| Langer Vs Jaques, battle of the openers
The Ashes this year will be an interesting series. Langer Vs Jaques
Who Should Open the Batting?
Jaques has a test average of 32 from three innings and a high score of 66, he has had a brilliant first class career with a average of 58.54 from 149 innings with a high score of 244. One thing that he has on his side is that he is 27 years old when Langer is a lot older.
Langer has been one of the best opening batsman that Australia has seen and his partnership with Hayden has been one of the greatest opening partnerships of all time if not the greatest. With a test batting average of 45.36 from 173 innings with a high score of 250 he has had a great test career. Also he has had a very good First Class career with a batting average of 50.77 from 511 innings with a high score of 342 which he just made this season in county cricket.
Both Jaques and Langer have been in good form this year in the off season in England. Jaques has an average of just over 100 and Langer has an average just over 130.
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Bill Ponsford - The only one who could play in Bradman’s company and make it a duet. |