Partnerships in one day internationals – some interesting observations

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
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