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Best Opening Pair

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Who is the best opening pair

Stoneman and Jennings ( Durham )
0
No votes
Lyth and Lees ( Yorkshire )
2
11%
Rogers and Robson ( Middlesex )
8
44%
Horton and Reece ( Lancs )
0
No votes
Peters and Middlebrook ( Northants )
0
No votes
Chopra and Porterfield ( Warks )
1
6%
Mullaney and Jaques ( Notts )
0
No votes
Trescothick and Jones ( Somerset )
1
6%
Joyce and Wells ( Sussex )
2
11%
Adams and Carberry ( Hants )
4
22%
Key and Northeast ( Kent )
0
No votes
Klinger and Dent ( Gloucester )
0
No votes
Smith and Burns ( Surrey )
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No votes
Mitchell and Pardoe ( Worcester )
0
No votes
Other
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 18

Best Opening Pair

Postby SaintPowelly » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:10 pm

Who is the best opening pair in County Cricket ?
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby captaincolly » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:17 pm

I went for Rogers and Robson...& have jinxed Rogers who has just got out for 1! No doubt Robson will soon follow.
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby SaintPowelly » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:23 pm

captaincolly wrote:I went for Rogers and Robson...& have jinxed Rogers who has just got out for 1! No doubt Robson will soon follow.


I'm torn between them and Adams and Carbs ( obvs some bias there ), but they are the only pair with both having over 10k FC runs each.
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby Aidan11 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:24 pm

Kelly Brook.
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby captaincolly » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:25 pm

Aidan11 wrote:Kelly Brook.

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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby pompeymeowth » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:29 pm

Ed and Luke for now. Carberry and Adams second.
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby captaincolly » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:31 pm

captaincolly wrote:I went for Rogers and Robson...& have jinxed Rogers who has just got out for 1! No doubt Robson will soon follow.

Yep, out for 7 :facepalm
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby pompeymeowth » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:36 pm

Someone vote for Somerset, Jones is out already!
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby Alviro Patterson » Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:52 pm

A toss up between Chopra & Porterfield and Joyce & Wells
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:44 am

Porterfield?

What about Root and Lees?
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby sussexpob » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:59 pm

No one went for Lyth and Lees? Suprises me
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby budgetmeansbudget » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:50 pm

How about best all time County openers, Richards and Greenidge every day of the week.
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby sussexpob » Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:00 pm

budgetmeansbudget wrote:How about best all time County openers, Richards and Greenidge every day of the week.


Richard Montgomerie and Ian Ward..... :hide
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby pompeymeowth » Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:00 pm

C B Fry and Joe Vine.
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Re: Best Opening Pair

Postby Making_Splinters » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:51 pm

Hobbs and Sandham.
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