Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in Test
The number 3 batsmen at the top order have the responsibility to handle the situation if a team loses its opener very soon. He should be skilled enough and always ready to play with the new ball and make a big total in pairs. There are so many great partnerships that have already been made for the 2nd wicket in the history of test cricket. The highest 2nd wicket partnership in test matches is 576 runs scored by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India at Colombo (RPS) on 2 Aug 1997. After losing 1 wicket at 39 runs only, Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama struck incredible 340 & 225 runs because of which Sri Lanka reached 952 for 6. There have been 18 times in the history of test cricket when a team has scored more than 300+ runs for the second wicket.
For India, the highest 2nd wicket partnership in test history is 370 runs scored by Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara against Australia at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 2 Mar 2013. Cheteshwar Pujara at the number 3 position played well with his partner Murali Vijay and struck the highest 2nd wicket test partnership for India. India won that match by an inning and 135 runs. For India, the very first 300+ runs partnership for the 2nd wicket was made by Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar against West Indies at Kolkata on 29 Dec 1978.
Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in Test
Here is a list of the Highest second wicket partnership in Test Cricket
|
Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka) |
576 |
India |
Colombo (RPS) |
2 Aug 1997 |
|
Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman (Australia) |
451 |
England |
The Oval |
18 Aug 1934 |
|
Conrad Hunte and Garry Sobers (West Indies) |
446 |
Pakistan |
Kingston |
26 Feb 1958 |
|
Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
438 |
Zimbabwe |
Bulawayo |
14 May 2004 |
|
Leonard Hutton and Maurice Leyland (England) |
382 |
Australia |
The Oval |
20 Aug 1938 |
|
Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara (India) |
370 |
Australia |
Hyderabad (Deccan) |
2 Mar 2013 |
|
John Edrich and Ken Barrington (England) |
369 |
New Zealand |
Leeds |
8 Jul 1965 |
|
David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) |
361 |
Pakistan |
Adelaide |
29 Nov 2019 |
|
Graham Gooch and David Gower (England) |
351 |
Australia |
The Oval |
29 Aug 1985 |
|
Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar (India) |
344* |
West Indies |
Kolkata |
29 Dec 1978 |
|
Tim Robinson and David Gower (England) |
331 |
Australia |
Birmingham |
15 Aug 1985 |
|
Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) |
331 |
South Africa |
St John's |
29 Apr 2005 |
|
Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott (England) |
329* |
Australia |
Brisbane |
25 Nov 2010 |
In the history of test cricket, England has put 5 times a total of 300+ runs for the 2nd wicket partnership, Australia 4 times, India 3 times, West Indies & Sri Lanka 2 times, and South Africa & Bangladesh 1 time. Pakistan, New Zealand has never been able to make 300 runs for the second wicket.
The highest 2nd wicket partnership for New Zealand in Test cricket is 297 runs against Pakistan at Sharjah in 2004. For Pakistan, Zaheer Abbas and Mushtaq Mohammad struck 291 runs as the highest second-wicket partnership in test cricket against England in 1971.