AC Voges and SE Marsh script a new partnership record for the fourth wicket in the history of test cricket

AC Voges and SE Marsh script a new partnership record for the fourth wicket in the history of test cricket

AC Voges and SE Marsh were concerned in a mammoth 449 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and West Indies at Hobart to provide the 15th occasion of batsmen posting a 400 plus runs partnership in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 M  Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara 3 624 2 Srl SAF Col-SSC 27 Jul 2006
2 ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama 2 576 2 Srl Ind Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
3 MD Crowe, AH Jones 3 467 3 NZl Srl Wellington 31 Jan 1991
4 DG Bradman, WH Ponsford 2 451 1 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
5 Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar 3 451 1 Pak Ind Hyd-Pak 14 Jan 1983
6 SE Marsh, AC Voges 4 449 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
7 CC Hunte, GS Sobers 2 446 2 Win Pak Kingston 26 Feb 1958
8 MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara 2 438 2 Srl Zim Bulawayo 14 May 2004
9 M  Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera 4 437 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
10 HH Dippenaar, JA Rudolph 3 429* 2 SAF Ban Chittagong 24 Apr 2003
11 ND McKenzie, GC Smith 1 415 1 SAF Ban Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
12 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
13 MC Cowdrey, PBH May 4 411 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
14 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 Ind Pak Lahore 13 Jan 2006
15 SG Barnes, DG Bradman 5 405 2 Aus Eng Sydney 13 Dec 1946

AC Voges and SE Marsh were concerned in a mammoth 449 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and West Indies at Hobart to provide the third occasion of batsmen posting a 400 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the fourth wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SE Marsh, AC Voges 4 449 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
2 M  Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera 4 437 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
3 MC Cowdrey, PBH May 4 411 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957

AC Voges and SE Marsh were concerned in a mammoth 449 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and West Indies at Hobart to provide record partnership for the fourth wicket in the annals of test cricket. The previous best was the 437 runs partnership between Sri Lankan’s DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera in the test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Karachi in Feb 2009. Both occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SE Marsh, AC Voges 4 449 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
2 M  Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera 4 437 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009

AC Voges and SE Marsh were concerned in a mammoth 449 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and West Indies at Hobart to provide the third occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 400 plus runs partnership in a test innings All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DG Bradman, WH Ponsford 2 451 1 Aus Eng The Oval 18 Aug 1934
2 SE Marsh, AC Voges 4 449 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
3 SG Barnes, DG Bradman 5 405 2 Aus Eng Sydney 13 Dec 1946

AC Voges and SE Marsh’s stand of 449 runs was just two runs shy of Australia’s best partnership in a test innings – 451 runs second wicket partnership between DG Bradman and WH Ponsford against England at The Oval in Aug 1954

AC Voges and SE Marsh were concerned in a mammoth 449 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and West Indies at Hobart to provide the second occasion of batsmen posting a 400 plus runs partnership in a test innings against West Indies. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SE Marsh, AC Voges 4 449 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
2 MC Cowdrey, PBH May 4 411 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957

AC Voges and SE Marsh were concerned in a mammoth 449 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and West Indies at Hobart to provide record partnership by a team against West Indies in a test innings. The previous best was the 411 runs partnership – also for the fourth wicket –  by England’s MC Cowdrey and PBH May at Birmingham in May 1957. Thus it took 58 years and seven months to rewrite the record partnership against West Indies. The interval between Dec 2015 and May 1957 is 58 years and seven months

 

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