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Originally Posted by The Phantom Ram Can the player whose team mates felt the need to run him out so that they could win a test match rather than let it be drawn ever be classed as a 'model' opener? . |
But that only means he was not a match-winner, or a finisher - neither of those are an opener's primary or even secondary responsibility. As far as temperament, technique, ability and application go, Boycott was a model opener. His selfishness and his lack of team-work makes him a relatively poor cricketer (
relative to what he could have been) but do not detract from his effectiveness as an opener, or from the general desirability of his approach, in at least one opening bat per team.