250 plus runs partnerships for the first wicket in the annals of test cricket
A Shaffiquq and Imam-ul-Haq posted 252 runs unfinished partnership for the first wicket against Australia at Rawalpindi in the just concluded test to provide the 36th occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the test history. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order
| No | Partners | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Yr |
| 1 | Hobbs, W Rhodes | 323 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | Feb 12 |
| 2 | Hobbs, Sutcliffe | 268 | 2 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | Jun 24 |
| 3 | Hobbs, Sutcliffe | 283 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | Jan 25 |
| 4 | Dempster, JE Mills | 276 | 1 | NZl | Eng | Wel’ton | Jan 30 |
| 5 | B Mitchell, IJ Siedle | 260 | 1 | SAF | Eng | C Town | Jan 31 |
| 6 | Hutton, Washbrook | 359 | 1 | Eng | SAF | Jo’burg | Dec 48 |
| 7 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 413 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Chennai | Jan 56 |
| 8 | Cowdrey, G Pullar | 290 | 3 | Eng | SAF | The Oval | Aug 60 |
| 9 | Lawry, Simpson | 382 | 1 | Aus | Win | Barbados | May 65 |
| 10 | Jarvis, Turner | 387 | 2 | NZl | Win | Guyana | Apr 72 |
| 11 | Greenidge, Haynes | 296 | 2 | Win | Ind | John’s | Apr 83 |
| 12 | Greenidge, Haynes | 250* | 4 | Win | Aus | Guyana | Mar 84 |
| 13 | GR Marsh, MA Taylor | 329 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Not’ham | Aug 89 |
| 14 | Greenidge, Haynes | 298 | 2 | Win | Eng | John’s | Apr 90 |
| 15 | Slater, Taylor | 260 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 93 |
| 16 | A Sohail, I Ahmed | 298 | 2 | Pak | Win | Karachi | Dec 97 |
| 17 | Blewett, Slater | 269 | 2 | Aus | Pak | Brisbane | Nov 99 |
| 18 | Campbell, Griffith | 276 | 1 | Win | NZl | Hamilton | Dec 99 |
| 19 | Atapattu, Jayasuriya | 335 | 1 | Srl | Pak | Kandy | Jun 00 |
| 20 | HH Gibbs, G Kirsten | 256 | 1 | SAF | Zim | Harare | Sep 01 |
| 21 | HH Gibbs, GC Smith | 368 | 1 | SAF | Pak | C Town | Jan 03 |
| 22 | HH Gibbs, GC Smith | 338 | 1 | SAF | Eng | Bit’ham | Jul 03 |
| 23 | HH Gibbs, GC Smith | 301 | 1 | SAF | Win | Centurion | Jan 04 |
| 24 | Atapattu, Jayasuriya | 281 | 2 | Srl | Zim | Harare | May 04 |
| 25 | Hayden, JL Langer | 255 | 1 | Aus | Srl | Cairns | Jul 04 |
| 26 | Strauss, Trescothick | 273 | 3 | Eng | SAF | Durban | Dec 04 |
| 27 | Dravid, V Sehwag | 410 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Lahore | Jan 06 |
| 28 | McKenzie, GC Smith | 415 | 1 | SAF | Ban | C’gram | Feb 08 |
| 29 | Gayle, KOA Powell | 254 | 2 | Win | NZl | N Sound | Jul 12 |
| 30 | Dhawan, M Vijay | 289 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Mohali | Mar 13 |
| 31 | Imrul Kayes, T Iqbal | 312 | 3 | Ban | Pak | Khulna | Apr 15 |
| 32 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 283 | 1 | Inf | Ban | Fatullah | Jun 15 |
| 33 | TA Latham, JA Raval | 254 | 2 | NZl | Ban | Hamilton | Feb 19 |
| 34 | Agarwal, Sharma | 317 | 1 | Ind | SAF | Vizag | Oct 19 |
| 35 | Abid Ali, S Masood | 278 | 3 | Pak | Srl | Karachi | Dec 19 |
| 36 | A Shafique, Imam | 252* | 3 | Pak | Aus | Rawalpindi | Mar 22 |