Same pair of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in both innings of a test

Same pair of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in both innings of a test

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the first innings and 237 runs for the first wicket in second innings of the just concluded test against New Zealand at Brisbane to provide the eighth occasion of same pair of batsmen posting three figure partnerships in both innings of test match for the first wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe 1 157 2 Eng Aus Sydney Dec 1924
  JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe 1 110 4 Eng Aus Sydney Dec 1924
                 
2 RH Catterall/B Mitchell 1 119 2 SAF Eng Birmingham Jun 1929
  RH Catterall/B Mitchell 1 171 4 SAF Eng Birmingham Jun 1929
                 
3 L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 137 1 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1947
  L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 100 3 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1947
                 
4 L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 168 1 Eng Aus Leeds Jul 1948
  L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 129 3 Eng Aus Leeds Jul 1948
                 
5 G Boycott/JH Edrich 1 107 1 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1971
  G Boycott/JH Edrich 1 103 3 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1971
                 
6 MJ Greatbatch/RT Latham 1 116 1 NZl Zim Bulawayo Nov 1992
  MJ Greatbatch/RT Latham 1 102 3 NZl Zim Bulawayo Nov 1992
                 
7 I Farhat/T Umar 1 109 2 Pak SAF Lahore Oct 2003
  I Farhat/T Umar 1 134 4 Pak SAF Lahore Oct 2003
                 
8 JA Burns/DA Warner 1 161 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015
  JA Burns/DA Warner 1 237 3 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015

 

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