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Pick Two Openers for the 1920-39 World Test XI
- Thread starter aussie tragic
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JBH001
International Regular
Hobbs and Sutcliffe here too, though there is a strong argument for 'The Master' taking the opening birth in the pre WW1 side too. As many, and he himself, have said he was a better batsman pre war than post war. A more attacking batsman on worse pitches.
And yet, two of his greatest knocks came in the post war era - namely his 100 in the second innings on a sticky at the oval in 1926, and a 49 on sticky in Melbourne iirc in 1928- 1929. So maybe, post war is the place for the great man.
(And yes, as Sean, I think, has said, Trumper for all his fame as an opener, averaged better as a no. 5. Maybe a reason for A.C McLaren to open with Grace?)
And yet, two of his greatest knocks came in the post war era - namely his 100 in the second innings on a sticky at the oval in 1926, and a 49 on sticky in Melbourne iirc in 1928- 1929. So maybe, post war is the place for the great man.
(And yes, as Sean, I think, has said, Trumper for all his fame as an opener, averaged better as a no. 5. Maybe a reason for A.C McLaren to open with Grace?)
JBH001
International Regular
I don't think there is a maybe about it.
They are the best opening combo of all time - with no real opening combination in touching distance of them.
IIRC, their average was 88 in 38 innings opened together.
Of the 38 innings, 15 were century partnerships and 10 were 50 partnerships.
I think they held the record for most century partnerships for almost 60 years until Haynes and Greenidge passed it. But they took nearly 4 times as many innings to do it.