaistar Cook
  7. Graham Gooch
  8. Arthur Shrewsbury
  9. Archie Maclaren
  10. Alec Stewart
  11. Dennis Amiss
  12. CB Fry
  13. John Edrich
  14. Marcus Trescothick
  15. Phil Mead
  16. Tom Hayward
  17. Michael Atherton
  18. Michael Vaughan
  19. Cyril Washbrook
  20. Andrew Strauss
  21. Jack Russell Sr
  22. Bobby Abel
  23. Andy Sandham
  24. Jack Robertson
  25. Chris Broad
  26. Peter Richardson
  27. Andrew Stoddard
  28. Colin Milburn
  29. Raman Subha Row
  30. Ben Duckett
  31. Cyril Walters
  32. Mark Butcher
  33. Geoff Pullar
  34. Bob Barber
  35. Mike Smith
  36. Chris Barnett
  37. Brian Luckhurst
  38. Zak Crawley
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At least his ranking is higher than his average.
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

International Coach
capt_Luffy said:
Let's see.....

  1. Jack Hobbs
  2. Len Hutton
  3. Herbert Sutcliffe
  4. WG Grace (have to count somewhere, so here)
  5. Geoff Boycott
  6. Alaistar Cook
  7. Graham Gooch
  8. Arthur Shrewsbury
  9. Archie Maclaren
  10. Alec Stewart
  11. Dennis Amiss
  12. CB Fry
  13. John Edrich
  14. Marcus Trescothick
  15. Phil Mead
  16. Tom Hayward
  17. Michael Atherton
  18. Michael Vaughan
  19. Cyril Washbrook
  20. Andrew Strauss
  21. Jack Russell Sr
  22. Bobby Abel
  23. Andy Sandham
  24. Jack Robertson
  25. Chris Broad
  26. Peter Richardson
  27. Andrew Stoddard
  28. Colin Milburn
  29. Raman Subha Row
  30. Ben Duckett
  31. Cyril Walters
  32. Mark Butcher
  33. Geoff Pullar
  34. Bob Barber
  35. Mike Smith
  36. Chris Barnett
  37. Brian Luckhurst
  38. Zak Crawley
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You rate Gooch higher than Shrewsbury but lower than Cook?

All of Indian hospitals should be turned into Pizza shop.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Hall of Fame Member
sayon basak said:
You rate Gooch higher than Shrewsbury but lower than Cook?

All of Indian hospitals should be turned into Pizza shop.
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No I rate Shrewsbury higher than both (lower than Boycott) and heck, Grace higher than everyone. But since those two played so few Tests/didn't did that much in it; I yanked them lower. This is more likely the order I will draft them given occasion.
 
B

Betterpolo

School Boy/Girl Captain
capt_Luffy said:
Let's see.....

  1. Jack Hobbs
  2. Len Hutton
  3. Herbert Sutcliffe
  4. WG Grace (have to count somewhere, so here)
  5. Geoff Boycott
  6. Alaistar Cook
  7. Graham Gooch
  8. Arthur Shrewsbury
  9. Archie Maclaren
  10. Alec Stewart
  11. Dennis Amiss
  12. CB Fry
  13. John Edrich
  14. Marcus Trescothick
  15. Phil Mead
  16. Tom Hayward
  17. Michael Atherton
  18. Michael Vaughan
  19. Cyril Washbrook
  20. Andrew Strauss
  21. Jack Russell Sr
  22. Bobby Abel
  23. Andy Sandham
  24. Jack Robertson
  25. Chris Broad
  26. Peter Richardson
  27. Andrew Stoddard
  28. Colin Milburn
  29. Raman Subha Row
  30. Ben Duckett
  31. Cyril Walters
  32. Mark Butcher
  33. Geoff Pullar
  34. Bob Barber
  35. Mike Smith
  36. Chris Barnett
  37. Brian Luckhurst
  38. Zak Crawley
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Oh I see. I though Johan meant current English openers which I thought was a tad harsh (although someone will debate the point I'm sure).

Can I add Frank Hayes?
 
Johan

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
capt_Luffy said:
Let's see.....

  1. Len Hutton
  2. Jack Hobbs
  3. Herbert Sutcliffe
  4. WG Grace (have to count somewhere, so here)
  5. Geoff Boycott
  6. Alaistar Cook
  7. Graham Gooch
  8. Arthur Shrewsbury
  9. Archie Maclaren
  10. Alec Stewart
  11. Dennis Amiss
  12. CB Fry
  13. John Edrich
  14. Marcus Trescothick
  15. Phil Mead
  16. Tom Hayward
  17. Michael Atherton
  18. Michael Vaughan
  19. Cyril Washbrook
  20. Andrew Strauss
  21. Jack Russell Sr
  22. Bobby Abel
  23. Andy Sandham
  24. Jack Robertson
  25. Chris Broad
  26. Peter Richardson
  27. Andrew Stoddard
  28. Colin Milburn
  29. Raman Subha Row
  30. Ben Duckett
  31. Cyril Walters
  32. Mark Butcher
  33. Geoff Pullar
  34. Bob Barber
  35. Mike Smith
  36. Chris Barnett
  37. Brian Luckhurst
  38. Zak Crawley
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Nice list
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Hall of Fame Member
Betterpolo said:
Oh I see. I though Johan meant current English openers which I thought was a tad harsh (although someone will debate the point I'm sure).

Can I add Frank Hayes?
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Interesting...... I really am not Hayes expert, just know he had was a really talented bloke who failed harder than Hick and Ramprakash.
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

International Coach
capt_Luffy said:
No I rate Shrewsbury higher than both (lower than Boycott) and heck, Grace higher than everyone. But since those two played so few Tests/didn't did that much in it; I yanked them lower. This is more likely the order I will draft them given occasion.
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But you rate Macartney over Shrewsbury.

I don't like you.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Hall of Fame Member
sayon basak said:
But you rate Macartney over Shrewsbury.

I don't like you.
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MaCartney was rated higher than Shrewsbury back in the day. At one time, when talking about players as good as Bradman, he was one of the 5 names regularly brought up (alongside Grace, Ranji, Hobbs and Trumper). After the WWII, he was rated around equal to Hammond and over Headley and Sutcliffe. Shrewsbury was never rated that highly, in any time. And MaCartney was a good bowler to boot, heck he was a bowling all-rounder for most of his pre War career.
 
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