MEK Hussey and PM Siddle added 123 runs for the ninth wicket in Australia’s second innings against Pakistan in the recently concluded second test at Melbourne providing the 44^th occasion of a team posting a ninth wicket three figure partnership in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

As far as Australia is concerned, 123 runs stand for the ninth wicket between MEK Hussey and PM Siddle provide the ninth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a ninth wicket three figure partnership which are listed below

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Runs	Opp
		Ground	Mon/Yr
1	JMBlackham	SE Gregory	154	Eng
		Sydney	Dec 1894
2	AEVHartkopf	WASOldfield	100	Eng
		Melbourne	Jan 1925
3	WASOldfield	J Ryder	108	Eng
		Adelaide	Jan 1925
4	JW Gleeson	RW Marsh	104	Eng
		Manchester	Jun 1972
5	MF Malone	MHNWalker	100	Eng
		The Oval	Aug 1977
6	MG Hughes	DM Jones	114	Win
		Adelaide	Feb 1989
7	GF Lawson	SR Waugh	130	Eng
		Lord’s	Jun 1989
8	JN Gillespie	SR Waugh	133	Ind
		Kolkata	Mar 2001
9	MEK Hussey	PM Siddle	123	Pak
		Sydney	Jan 2010

MEK Hussey and PM Siddle added 123 runs for the ninth wicket in Australia’s second innings against Pakistan in the recently concluded second test at Melbourne providing the fourth occasion of a team posting a ninth wicket three figure partnership against Pakistan in a test innings. The other three occasions are – 149 runs between RB Desai and PG Joshi {India vs Pakistna at Mumbai-BS in Dec 1969}, 195 runs between MV Boucher and PL Symcox {South Africa vs Pakistan at Jo’burg in Feb 98} and 101 runs between ST Jayasuriya and CRD Fernando {Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in Oct 2004}