England-India Test at Nottingham in July 2014 witnessed an unique occasion of rival teams posting century partnership for the tenth wicket.

England-India Test at Nottingham in July 2014 witnessed an unique occasion of rival teams posting century partnership for the tenth wicket.

England-India Test at Nottingham in July 2014 witnessed an unique occasion of both India and England posting a century partnership for the tenth wicket in the first and second innings  of the Test.  India batted first and its batsmen B Kumar and Mohammad Shami added 111 runs for the tenth wicket. This stand provides first occasion of batsmen posting a “Nelson” runs partnership – 111 runs – in  the history of Test cricket and also provides the 25th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the tenth wicket.

Batting second in the Test/England batsmen – JE Root and JM Anderson posted 198 runs for the tenth wicket. This stand provide the 26th occasion of batsmen posting a century partnership for the tenth wicket and also represent the highest partnership for the tenth wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 WW Armstrong/RA Duff 120 3 Aus Eng Melbourne 01.01.1902
2 RE Foster/W Rhodes 130 2 Eng Aus Sydney 11.12.1903
3 AA Mailey/JM Taylor 127 3 Aus Eng Sydney 19.12.1924
4 AJ Bell/HGO Owen-Smith 103 3 SAF Eng Leeds 13.07.1929
5 HR Adhikari/Ghulam Ahmed 109 1 Ind Pak Delhi 16.10.1952
6 Amir Elahi/Zulfiqar Ahmed 104 1 Pak Ind Chennai 28.11.1952
7 K Higgs/JA Snow 128 2 Eng Win The Oval 18.08.1966
8 RO Collinge/BF Hastings 151 2 NZl Pak Auckland 16.02.1973
9 Wasim Bari/Wasim Raja 133 3 Pak Win Bridgetown 18.02.1977
10 P Willey/RGD Willis 117* 3 Eng Win The Oval 24.07.1980
11 SL Boock/JG Bracewell 124 1 NZl Aus Sydney 22.11.1985
12 CL Hooper/CA Walsh 106 1 Win Pak St John’s 01.05.1993
13 NJ Astle/DK Morrison 106* 3 NZl Eng Auckland 24.01.1997
14 A Mahmood/Mushtaq Ahmed 151 1 Pak SAF Rawalpindi 06.10.1997
15 AR Caddick/AJ Stewart 103 1 Eng Aus Birmingham 05.07.2001
16 NJ Astle/CL Cairns 118 4 NZl Eng Christchurch 13.03.2002
17 JN Gillespie/GD McGrath 114 2 Aus NZl Brisbane 18.11.2004
18 Z Khan/SR Tendulkar 133 2 Ind Ban Dhaka 10.12.2004
19 MEK Hussey/GD McGrath 107 1 Aus SAF Melbourne 26.12.2005
20 Harbhajan Singh/S Sreesanth 105 2 Ind NZl Hyd-RGS 12.11.2010
21 AB de Villiers/M Morkel 107* 1 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi 20.11.2010
22 TL Best/D Ramdin 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham 07.06.2012
23 AC Agar/PJ Hughes 163 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10.07.2013
24 TA Boult/BJ Watling 127 1 NZl Ban Chattogram 09.10.2013
25 B Kumar/Mohd Shami 111 1 Ind Eng Nottingham 09.07.2014
26 JM Anderson/JE Root 198 2 Eng Ind Nottingham 09.07.2014

B Kumar and Mohammad Shami added 111 runs for the tenth wicket in this test to provide the fourth occasion of  Indian batsmen.  All such occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 HR Adhikari/Ghulam Ahmed 109 1 Ind Pak Delhi 16.10.1952
2 Z Khan/SR Tendulkar 133 2 Ind Ban Dhaka 10.12.2004
3 Harbhajan Singh/S Sreesanth 105 2 Ind NZl Hyd-RGS 12.11.2010
4 B Kumar/Mohd Shami 111 1 Ind Eng Nottingham 09.07.2014

JE Root  and JM Anderson posted 198 runs for the tenth wicket to provide the fifth occasion of England batsmen posting a century partnership for the tenth wicket.  All such occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RE Foster/W Rhodes 130 2 Eng Aus Sydney 11.12.1903
2 K Higgs/JA Snow 128 2 Eng Win The Oval 18.08.1966
3 P Willey/RGD Willis 117* 3 Eng Win The Oval 24.07.1980
4 AR Caddick/AJ Stewart 103 1 Eng Aus Birmingham 05.07.2001
5 JM Anderson/JE Root 198 2 Eng Ind Nottingham 09.07.2014

The following are the  four  occasions of batsmen  posting 150 plus  runs  for the tenth wicket  in the annals of test cricket.

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JM Anderson/JE Root 198 2 Eng Ind Nottingham 09.07.2014
2 AC Agar/PJ Hughes 163 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10.07.2013
3 RO Collinge/BF Hastings 151 2 NZl Pak Auckland 16.02.1973
4 Azhar Mahmood/Mushtaq Ahmed 151 1 Pak SAF Rawalpindi 06.10.1997

JE Root and JM Anderson posted 198 runs for the tenth wicket. This stand represents the highest partnership for the tenth wicket in the annals of test cricket. The previous best was the 163 runs partnership between PJ  Hughes and AC Agar  of Australia against England at Nottingham in.07.2013. Both the occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JM Anderson/JE Root 198 2 Eng Ind Nottingham 09.07.2014
2 AC Agar/PJ Hughes 163 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10.07.2013

It is interesting to note that most tenth wicket century partnerships have been recorded against England – Eight partnerships. All such partnerships are furnished below

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 WW Armstrong/RA Duff 120 3 Aus Eng Melbourne 01.01.1902
2 AA Mailey/JM Taylor 127 3 Aus Eng Sydney 19.12.1924
3 AJ Bell/HGO Owen-Smith 103 3 SAF Eng Leeds 13.07.1929
4 NJ Astle/DK Morrison 106* 3 NZl Eng Auckland 24.01.1997
5 NJ Astle/CL Cairns 118 4 NZl Eng Christchurch 13.03.2002
6 TL Best/D Ramdin 143 1 Win Eng Birmingham 07.06.2012
7 AC Agar/PJ Hughes 163 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10.07.2013
8 B Kumar/Mohd Shami 111 1 Ind Eng Nottingham 09.07.2014

Nottingham in England and Sydney in Australia are the two grounds to witness tenth wicket century partnerships on  three occasions. All such occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs I Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 AC Agar/PJ Hughes 163 2 Aus Eng Nottingham 10.07.2013
2 B Kumar/Mohd Shami 111 1 Ind Eng Nottingham 09.07.2014
3 JM Anderson/JE Root 198 2 Eng Ind Nottingham 09.07.2014
               
1 RE Foster/W Rhodes 130 2 Eng Aus Sydney 11.12.1903
2 AA Mailey/JM Taylor 127 3 Aus Eng Sydney 19.12.1924
3 SL Boock/JG Bracewell 124 1 NZl Aus Sydney 22.11.1985
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