5 Highest scoring opening pairs in ODIs

#3 Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes

Greenidge and Haynes dominated the bowlers

The Greenidge-Haynes duo belong to the West Indies' golden era and carried the bulk of the batting load, playing some wonderful innings. Their quick-fire innings allowed West Indies post some really high totals.

They have opened the innings together in 102 innings and amassed 4784 runs at an average of 48.32. Their highest partnership in ODIs came against Pakistan in 1981 when they scored 182 runs for the first wicket.

To this day, they are the world's most popular West Indies opening pair and it is hard to talk about the golden era of West Indies cricket without naming this duo.