200 plus runs partnerships for the seventh wicket in Tests.

200 plus runs partnerships for the seventh wicket in Tests.

MJ Santner-BJ Watling of New  Zealand  added 261 runs for the seventh wicket against England at Mt Maunganui to provide the 18th occasion of batsmen posting  200 plus runs partnership for the seventh wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DJ McGlew, ARA Murray 7 246 1 SAF NZl Wellington 06 Mar 1953
2 DS Atkinson, CC Depeiaza 7 347 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
3 Imtiaz Ahmed, Waqar Hasan 7 308 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
4 DT Lindsay, PL van der Merwe 7 221 3 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
5 GJ Gilmour, KD Walters 7 217 1 Aus NZl Christchurch 18 Feb 1977
6 SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri 7 235 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 28 Nov 1984
7 Mohammad Yousuf, Saqlain Mushtaq 7 248 2 Pak NZl Christchurch 15 Mar 2001
8 VVS Laxman, A Ratra 7 217 1 Ind Win St John’s 10 May 2002
9 CL Cairns, JDP Oram 7 225 2 NZl SAF Auckland 18 Mar 2004
10 AC Gilchrist, SM Katich 7 212 2 Aus NZl Christchurch 10 Mar 2005
11 HAPW Jayawardene, WPUJC Vaas 7 223* 2 Srl Ban Colombo (SSC) 25 Jun 2007
12 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 259* 2 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
13 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 224 1 Ind Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011
14 DJG Sammy, MN Samuels 7 204 1 Win Eng Nottingham 25 May 2012
15 R Ashwin, RG Sharma 7 280 2 Ind Win Kolkata 06 Nov 2013
16 RA Jadeja, RR Pant 7 204 1 Ind Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2019
17 SO Dowrich, JO Holder 7 295* 3 Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019
18 MJ Santner, BJ Watling 7 261 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the seventh wicket in Test innings. Both such occasions are listed below.  It also represents the record partnership by New Zealand batsman in tests for the seventh wicket.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CL Cairns, JDP Oram 7 225 2 NZl SAF Auckland 18 Mar 2004
2 MJ Santner, BJ Watling 7 261 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the seventh wicket in Test innings against England. All such occasions are listed below. 

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri 7 235 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 28 Nov 1984
2 DJG Sammy, MN Samuels 7 204 1 Win Eng Nottingham 25 May 2012
3 SO Dowrich, JO Holder 7 295* 3 Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019
4 MJ Santner, BJ Watling 7 261 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019

India owns the record for most 200 plus runs partnerships for the seventh wicket in tests with six such partnerships. All such partnerships are tabulated below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri 7 235 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 28 Nov 1984
2 VVS Laxman, A Ratra 7 217 1 Ind Win St John’s 10 May 2002
3 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 259* 2 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
4 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 224 1 Ind Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011
5 R Ashwin, RG Sharma 7 280 2 Ind Win Kolkata 06 Nov 2013
6 RA Jadeja, RR Pant 7 204 1 Ind Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2019

MS Dhoni-VVS Laxman pair is the only pair to post two 200 plus runs partnerships for the seventh wicket. Both such partnerships are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 259* 2 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
2 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 224 1 Ind Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011

MJ Santner-BJ Watling of New  Zealand  added 261 runs for the seventh wicket against England at Mt Maunganui to provide the sixth occasion of batsmen posting  250 plus runs partnership for the seventh wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DS Atkinson, CC Depeiaza 7 347 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
2 Imtiaz Ahmed, Waqar Hasan 7 308 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
3 SO Dowrich, JO Holder 7 295* 3 Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019
4 R Ashwin, RG Sharma 7 280 2 Ind Win Kolkata 06 Nov 2013
5 MJ Santner, BJ Watling 7 261 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019
6 MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman 7 259* 2 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
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