Trivia #15: Pairs batting through a full day in a Test (Jun94)

Pairs Batting Through a Full Day of a Test

Based on all Tests up to and including Sri Lanka v India at Colombo 02/08/1997 Day JB Hobbs & H Sutcliffe 3 Eng v Aus Melbourne 1925 DStE Atkinson & CC Depeiza 4 WI v Aus Bridgetown 1955 MH Mankad & Pankaj Roy 1 Ind v NZ Madras 1956 CC Hunte & GStA Sobers 3 WI v Pak Kingston 1958 GStA Sobers & FMM Worrell 5 WI v Eng Bridgetown 1960* WM Lawry & RB Simpson 1 Aus v WI Bridgetown 1965 GR Viswanath & Yashpal Sharma 2 Ind v Eng Madras 1982 AP Gurusinha & A Ranatunga 5 SL v Pak Colombo 1986 GR Marsh & MA Taylor 1 Aus v Eng Nottingham 1989 SR Waugh & GS Blewett 3 Aus v RSA J'burg 1997 ST Jayasuriya & RS Mahanama 3 SL v Ind Colombo 1997 ST Jayasuriya & RS Mahanama 4 SL v Ind Colombo 1997 (only pair to bat through two consecutive full days of a Test match)

* This pair also batted through Day 4, however, an hour was lost due to rain.