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Matthew Hayden

18 (20.5%)

Sunil Gavaskar

27 (30.7%)

Geoff Boycott

7 (8%)

Jack Hobbs

15 (17%)

Herbert Sutcliffe

5 (5.7%)

Len Hutton

3 (3.4%)

Other Please specify

13 (14.8%)

Total Members Voted: 86

[sultanofswing]

Upon the retirement of Matty Hayden, hailed as the best ever opener by Justin Langer can i have your votes to who you think is the best ever.

[Sambo]

Hayden, by far he was the best statistically and changed the way openers play.

[sultanofswing]

what do you mean by statisticly the best?

[Chaim]

how many of us have seen herbert sutcliffe and len hutton play? and stats doesnt really make a big story since wickets have changed bats balls and the game itself

Ill have to say Sunil Gavaskar since he played in bothe eras of world cricket

[sultanofswing]

You cant discount people just becuase you havent seem them play! The idea was to ifnd the best opener ever regardless whether you have seem them or not. The only thing which can be ccurately used to measure is stats but event they are open to abuse due to the differing nature of pitches, attacks etc.

[danspink]

ive gone haydos

[art]

There is a minor error in the question here. Yes I agree that Hayden is the man BUT you must look at openers as a partnership because it makes the job of number three and down the order a lot easier if the opening partnership blunts the attack on a consistent basis. Hayden as the partnership master, with Langer for most of the time coming along for a very well contributed ride, did not just blunt attacks he bludgeoned them to death.

This turned into the test cricket revolution of teams scoring runs very quickly and destroying oppositions in quick test matches.

[stevie]

Jack Hobbs for me.

[sultanofswing]

According to best ever cricket ratings:

2. L HUTTON
3. J HOBBS
10. HAYDEN
20. GAVASKAR
39. M.VAUGHAN
44. GOOCH

[Class act]

Tbh guys like Gordon Grenich, Victor Trumper and Authur Morris deserve a mention.

[sultanofswing]

well you can vote for other and specify

[Sully]

Personally I think Greenidge and Haynes were pretty good. I have to plump for Saeed Anwar STILL the World Record holder for the highest ODI score though I can see tht being broken in the very near future. Since his retirement Pakistan have become a joke at the top of the order.

[Master Blaster]

I think when Virender Sehwag retires his career will be up there with the best. Anyone else agree?

[Coach]

No simple as! ha For me Hayden isnt in the same league as Gavaskar, Hobbs ect Will he be remembered in 20 to 30 years time? maybe for being the one who was out to the best infield catch ever or being hated but not as an batter for me

[Jeet]

GMHollins, why wouldn't Sehwag be remembered? This is a guy with 2 triple hundreds, the second being the fastest in Test history.