JA Burns and UT Khwaja added 258 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing test at Melbourne against West Indies to provide the 12^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 250 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	2	274	3	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931
2	DG Bradman, WH Ponsford	2	451	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	DG Bradman, AR Morris	2	301	4	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
4	AL Hassett, CC McDonald	2	275	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953
5	IM Chappell, WM Lawry	2	298	2	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
6	IM Chappell, RB McCosker	2	277	1	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1975
7	WB Phillips, GN Yallop	2	259	1	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983
8	JL Langer, MA Taylor	2	279	1	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
9	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	2	272	1	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
10	CJL Rogers, SPD Smith	2	284	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
11	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	2	302	1	v New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015
12	JA Burns, UT Khawaja	2	258	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015

JA Burns and UT Khwaja added 258 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing test at Melbourne against West Indies to provide the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 250 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings against West Indies. Both the occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	IM Chappell, WM Lawry	2	298	2	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
2	JA Burns, UT Khawaja	2	258	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015

West Indians were at the receiving end for the second time in this category of statistics. The first such occasion was also at Melbourne in Dec 1968. WM Lawry and IM Chappell posted 298 runs for the second wicket in this test.  Australia had lost its opener IR Redpath for 7 runs when the score card read 14. WM Lawry and IM Chappell added 298 runs for the second wicket and the score at the fall of second wicket read 312. WM Lawry scored 205 and IM Chappell scored 165. IM Chappell was the batsman dismissed at the fall of the second wicket for 165 before he was bowled by GS Sobers.

It is interesting to note that WM Lawry has been a part on both the occasions. In 1968 as a batsman and 47 years later –  in 2015 as a commentator