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Best Test Opener At The Present Time
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Poll Question: who is the best test opener
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    Posted: 17 July 2008 at 3:12am
Sehwag,Smith or Hayden.
Take your pick.
I think that there are no really good openers at the current time but they really top the rest of them.
Sehwag:because I love to see him when he really blows an attack appart.
Hayden:cause he is quite sollid and can be explosive as well.
Smith:cause he just sits there and becomes hard to move,like a wall.
Though Jayasuria is good as well.

Edited by bladescape - 17 July 2008 at 3:13am
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Originally posted by bladescape

Hayden:cause he is quite sollid and can be explosive as well.
 
He's not proving that point at the moment, is he?%20%20%20 He's playing poorly against India of late. I suppose he still generally makes a very good opener though, By the way he bats eg He has got a good defence and I have seen him attack well too.


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Thats because he is out of form.
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Maybe it has something to do with Asad Rauf.
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Well he has had a long lay off. I think he needs some time to get back into the groove. And Rauf has not helped his cause.
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Id say Virender Sehwag is currently the best opening batsman...
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Yea Gambhir, Sehwag and Smith all going great guns at present.
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Sehwag and Gambhir for sure!
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Looking at the current form of the players, G.Smith and G.Gambhir will be the best opening pairStar
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the best opener is Gautam GambhirThumbs%20Up
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I dare say Katich, although being an Aussie I'm slightly bias. Smith, Katich and Gambhir are all in tremendous touch.
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Yer, right in time for the Ashes, damnit !!
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If Cook also gets back to his best or anywhere near to it, it is going to be a wonderful contest
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It'd be just the ticket. I just wish one of them was a right hander.
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Be happy that none is!!! Right handed Cook would have been Johnson's bunny
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I expect Johnson will target some of them pommie's ribs!  Anyhow, Gautam Gambhir will get my pick for top opener at the moment.  Wonderful against pace and spin!
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Mitch broke Smith's hand twice. Smith is a left hander...
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atm Gambhir,Smith and Shewag in the same order.Very had to pick anyone as best.
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Originally posted by milkman

Mitch broke Smith's hand twice. Smith is a left hander...


  Indeed he did.  I just hope he doesn't break my heart!
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English team wont disappoint you on this account Sledge
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True Zuhair, Sledger has a lot to be grateful for of this English team.  When I was growing up, they got mauled left right and centre.  Not so nowadays, well, at least not in the longer format.
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'Ave we been watching the same team boys!!
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Andy Flower will toughen 'em up !  They'll be no nancy boys in the side that faces the Windies in the 1st test fellas.
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Haha, funny you have to mention the word 'nancy'.  There's a lad by the nickname of Nancy back here in one of the teams I play with and he's probably the best character of the lot.  He brings a real good laugh to the team - not a bad person to have around!
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Lots of comedians within the England set up too SW - it's just a shame that they're not supposed to be !
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Virendra Sehwag. He is most destructive player if he get goings. Just look at his stats whenever he get pass 50 runs in test, he went onto score 150 plus runs.
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Yes sehwag must be the best. No fear of losing his wicket and an incredible dude if he gets going. One of only 3 players to score two triple centuries and thats quite an achievement.
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If he gets going. Hasn't gotten going too much recently.
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