Your top five post-war Test openers?

[Ted123]

What would be your top5 test openers post war?

Mine would be:

Gavaskar
Gooch
Smith
Hayden
Boycott

Honourable mentions- Gordon Greenidge

 

[another drop catch]

Greenidge
Gooch
Gavaskar
Tendulkar
Sehwag or Alastair cook

 

[SLcric123]

Gavaskar
Gooch
Boycott
Smith
Jayasuriya

 

[Ab Fan]

Sunil Gavaskar

 

[Last Monetarist]

Gavaskar, Boycott, Greenidge, Sehwag and Smith.

 

[austerlitz]

1.Gavaskar
2.Hayden
3.Sehwag
4.Gooch
5.Cook

 

[Ab Fan]

Gavaskar
Smith
Greenidge
Gooch
Hayden

Honourable mention: Boycott

 

[Robert]

Simpson
Gavaskar
Greenidge
Gooch
Smith

 

[Ted123]

Simpson
Gavaskar
Greenidge
Gooch
Smith

What about Alastair Cook??

 

[Harpoon]

Gavaskar
Gooch
Greenidge
Smith
Cook