Opening West Indians

Top 6 Test West Indies Openers of All Time

By Paul Burrowes

The first task of an opening batsman is to survive, facing the fastest of the opposing teams who are at their freshest and the ball new. The best of opening batsmen relish the challenge.

Gordon Greenidge

Gordon Greenidge

West Indies’ top openers

Player, Batting Average as opener (minimum 30 innings)
1 Gordon Greenidge, 45.11 runs
2 Conrad Hunte, 45.07
3 Chris Gayle 43.11
4 Roy Fredericks, 42.86
5 Desmond Haynes, 42.45
6 Jeffrey Stollmeyer, 41.94

 

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