If we were to ask, ‘who has been your favourite England Test opener since Andrew Strauss retired?’ the answer is obvious. If you say anyone other than Alastair Cook, you are either (a) a contrarian hipster (b) not an England supporter or (c) mental.
That’s an easy one. A far more interesting question is who was your favourite opening partner for Alastair Cook after Andrew Strauss retired, because here we have a veritable smorgasbord of very similar options.
There were a bunch of others too. All-in-all, none of them were much good, which makes this a very challenging question to answer.
Who was YOUR favourite ineffective opening partner for Alastair Cook?
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