Partnerships in one day internationals – some interesting observations
The following are the six pairs of batsmen who have partnered 5000 plus runs in one day games. Two Indian pairs – Kohli-RG Sharma and S Dhawan-RG Sharma are set to join these six pairs.
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | Ganguly/Tendulkar | Ind | 176 | 3 | 8227 | 258 | 47.55 | 26 | 29 |
2 | MJaya’dene/Sangakkara | Srl | 151 | 7 | 5992 | 179 | 41.61 | 15 | 32 |
3 | Dilshan/Sangakkara | Srl | 108 | 6 | 5475 | 210* | 53.67 | 20 | 19 |
4 | Atapattu/Jayasuriya | Srl | 144 | 5 | 5462 | 237 | 39.29 | 14 | 26 |
5 | Gilchrist/Hayden | Aus | 117 | 3 | 5409 | 172 | 47.44 | 16 | 29 |
6 | Greenidge/Haynes | Win | 103 | 4 | 5206 | 192* | 52.58 | 15 | 25 |
1 | Kohli/RG Sharma | Ind | 080 | 5 | 4878 | 246 | 65.04 | 18 | 15 |
2 | Dhawan/RG Sharma | Ind | 109 | 1 | 4847 | 210 | 44.87 | 16 | 14 |
AC Gilchrist-Hayden have partners 45 fifty plus runs partnerships in the history of one day internationals. Ganguly-Tendulkar have partnered 44 fifty plus runs partnerships. These two pairs are the only two pairs to partner fifty plus runs partnerships on 40 plus occasions.
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 | 50+ |
1 | Gilchrist/Hayden | Aus | 114 | 3 | 5372 | 172 | 48.39 | 16 | 29 | 45 |
2 | Ganguly/Tendulkar | Ind | 136 | 2 | 6609 | 258 | 49.32 | 21 | 23 | 44 |
The following are the three pairs of batsmen who have partnered 5000 plus runs for the first wivket in one day games. Indian pair – S Dhawan-RG Sharma are set to join these three pairs.
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | Ganguly/Tendulkar | Ind | 136 | 2 | 6609 | 258 | 49.32 | 21 | 23 |
2 | Gilchrist/Hayden | Aus | 114 | 3 | 5372 | 172 | 48.39 | 16 | 29 |
3 | Greenidge/Haynes | Win | 102 | 4 | 5150 | 192* | 52.55 | 15 | 24 |
1 | Dhawan/RG Sharma | Ind | 107 | 1 | 4802 | 210 | 45.30 | 16 | 14 |
The following are the five pairs of batsmen who have partnered fifty plus run partnerships on 40 plus occasions. for the first wicket in one day games. Indian pair – Ganguly-Tendulkar is the only pair to partner fifty plus runs partnerships on 50 plus occasions – to be exact 55 occasions
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 | 50+ |
1 | Ganguly/ Tendulkar | Ind | 176 | 3 | 8227 | 258 | 47.55 | 26 | 29 | 55 |
2 | Jaya’dene/Sangakkara | Srl | 151 | 7 | 5992 | 179 | 41.61 | 15 | 32 | 47 |
3 | Gilchrist/Hayden | Aus | 117 | 3 | 5409 | 172 | 47.44 | 16 | 29 | 45 |
4 | Atapattu/Jayasuriya | Srl | 144 | 5 | 5462 | 237 | 39.29 | 14 | 26 | 40 |
5 | Greenidge/Haynes | Win | 103 | 4 | 5206 | 192* | 52.58 | 15 | 25 | 40 |
The following table furnishes the pair of batsmen who have added most runs for each wicket in one day internationals.
Wkt | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | Ganguly/Tendulkar | Ind | 136 | 2 | 6609 | 258 | 49.32 | 21 | 23 |
2 | Dilshan/Sangakkara | Srl | 086 | 3 | 4730 | 210* | 56.98 | 19 | 15 |
3 | Jayawardene,Sangakkara | Srl | 097 | 4 | 4116 | 179 | 44.25 | 10 | 23 |
4 | PAde Silva/Ranatunga | Srl | 071 | 3 | 2542 | 143 | 37.38 | 04 | 14 |
5 | Dhoni/SK Raina | Ind | 054 | 7 | 2421 | 196* | 51.51 | 05 | 13 |
6 | Dhoni/RA Jadeja | Ind | 039 | 5 | 1208 | 127* | 35.52 | 02 | 04 |
7 | CZ Harris/AC Parore | NZl | 033 | 3 | 0534 | 50 | 17.80 | 00 | 02 |
8 | CZ Harris/Vettori | NZl | 019 | 6 | 0353 | 72 | 27.15 | 00 | 02 |
9 | A Razzak/M Mortaza | Ban | 016 | 2 | 0298 | 53 | 21.28 | 00 | 02 |
10 | M Amir/Saeed Ajmal | Pak | 004 | 1 | 0186 | 103 | 62.00 | 01 | 00 |
The following table furnishes the total partnerships runs scored for each wicket in the history of one day internationals.
Wkt | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | 8453 | 112 | 299101 | 365 | 35.85 | 634 | 1488 |
2 | 8380 | 218 | 299277 | 372 | 36.66 | 637 | 1497 |
3 | 8191 | 350 | 300545 | 258 | 38.32 | 613 | 1589 |
4 | 7864 | 491 | 264475 | 275* | 35.87 | 463 | 1427 |
5 | 7377 | 589 | 217583 | 256* | 32.05 | 265 | 1206 |
6 | 6772 | 655 | 160452 | 267* | 26.23 | 122 | 0774 |
7 | 6061 | 790 | 117256 | 177 | 22.24 | 048 | 0504 |
8 | 5203 | 787 | 078564 | 138* | 17.79 | 010 | 0237 |
9 | 4296 | 738 | 051687 | 132 | 14.52 | 008 | 0109 |
10 | 3345 | 718 | 030534 | 106* | 11.62 | 002 | 0038 |
There are twelve pairs of batsmen who have played 100 plus innings and five pairs of batsmen who have played 90 to 99 innings in the history of one day internationals. All such pairs are tabulated below
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | Ganguly/Tendulkar | Ind | 176 | 3 | 8227 | 258 | 47.55 | 26 | 29 |
2 | Jaya’dene/Sangakkara | Srl | 151 | 7 | 5992 | 179 | 41.61 | 15 | 32 |
3 | Atapattu/Jayasuriya | Srl | 144 | 5 | 5462 | 237 | 39.29 | 14 | 26 |
4 | NJ Astle/SP Fleming | NZl | 118 | 3 | 3814 | 193 | 33.16 | 09 | 17 |
5 | AC Gilchrist/Hayden | Aus | 117 | 3 | 5409 | 172 | 47.44 | 16 | 29 |
6 | Sehwag/Tendulkar | Ind | 114 | 2 | 4387 | 182 | 39.16 | 13 | 18 |
7 | Jayasuriya/Kaluwitharana | Srl | 112 | 2 | 3352 | 129 | 30.47 | 06 | 19 |
8 | S Dhawan/RG Sharma | Ind | 109 | 1 | 4847 | 210 | 44.87 | 16 | 14 |
9 | Dilshan/Sangakkara | Srl | 108 | 6 | 5475 | 210* | 53.67 | 20 | 19 |
10 | PA de Silva/Ranatunga | Srl | 105 | 3 | 3802 | 153 | 37.27 | 08 | 18 |
11 | Greenidge/Haynes | Win | 103 | 4 | 5206 | 192* | 52.58 | 15 | 25 |
12 | Haynes/RB Richardson | Win | 103 | 6 | 3908 | 167 | 40.28 | 09 | 21 |
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | Inz-ul-Haq/M Yousuf | Pak | 99 | 7 | 4082 | 162 | 44.36 | 8 | 22 |
2 | R Dravid/Tendulkar | Ind | 98 | 5 | 4117 | 331 | 44.26 | 11 | 14 |
3 | AC Gilchrist/ME Waugh | Aus | 97 | 1 | 3992 | 206 | 41.58 | 8 | 20 |
4 | DC Boon/GR Marsh | Aus | 96 | 1 | 3807 | 212 | 40.07 | 8 | 26 |
5 | HM Amla/Q de Kock | RSA | 95 | 3 | 4300 | 282* | 46.73 | 11 | 15 |
Ganguly-Tendulkar pair own the record for playing most number of innings – 176 – in the history of one day internationals followed by M Jayawardene-KC Sangkkara pair who has played 151 innings. These two pairs are the only two pairs in the history of one day internationals to play 150 plus innings.
No | Partners | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | High | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | Ganguly/Tendulkar | Ind | 176 | 3 | 8227 | 258 | 47.55 | 26 | 29 |
2 | Jaya’ene/Sangakkara | Srl | 151 | 7 | 5992 | 179 | 41.61 | 15 | 32 |