Substantial partnerships after collapses in Tests

Partners Runs In Score Opposition

Ground Start Date Scorecard IM Chappell, RB McCosker (Aus)

277 7/1 532/9d v Eng The Oval Aug 28, 1975

Test 763 AL Hassett, CC McDonald (Aus) 275 2/1

530 v SA Adelaide Jan 24, 1953 Test 364

Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar (Pak) 262 6/1 430 v NZ

Rawalpindi Nov 28, 1996 Test 1342 JH Edrich, PJ Sharpe (Eng)

249 2/1 451/8d v NZ Nottingham Aug 7, 1969

Test 657 AH Jones, JG Wright (NZ) 241 3/1

432/9d v Eng Wellington Feb 6, 1992 Test 1187

CG Macartney, WM Woodfull (Aus) 235 0/1 494 v Eng

Leeds Jul 10, 1926 Test 165 H Sutcliffe, GE Tyldesley (Eng)

230 0/1 313 v SA Johannesburg Dec 24, 1927

Test 168 DG Bradman, WH Ponsford (Aus) 229 1/1

558 v WI Brisbane Jan 16, 1931 Test 203

IM Chappell, WM Lawry (Aus) 217 0/1 284 v WI

Brisbane Dec 6, 1968 Test 642 HSTL Hendry, WM Woodfull (Aus)

215 0/1 397 v Eng Sydney Dec 14, 1928

Test 177 ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara (SL) 203 0/1

528 v Pak Lahore Mar 6, 2002 Test 1592

M Amarnath, AD Gaekwad (India) 200 1/1 247/5d v WI

St John's Apr 28, 1983 Test 956 DG Bradman, WM Woodfull (Aus)

192 2/1 566 v Eng Leeds Jul 11, 1930

Test 196 PA Gibb, E Paynter (Eng) 184 4/1

422 v SA Johannesburg Dec 24, 1938 Test 267

ML Hayden, RT Ponting (Aus) 184 4/1 444 v Pak

Sharjah Oct 19, 2002 Test 1620 JL Langer, RT Ponting (Aus)

183 5/1 467 v Pak Colombo (PSS) Oct 3, 2002

Test 1615 TW Graveney, PBH May (Eng) 182 6/1

371/7d v Aus Sydney Feb 25, 1955 Test 399

DG Bradman, WM Woodfull (Aus) 176 9/1 513 v SA

Adelaide Jan 29, 1932 Test 215 IC Davis, RB McCosker (Aus)

176 6/1 315/8d v Pak Melbourne Jan 1, 1977

Test 790 R Dravid, VVS Laxman (India) 175 8/1

532 v Aus Sydney Jan 2, 2008 Test 1857

In Score Opposition Ground Start Date Scorecard

DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara (SL) 624 14/2 756/5d

v SA Colombo (SSC) Jul 27, 2006 Test 1810 Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan (Pak)

324 7/2 570 v India Bangalore Mar 24, 2005

Test 1743 RN Harvey, CC McDonald (Aus) 295 7/2

758/8d v WI Kingston Jun 11, 1955 Test 408

GP Thorpe, MP Vaughan (Eng) 267 15/2 357 v Pak

Manchester May 31, 2001 Test 1547 W Bardsley, C Kelleway (Aus)

242 14/2 390 v SA Lord's Jul 15, 1912

Test 125 MA Atherton, AJ Stewart (Eng) 226 11/2

369/9 v SA Manchester Jul 2, 1998 Test 1420

Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar (Pak) 212 14/2 230/3 v NZ

Hyderabad (Sind) Nov 25, 1984 Test 1000 MD Crowe, BA Edgar (NZ)

210 5/2 342 v Eng Lord's Jul 24, 1986

Test 1049 BC Lara, RR Sarwan (WI) 209 12/2

336 v Eng Birmingham Jul 29, 2004 Test 1708

SP Fleming, L Vincent (NZ) 199 19/2 534/9d v Aus

Perth Nov 30, 2001 Test 1573 BC Lara, RR Sarwan (WI)

194 17/2 390 v SL Colombo (SSC) Nov 29, 2001

Test 1572 BE Congdon, BF Hastings (NZ) 190 10/2

551/9d v Eng Lord's Jun 21, 1973 Test 723

AL Hassett, AR Morris (Aus) 189 18/2 487 v Eng

Adelaide Jan 31, 1947 Test 282 DC Boon, GR Marsh (Aus)

187 10/2 197/2 v Eng Melbourne Dec 26, 1990

Test 1159 CG Greenidge, RB Richardson (WI) 185 9/2

307 v NZ Port of Spain Mar 29, 1985 Test 1013

JC Adams, BC Lara (WI) 179 12/2 593/5d v Eng

St John's Apr 16, 1994 Test 1259 MC Cowdrey, ER Dexter (Eng)

175 19/2 331 v Aus Melbourne Dec 29, 1962

Test 536 NS Sidhu, DB Vengsarkar (India) 174 10/2

384/9d v NZ Bangalore Nov 12, 1988 Test 1107

MA Atherton, RA Smith (Eng) 171 2/2 322 v WI

Georgetown Mar 17, 1994 Test 1254 DPMD Jayawardene, MG Vandort (SL)

170 14/2 577/6d v Ban Colombo (SSC) Jun 25, 2007

Test 1837

Runs In Score Opposition Ground Start Date

Scorecard GE Gomez, CL Walcott (WI) 267 27/3

631 v India Delhi Nov 10, 1948 Test 304

CS Serjeant, GM Wood (Aus) 251 22/3 362/7 v WI

Georgetown Mar 31, 1978 Test 822 HA Gomes, CH Lloyd (WI)

237 1/3 394 v India Port of Spain Mar 11, 1983

Test 952 HG Deane, HW Taylor (SA) 214 20/3

492/8d v Eng The Oval Aug 17, 1929 Test 185

AC Bannerman, PS McDonnell (Aus) 199 16/3 262 v Eng

Sydney Mar 3, 1882 Test 7 MJ Slater, SR Waugh (Aus)

198 28/3 513 v Pak Rawalpindi Oct 1, 1998

Test 1424 M Amarnath, M Azharuddin (India) 190 22/3

412 v Eng Chennai Jan 13, 1985 Test 1008

PBH May, C Washbrook (Eng) 187 17/3 325 v Aus

Leeds Jul 12, 1956 Test 427 A Flower, H Masakadza (Zim)

186 25/3 391 v SA Harare Sep 7, 2001

Test 1562 AJ Stewart, ME Trescothick (Eng) 179 17/3

303 v WI Manchester Aug 3, 2000 Test 1506

Saleem Malik, Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) 174 27/3 345 v WI

Karachi Nov 15, 1990 Test 1154 MA Atherton, JP Crawley (Eng)

174 20/3 309 v Aus Sydney Jan 1, 1995

Test 1281 G Giffen, FA Iredale (Aus) 171 21/3

586 v Eng Sydney Dec 14, 1894 Test 42

MC Cowdrey, TW Graveney (Eng) 169 13/3 325 v WI

Nottingham Jun 30, 1966 Test 607 BH Pairaudeau, CL Walcott (WI)

165 25/3 383 v Eng Bridgetown Feb 6, 1954

Test 383 CG Greenidge, AI Kallicharran (WI) 162 28/3

228 v NZ Christchurch Feb 22, 1980 Test 875

KLT Arthurton, BC Lara (WI) 144 23/3 407 v Eng

Kingston Feb 19, 1994 Test 1250 AW Nourse, GC White (SA)

143 23/3 347 v Eng Durban Jan 21, 1910

Test 107 Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 139 10/3

496/9d v India Mohali Mar 8, 2005 Test 1738

S Chanderpaul, BC Lara (WI) 138 12/3 296 v SA

Bridgetown Apr 21, 2005 Test 1749

Biggest partnership after being four down for less than 40 runs Partners Runs In Score

Opposition Ground Start Date Scorecard

A Flower, MW Goodwin (Zim) 277 25/4 302/4d v Pak Bulawayo

Mar 14, 1998 Test 1408 DG Bradman, AR Morris (Aus) 223

32/4 255/4d v India Melbourne Jan 1, 1948 Test 292

DL Amiss, AW Greig (Eng) 210 24/4 325/8d

v NZ Nottingham Jun 7, 1973 Test 722 JV Coney, MD Crowe (NZ)

157 23/4 278/8 v Pak Dunedin Feb 9, 1985

Test 1012 M Leyland, RES Wyatt (Eng) 156 30/4

341 v Aus Adelaide Jan 13, 1933 Test 222

T Taibu, BRM Taylor (Zim) 150 37/4 286 v Ban

Dhaka Jan 14, 2005 Test 1735 WR Endean, JHB Waite (SA)

129 19/4 201 v Aus Johannesburg Dec 23, 1957

Test 444 Ijaz Ahmed, Javed Miandad (Pak) 119 25/4

316 v Aus Faisalabad Sep 23, 1988 Test 1105

JH Kallis, AG Prince (SA) 117 39/4 161/5 v Pak

Cape Town Jan 26, 2007 Test 1830 RT Ponting, SR Waugh (Aus)

112 29/4 233 v India Kolkata Mar 18, 1998

Test 1409 CG Greenidge, CL King (WI) 111 26/4

211 v Eng Manchester Jul 8, 1976 Test 779

RP Arnold, A Ranatunga (SL) 109 21/4 169 v SA

Kandy Jul 30, 2000 Test 1505 AR Border, GS Chappell (Aus)

105 17/4 238 v WI Adelaide Jan 30, 1982

Test 919 GS Blewett, SR Waugh (Aus) 102 27/4

219 v WI Melbourne Dec 26, 1996 Test 1346

A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne (SL) 102 36/4 282 v NZ

Colombo (SSC) Jun 10, 1998 Test 1418 NS Sidhu, SR Tendulkar (India)

101 38/4 234/7 v Pak Sialkot Dec 9, 1989

Test 1132 RS Madugalle, A Ranatunga (SL) 99 34/4

218 v Eng Colombo (PSS) Feb 17, 1982 Test 921

WW Armstrong, VS Ransford (Aus) 97 38/4 299 v Eng

Melbourne Dec 30, 1911 Test 117 MH Denness, AW Greig (Eng)

97 17/4 163 v India Kolkata Dec 30, 1972

Test 706 G Kirsten, JA Rudolph (SA) 95 21/4

342 v Eng Leeds Aug 21, 2003 Test 1656

In Score Opposition Ground Start Date Scorecard

Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 206 39/5 288

v WI Georgetown May 5, 2000 Test 1494 LC Braund, Hon.FS Jackson (Eng)

141 44/5 262 v Aus Manchester Jul 24, 1902

Test 73 MC Cowdrey, APE Knott (Eng) 127 41/5

206/9 v WI Georgetown Mar 28, 1968 Test 636

MV Boucher, L Klusener (SA) 124 34/5 253 v SL

Kandy Jul 30, 2000 Test 1505 BM McMillan, JN Rhodes (SA)

117 27/5 195 v Eng Leeds Aug 6, 1998

Test 1422 TM Dilshan, MF Maharoof (SL) 111 32/5

185 v Pak Colombo (SSC) Mar 26, 2006 Test 1794

HR Lance, DT Lindsay (SA) 110 41/5 199 v Aus

Johannesburg Dec 23, 1966 Test 611 Hon.FS Jackson, GL Jessop (Eng)

109 48/5 263/9 v Aus The Oval Aug 11, 1902

Test 74 HAPW Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara (SL) 106 42/5

188 v Eng Kandy Dec 1, 2007 Test 1851

VS Hazare, DG Phadkar (India) 105 26/5 165 v Eng

Leeds Jun 5, 1952 Test 351 MG Burgess, RJ Hadlee (NZ)

105 31/5 175 v Aus Auckland Feb 25, 1977

Test 798 MV Boucher, HH Dippenaar (SA) 101 36/5

179 v SL Colombo (SSC) Aug 11, 2004 Test 1710

HA Gomes, DA Murray (WI) 99 44/5 169 v Pak

Karachi Dec 22, 1980 Test 890 S Chanderpaul, RD Jacobs (WI)

98 43/5 188 v SA Johannesburg Dec 12, 2003

Test 1674 Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rashid Latif (Pak) 96 35/5

158 v Zim Harare Jan 31, 1995 Test 1285

MAK Pataudi, PR Umrigar (India) 94 30/5 197 v WI

Port of Spain Apr 4, 1962 Test 528 W Mathias, Shujauddin (Pak)

86 22/5 145 v WI Dhaka Mar 6, 1959

Test 471 JV Coney, RJ Hadlee (NZ) 84 41/5

196 v Eng The Oval Jul 14, 1983 Test 957

Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rashid Latif (Pak) 80 39/5 174 v NZ

Hamilton Jan 2, 1993 Test 1207 WB Phillips, GM Ritchie (Aus)

77 36/5 142 v Eng Birmingham Aug 15, 1985

Test 1021

Runs In Score Opposition Ground Start Date

Scorecard C Hill, H Trumble (Aus) 165 58/6

323 v Eng Melbourne Jan 29, 1898 Test 56

JE Emburey, RC Russell (Eng) 142 59/6 264 v Aus

Manchester Jul 27, 1989 Test 1124 Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal (Pak)

115 39/6 245 v India Karachi Jan 29, 2006

Test 1783 Moin Khan, Saleem Malik (Pak) 84 26/6

185 v India Kolkata Feb 16, 1999 Test 1444

RG Nadkarni, RF Surti (India) 72 40/6 178 v WI

Kingston Apr 13, 1962 Test 529 J Darling, H Graham (Aus)

68 51/6 284 v Eng Sydney Feb 1, 1895

Test 45 MR Ramprakash, SJ Rhodes (Eng) 68 27/6

123 v Aus Perth Feb 3, 1995 Test 1287

N Kapil Dev, M Prabhakar (India) 57 31/6 215 v SA

Port Elizabeth Dec 26, 1992 Test 1206 Saeed Anwar, Wasim Akram (Pak)

57 41/6 103 v Zim Peshawar Nov 27, 1998

Test 1430 CA Roach, JA Small (WI) 56 44/6

166 v Eng Lord's Jun 23, 1928 Test 173

PH Parfitt, MJK Smith (Eng) 55 59/6 224 v SA

Nottingham Aug 5, 1965 Test 595 Javed Miandad, Wasim Bari (Pak)

54 57/6 128 v WI Karachi Dec 22, 1980

Test 890 RD Jacobs, MN Samuels (WI) 54 23/6

109 v Aus Melbourne Dec 26, 2000 Test 1525

MG Hughes, SR Waugh (Aus) 53 48/6 139 v NZ

Auckland Mar 12, 1993 Test 1217 JJ Lyons, CTB Turner (Aus)

48 7/6 70 v Eng Manchester Aug 30, 1888

Test 30 AP Binns, ED Weekes (WI) 46 22/6

77 v NZ Auckland Mar 9, 1956 Test 424

RJ Bright, MF Kent (Aus) 45 59/6 130 v Eng

Manchester Aug 13, 1981 Test 907 BB McCullum, HJH Marshall (NZ)

45 28/6 120 v SA Centurion Apr 15, 2006

Test 1798 N Kapil Dev, Yashpal Sharma (India) 44 58/6

149 v Eng Mumbai Feb 15, 1980 Test 874

RA Duff, MA Noble (Aus) 43 49/6 133 v Eng

Melbourne Mar 5, 1904 Test 82

Biggest partnership after being seven down for less than 70 runs Partners Runs In Score

Opposition Ground Start Date Scorecard

JN Gillespie, RT Ponting (Aus) 107 60/7 188 v SL Kandy

Sep 9, 1999 Test 1459 GA Faulkner, RO Schwarz (SA) 100

49/7 174 v Aus Sydney Dec 9, 1910 Test 111

Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf (Pak) 94 68/7 194

v WI Port of Spain Apr 14, 1988 Test 1096 MA Noble, H Trumble (Aus)

82 57/7 196 v Eng Manchester Jul 17, 1899

Test 63 AR Caddick, AJ Tudor (Eng) 70 45/7

126 v NZ Birmingham Jul 1, 1999 Test 1455

RO Collinge, WK Lees (NZ) 65 67/7 141 v India

Mumbai Nov 10, 1976 Test 785 CA Absolom, Lord Harris (Eng)

63 26/7 113 v Aus Melbourne Jan 2, 1879

Test 3 RM Hogg, JA Maclean (Aus) 60 53/7

116 v Eng Brisbane Dec 1, 1978 Test 834

Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain (Ban) 56 58/7 119 v SA

Chittagong (CDS) Feb 29, 2008 Test 1865 BA Edgar, RJ Hadlee (NZ)

53 61/7 142 v Aus Brisbane Nov 28, 1980

Test 887 WKM Benjamin, DL Haynes (WI) 53 49/7

127 v India Delhi Nov 25, 1987 Test 1080

LC Mayne, IR Redpath (Aus) 50 57/7 153 v India

Chennai Dec 24, 1969 Test 669 EL McCormick, WJ O'Reilly (Aus)

49 31/7 80 v Eng Sydney Dec 18, 1936

Test 256 IR Bishop, D Williams (WI) 48 58/7

151 v Pak Peshawar Nov 17, 1997 Test 1384

RC Blunt, GR Dickinson (NZ) 43 21/7 112 v Eng

Christchurch Jan 10, 1930 Test 186 JDP Oram, DL Vettori (NZ)

43 52/7 96/8 v Pak Hamilton Dec 19, 2003

Test 1676 A Ranatunga, RJ Ratnayake (SL) 42 55/7

97 v NZ Kandy Mar 9, 1984 Test 980

JH Kallis, PL Symcox (SA) 41 55/7 113 v Aus

Sydney Jan 2, 1998 Test 1393 DPB Morkel, CL Vincent (SA)

40 38/7 170 v Eng Johannesburg Dec 24, 1927

Test 168 UDU Chandana, HP Tillakaratne (SL) 40 61/7

188 v Pak Dhaka Mar 12, 1999 Test 1450

In Score Opposition Ground Start Date Scorecard

Asif Iqbal, Intikhab Alam (Pak) 190 65/8 255

v Eng The Oval Aug 24, 1967 Test 623 AV Bedser, JC Laker (Eng)

89 74/8 165 v Aus Nottingham Jun 10, 1948

Test 299 SK Coen, CL Vincent (SA) 80 78/8

170 v Eng Johannesburg Dec 24, 1927 Test 168

MS Kasprowicz, SK Warne (Aus) 56 54/8 118 v Eng

Birmingham Jun 5, 1997 Test 1368 SB Doull, SP Fleming (NZ)

54 52/8 107 v Eng Birmingham Jul 1, 1999

Test 1455 CJ McDermott, MA Taylor (Aus) 51 65/8

116 v Eng Sydney Jan 1, 1995 Test 1281

KD Ghavri, NS Yadav (India) 48 69/8 162 v Pak

Kanpur Dec 25, 1979 Test 866 SLV Raju, J Srinath (India)

46 68/8 114 v WI Mohali Dec 10, 1994

Test 1278 RD Jacobs, NAM McLean (WI) 44 75/8

125 v Eng The Oval Aug 31, 2000 Test 1509

TL Best, S Chanderpaul (WI) 44 69/8 113 v SL

Colombo (SSC) Jul 13, 2005 Test 1755 EG Arnold, W Rhodes (Eng)

40 61/8 101 v Aus Melbourne Mar 5, 1904

Test 82 RC Blunt, WE Merritt (NZ) 39 64/8

112 v Eng Christchurch Jan 10, 1930 Test 186

JH Kallis, M Ntini (SA) 39 74/8 128 v Aus

Adelaide Dec 14, 2001 Test 1576 RJ Bright, DK Lillee (Aus)

35 75/8 111 v Eng Leeds Jul 16, 1981

Test 905 Tauseef Ahmed, Waqar Younis (Pak) 35 71/8

107 v Aus Melbourne Jan 12, 1990 Test 1134

CJ McDermott, DR Martyn (Aus) 35 75/8 111 v SA

Sydney Jan 2, 1994 Test 1243 R Pilling, A Shrewsbury (Eng)

34 79/8 134 v Aus Sydney Mar 3, 1882

Test 7 RW Blair, AE Dick (NZ) 32 79/8

138 v SA Dunedin Feb 28, 1964 Test 559

FR Brown, L Hutton (Eng) 31 46/8 122 v Aus

Brisbane Dec 1, 1950 Test 327 Iqbal Qasim, Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak)

31 26/8 62 v Aus Perth Nov 13, 1981

Test 909

Runs In Score Opposition Ground Start Date

Scorecard Q McMillan, ES Newson (SA) 45 81/9

126 v Eng Johannesburg Dec 24, 1930 Test 200

L Hutton, DVP Wright (Eng) 45 77/9 122 v Aus

Brisbane Dec 1, 1950 Test 327 BS Bedi, S Venkataraghavan (India)

40 49/9 89 v NZ Hyderabad (Decc) Oct 15, 1969

Test 661 SMH Kirmani, Maninder Singh (India) 40 63/9

103 v WI Ahmedabad Nov 12, 1983 Test 967

Nazmul Hossain, Talha Jubair (Ban) 40 84/9 124 v India

Chittagong (MAA) Dec 17, 2004 Test 1727 N Gifford, JSE Price (Eng)

35 81/9 116 v Aus Lord's Jun 22, 1972

Test 699 JD Edwards, JJ Ferris (Aus) 34 82/9

116 v Eng Lord's Jul 16, 1888 Test 28

IR Bell, MS Panesar (Eng) 33 77/9 110 v NZ

Hamilton Mar 5, 2008 Test 1866 DT Hondo, T Panyangara (Zim)

30 72/9 102 v SL Harare May 6, 2004

Test 1698 JR Hodges, TK Kendall (Aus) 29 75/9

104 v Eng Melbourne Mar 15, 1877 Test 1

NB Mahwire, HH Streak (Zim) 29 75/9 104 v WI

Bulawayo Nov 12, 2003 Test 1669 DL Underwood, RGD Willis (Eng)

27 75/9 102 v India Mumbai Nov 27, 1981

Test 911 HB Cave, JA Hayes (NZ) 26 68/9

94 v Eng Birmingham Jun 5, 1958 Test 454

RO Collinge, V Pollard (NZ) 25 72/9 97 v Eng

Nottingham Jun 7, 1973 Test 722 AH Gray, CA Walsh (WI)

25 75/9 100 v NZ Christchurch Mar 12, 1987

Test 1072 PB Dassanayake, KR Pushpakumara (SL) 25 46/9

71 v Pak Kandy Aug 26, 1994 Test 1267

Enamul Haque, Manjural Islam (Ban) 23 84/9 107 v Zim

Dhaka Nov 8, 2001 Test 1566 JM Blackham, W Bruce (Aus)

22 69/9 91 v Eng The Oval Aug 14, 1893

Test 40 A D'Souza, Mohammad Farooq (Pak) 22 78/9

100 v Eng Lord's Jun 21, 1962 Test 531

Mushtaq Ahmed, Wasim Akram (Pak) 22 84/9 106 v SA

Port Elizabeth Mar 6, 1998 Test 1406