5 top South African Test opening pairs of all time

#3 Trevor Goddard and Eddie Barlow (1963-1967)

Making life difficult for the bowlers

Both Trevor Goddard and Eddie Barlow were very good allrounders. Both were similar as well. Both of them were medium pacers and opening batsmen. Goddard was a left-hander while Barlow was a right-hander. In fact, Trevor Goddard opened the batting and took the new ball for South Africa for a few years.

The Goddard-Barlow combination started off on a positive note as they stitched 74 against Australia at the Gabba (Brisbane). They opened the batting only 34 times together and amassed 1806 runs which included six-century stands. In 1964, the duo stitched 3 consecutive hundred partnerships against New Zealand in New Zealand. They also shared 11 fifty partnerships to go with 6 hundred stands.