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 |