Richardson. Kanhai. Greenidge.

[DrWolverine]

Rank them.

 

[sayon basak]

Greenidge>Kanhai>>>Richardson

 

[kyear2]

Greenidge>Kanhai>>>Richardson

Love Richie, but yeah.

 

[Johan]

Kanhai is the best, doesn't have a particular weakness to exploit. Followed by Greenidge and then Richie being a distant third.

 

[ma1978]

Greenidge totally underrated on this forum, clearly the best of this (excellent) group

 

[shortpitched713]

I don't understand why Kanhai is considered so much higher than Richardson.

Also the underrating of Greenidge is an absolute joke, which I've commented on before. He does decent enough in one on one matchups. But secret ballot where ranking multiple choices, and he falls down the list markedly.

He's one of the great openers of the modern era. Many, many middle order bats in modern era above Kanhai, but anyway.

 

[Johan]

Also the underrating of Greenidge is an absolute joke, which I've commented on before. He does decent enough in one on one matchups. But secret ballot where ranking multiple choices, and he falls down the list markedly.

The 43 average is probably why

 

[ataraxia]

The 43 average is probably why

And the not facing the best bowling attack of his era.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Surprisingly he still does pretty well when compared to other openers even with the significantly lower average

Rank these 5 Test openers in order (Boycott, Greenidge, Hayden, Sehwag, G Smith)

Rank the non Gavaskar modernish Test openers, in order of greatness.

www.cricketweb.net

 

[DrWolverine]

Surprisingly he still does pretty well when compared to other openers even with the significantly lower average

Since 1970, I would rank him as a Top 3-5 opener.
A tier below Sunny & Boycott.
Same tier as Hayden, Smith and Cook.

 

[Johan]

Greenidge certainly better than Cook.

 

[sayon basak]

Greenidge certainly better than Cook.

Also better than Smith/Sehwag/Hayden.

 

[Johan]

Also better than Smith/Sehwag/Hayden.

not an achievement but Yes.

 

[DrWolverine]

Hayden vs Cook vs Smith
This should be a good debate
Has it been done already?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Hayden vs Cook vs Smith
This should be a good debate
Has it been done already?

Graeme Smith vs Matthew Hayden

Two best openers of the 2000s after sehwag

www.cricketweb.net

 

[Johan]

Yes. This site has Smith higher but I mostly blew him a few tiers down, he's still rated higher than Hayden and Cook though.

 

[MasterBlaster24]

Greenidge played Test cricket well into his late 30s, approaching 40, but as he aged, diminishing reflexes impacted his batting average. Until late 1987, his average was approximately 48. In my view, he should have retired earlier. Regardless, Kanhai was the superior batsman, excelling in all conditions. Hence, my preference is Kanhai over Greenidge, followed by Richardson.

 

[ma1978]

Yeah I don’t think the raw averages do Greenidge justice. For most of his career there wasn’t daylight between him and Sunny and I’d rate him above Boycott.

also people totally underrate Smith, Sehwag and Hayden. Being flawless is a trait but each of them had match winning brilliance which I couldn’t attribute to a Boycott

 

[Johan]

also people totally underrate Smith, Sehwag and Hayden. Being flawless is a trait but each of them had match winning brilliance which I couldn’t attribute to a Boycott

Boycott played plenty of match winning knocks. He had his issues, and really lacked the mentality needed to be elite, but he definitely won games.

 

[ma1978]

Boycott played plenty of match winning knocks. He had his issues, and really lacked the mentality needed to be elite, but he definitely won games.

not nearly as many as Smith, Hayden or Sehwag