The Wisden Trophy – Three figure partnerships for the last wicket in a test innings

The Wisden Trophy – Three figure partnerships for the last wicket in a test innings

D Ramdin and TL Best added 143 runs for the last wicket in the third and final test between England and West Indies at Birmingham which is under progress as of now. This stand provide the 22nd occasion of a three figure partnership for the tenth wicket in the annals of test cricket. All the twenty two occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 RO Collinge, BF Hastings 10 151 2 NZl Pak Auckland Feb 1973
2 AzharMahmood/MushtaqAhmed 10 151 1 Pak SAF Rawalpindi Oct 1997
3 TL Best, D Ramdin 10 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham Jun 2012
4 Wasim Bari, Wasim Raja 10 133 3 Pak Win Bridgetown Feb 1977
5 Z Khan, SR Tendulkar 10 133 2 Ind Ban Dhaka Dec 2004
6 RE Foster, W Rhodes 10 130 2 Eng Aus Sydney Dec 1903
7 K Higgs, JA Snow 10 128 2 Eng Win The Oval Aug 1966
8 AA Mailey, JM Taylor 10 127 3 Aus Eng Sydney Dec 1924
9 SL Boock, JG Bracewell 10 124 1 NZl Aus Sydney Nov 1985
10 WW Armstrong, RA Duff 10 120 3 Aus Eng Melbourne Jan 1902
11 NJ Astle, CL Cairns 10 118 4 NZl Eng Christchurch Mar 2002
12 P Willey, RGD Willis 10 117* 3 Eng Win The Oval Jul 1980
13 JN Gillespie, GD McGrath 10 114 2 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2004
14 HR Adhikari, Ghulam Ahmed 10 109 1 Ind Pak Delhi Oct 1952
15 AB de Villiers, M Morkel 10 107* 1 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi Nov 2010
16 MEK Hussey, GD McGrath 10 107 1 Aus SAF Melbourne Dec 2005
17 NJ Astle, DK Morrison 10 106* 3 NZl Eng Auckland Jan 1997
18 CL Hooper, CA Walsh 10 106 1 Win Pak St John’s May 1993
19 Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth 10 105 2 Ind NZl Hyd-RGS Nov 2010
20 Amir Elahi, Zulfiqar Ahmed 10 104 1 Pak Ind Chennai Nov 1952
21 AJ Bell, HGO Owen-Smith 10 103 3 SAF Eng Leeds Jul 1929
22 AR Caddick, AJ Stewart 10 103 1 Eng Aus Birmingham Jul 2001

This stand represents the second best partnership for the tenth wicket in tests. The best stand is 151 runs on two occasions  – between RD Colling and BF Hastings of New Zealand vs. Pakistan at Auckland in Feb 1973 and between Axhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed of Pakistan against South Africa at Rawalpindi in Oct 1997. All these three partnerships are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 RO Collinge, BF Hastings 10 151 2 NZl Pak Auckland Feb 1973
2 AzharMahmood/MushtaqAhmed 10 151 1 Pak SAF Rawalpindi Oct 1997
3 TL Best, D Ramdin 10 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham Jun 2012

This stand represents the record partnership by West Indian batsmen in the annals of test cricket. The previous best was 106 runs stand between CL Hooper and CA Walsh at St John’s in May 1993. In fact these two partnerships are the only two partnerships of 100 plus runs by West Indian batsmen in test cricket

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 TL Best, D Ramdin 10 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham Jun 2012
2 CL Hooper, CA Walsh 10 106 1 Win Pak St John’s May 1993

D Ramdin and TL Best added 143 runs for the last wicket in the third and final test between England and West Indies at Birmingham which is under progress as of now provide the sixth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in the annals of test cricket which are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 TL Best, D Ramdin 10 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham Jun 2012
2 AA Mailey, JM Taylor 10 127 3 Aus Eng Sydney Dec 1924
3 WW Armstrong, RA Duff 10 120 3 Aus Eng Melbourne Jan 1902
4 NJ Astle, CL Cairns 10 118 4 NZl Eng Christchurch Mar 2002
5 NJ Astle, DK Morrison 10 106* 3 NZl Eng Auckland Jan 1997
6 AJ Bell, HGO Owen-Smith 10 103 3 SAF Eng Leeds Jul 1929

This stand is the best stand by a team against England. The previous best was 127 runs by AA Mailey and JM Taylor of Australia against England at Sydney in Dec 1924

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon Year
1 TL Best, D Ramdin 10 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham Jun 2012
2 AA Mailey, JM Taylor 10 127 3 Aus Eng Sydney Dec 1924

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