Batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after the team had lost its first wicket without a run on the board in tests

Batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after the team had lost its first wicket without a run on the board in tests

Salim Aslam and Azhar Ali of Pakistan added 181 runs for the second wicket after Pakistan had lost its first wicket without a run on the board, to provide the 45th occasion of batmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after a team had lost its first wicket at zero. All such occasions are listed below chronologically

No Partners Wkt Runs In Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CG Macartney, WM Woodfull 2 235 1/0 1 Aus Eng Leeds 10 Jul 1926
2 H Sutcliffe, GE Tyldesley 2 230 1/0 2 Eng SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1927
3 HSTL Hendry, WM Woodfull 2 215 1/0 3 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1928
4 DG Bradman, WM Woodfull 2 115 1/0 3 Aus Eng Sydney 23 Feb 1933
5 H Gimblett, MJL Turnbull 2 108* 1/0 4 Eng Ind Lord’s 27 Jun 1936
6 WJ Edrich, C Washbrook 2 118 1/0 3 Eng NZl Leeds 11 Jun 1949
7 IM Chappell, WM Lawry 2 217 1/0 2 Aus Win Brisbane 06 Dec 1968
8 SM Gavaskar, ED Solkar 2 168 1/0 2 Ind Win Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
9 JM Brearley, RA Woolmer 2 132 1/0 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 16 Jun 1977
10 AD Gaekwad, DB Vengsarkar 2 170 1/0 2 Ind Win Bangalore 15 Dec 1978
11 JM Brearley, DW Randall 2 111 1/0 3 Eng Aus Sydney 06 Jan 1979
12 JF Reid, JG Wright 2 148 1/0 2 NZl Ind Auckland 13 Mar 1981
13 DM Jones, GR Marsh 2 126 1/0 4 Aus Eng Perth 28 Nov 1986
14 AH Jones, JG Wright 2 128 1/0 1 NZl Aus Adelaide 11 Dec 1987
15 DL Haynes, RB Richardson 2 103 1/0 3 Win Aus Perth 02 Dec 1988
16 DC Boon, MA Taylor 2 111 1/0 4 Aus Win Bridgetown 19 Apr 1991
17 WJ Cronje, AC Hudson 2 117 1/0 2 SAF Ind Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1992
18 ADR Campbell, MH Dekker 2 102 1/0 2 Zim Pak Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
19 ADR Campbell, MH Dekker 2 135 1/0 4 Zim Pak Rawalpindi 09 Dec 1993
20 BC Lara, RB Richardson 2 103 1/0 1 Win Aus Kingston 29 Apr 1995
21 R Dravid, NS Sidhu 2 171 1/0 2 Ind Win Port of Spain 14 Mar 1997
22 Ijaz Ahmed, Rameez Raja 2 102 1/0 2 Pak Srl Colombo (RPS) 19 Apr 1997
23 MJ Horne, AC Parore 2 103 1/0 2 NZl Zim Wellington 19 Feb 1998
24 Imran Nazir, Wajahatullah Wasti 2 105 1/0 1 Pak Srl Lahore 04 Mar 1999
25 D Dasgupta, R Dravid 2 171 1/0 4 Ind SAF Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
26 Taufeeq Umar, Younis Khan 2 144 1/0 3 Pak Win Sharjah 07 Feb 2002
27 ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara 2 203 1/0 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
28 SV Carlisle, DD Ebrahim 2 107 1/0 1 Zim Ban Harare 19 Feb 2004
29 HH Gibbs, JA Rudolph 2 103 1/0 3 SAF NZl Auckland 18 Mar 2004
30 R Dravid, PA Patel 2 129 1/0 2 Ind Pak Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004
31 Habibul Bashar, Javed Omar 2 121 1/0 1 Ban Win Gros Islet 28 May 2004
32 JL Langer, RT Ponting 2 111 1/0 1 Aus SAF Perth 16 Dec 2005
33 ML Hayden, RT Ponting 2 144 1/0 3 Aus Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006
34 IR Bell, AN Cook 2 170 1/0 4 Eng Aus Perth 14 Dec 2006
35 R Dravid, KD Karthik 2 124 1/0 1 Ind Ban Chittagong 18 May 2007
36 IR Bell, MP Vaughan 2 107 1/0 2 Eng Srl Kandy 01 Dec 2007
37 SM Katich, RT Ponting 2 166 1/0 1 Aus Ind Bangalore 09 Oct 2008
38 SM Katich, RT Ponting 2 126 1/0 1 Aus Win Brisbane 26 Nov 2009
39 DM Bravo, DS Smith 2 115 1/0 1 Win Srl Pallekele 01 Dec 2010
40 AN Cook, IJL Trott 2 117 1/0 3 Eng Srl Lord’s 03 Jun 2011
41 KC Sangakkara, HDRL Thirimanne 2 153 1/0 3 Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
42 AN Cook, IJL Trott 2 170 1/0 1 Eng SAF The Oval 19 Jul 2012
43 Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman 2 232 1/0 2 Ban Srl Chittagong 04 Feb 2014
44 CJL Rogers, SR Watson 2 115 1/0 1 Aus Ind Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
45 Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam 2 181 1/0 2 Pak Eng Birmingham 03 Aug 2016

Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali’s feat provides the sixth such occasion against England in a test innings and also the first such occasion by Pakistan. All the other five occasions are by Australian batsmen. The following table lists all the six occasions.

No Partners Wkt Runs In Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CG Macartney, WM Woodfull 2 235 1/0 1 Aus Eng Leeds 10 Jul 1926
2 HSTL Hendry, WM Woodfull 2 215 1/0 3 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1928
3 DG Bradman, WM Woodfull 2 115 1/0 3 Aus Eng Sydney 23 Feb 1933
4 DM Jones, GR Marsh 2 126 1/0 4 Aus Eng Perth 28 Nov 1986
5 ML Hayden, RT Ponting 2 144 1/0 3 Aus Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006
6 Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam 2 181 1/0 2 Pak Eng Birmingham 03 Aug 2016

Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali’s feat provides the fourth such occasion by Pakistan batsmen. The following table lists all the four occasions

No Partners Wkt Runs In Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Ijaz Ahmed, Rameez Raja 2 102 1/0 2 Pak Srl Colombo (RPS) 19 Apr 1997
2 Imran Nazir, Wajahatullah Wasti 2 105 1/0 1 Pak Srl Lahore 04 Mar 1999
3 Taufeeq Umar, Younis Khan 2 144 1/0 3 Pak Win Sharjah 07 Feb 2002
4 Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam 2 181 1/0 2 Pak Eng Birmingham 03 Aug 2016

Salim Aslam and Azhar Ali of Pakistan added 181 runs for the second wicket after Pakistan had lost its first wicket without a run on the board, to provide the 15th occasion of batmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket after a team had lost its first wicket at zero. All such occasions are listed below in the descending order of runs scored. It also provides the first such occasion by Pakistan batsmen.

No Partners Wkt Runs In Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CG Macartney, WM Woodfull 2 235 1/0 1 Aus Eng Leeds 10 Jul 1926
2 Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman 2 232 1/0 2 Ban Srl Chittagong 04 Feb 2014
3 H Sutcliffe, GE Tyldesley 2 230 1/0 2 Eng SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1927
4 IM Chappell, WM Lawry 2 217 1/0 2 Aus Win Brisbane 06 Dec 1968
5 HSTL Hendry, WM Woodfull 2 215 1/0 3 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1928
6 ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara 2 203 1/0 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
7 Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam 2 181 1/0 2 Pak Eng Birmingham 03 Aug 2016
8 R Dravid, NS Sidhu 2 171 1/0 2 Ind Win Port of Spain 14 Mar 1997
9 D Dasgupta, R Dravid 2 171 1/0 4 Ind SAF Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
10 AD Gaekwad, DB Vengsarkar 2 170 1/0 2 Ind Win Bangalore 15 Dec 1978
11 IR Bell, AN Cook 2 170 1/0 4 Eng Aus Perth 14 Dec 2006
12 AN Cook, IJL Trott 2 170 1/0 1 Eng SAF The Oval 19 Jul 2012
13 SM Gavaskar, ED Solkar 2 168 1/0 2 Ind Win Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
14 SM Katich, RT Ponting 2 166 1/0 1 Aus Ind Bangalore 09 Oct 2008
15 KC Sangakkara, HDRL Thirimanne 2 153 1/0 3 Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011

 

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