Partnership (cricket)
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A partnership is a term used in
Strategy in cricket
Strong batting cohesion in partnerships is widely considered to be an important aspect of cricket. Generally speaking, top-order
Lower-order partnerships are usually much smaller than those for early partnerships.[10] In certain scenarios, middle- and low-order batters often tend to score at a higher strike rate.[citation needed] This is to score as many runs as possible before running out of batting partners, a tactic usually employed when a Test team is considering a declaration or when a one-day innings is closing in on its conclusion.[11] Batters such as Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Flintoff are widely regarded as some of the best middle-order batters.[12] Similarly, in a citation were there are no recognised batters remaining, tail-end batters may often play aggressively, with the purpose of more runs before the team is all out. Another example, as alluded to earlier, is where there is one not-out recognised batter and one tail-end batter; in this case, the recognised may often seek to be on strike as much as possible. A specific example of this is in Test cricket was when Ben Stokes and Jack Leach scored a crucial partnership of 75 to win a match at Headingly during the 2019 Ashes Series.[13]
In red-ball cricket
In test and first-class cricket, during opening partnerships, the primary focus is often on seeing off the new ball. In later partnerships, the emphasis shifts towards consolidation, facing an aging ball, spin bowling, and eventually the second new ball.
The importance of batting in partnership becomes even more crucial when only one recognized quality batsman remains. In such cases, their responsibility includes guiding the lower-order batsmen while attempting to score as many runs as possible or simply trying to save the game. Minimizing risk is vital, often achieved by exposing the lesser batsmen to as little bowling as possible. Boundaries and twos are preferred, and singles are avoided, especially in the early parts of an over. However, it may be necessary to score a single or three runs on the last ball of the over to counteract the change of bowling ends.
In white-ball cricket
In
Windies Team hold the record of highest partnership against Zimbabwe at canberra on 24 Feb 2015. MN Samuels, Chris Gayle scored 372 for 2nd wicket.[14]
Effect on the opposition
Large partnerships do more than simply add runs to the
famously held out during their second innings after the top order had been decimated by England's bowlers and nearly won a tightly contested match, losing by a mere 2 runs, the narrowest margin in Ashes history.Bowling partnerships
Two bowlers may be said to be bowling in tandem when they bowl all of a certain set of consecutive overs.[15]
James Anderson and Stuart Broad hold the record for most wickets in a bowling partnership. They have taken 1039 wickets together.
Test record partnerships by wicket
Correct as of 1 November 2021[16]
Wicket | Runs | Batting partners | Batting team | Fielding team | Venue | Season |
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1st | 415 | Neil McKenzie and Graeme Smith | South Africa | Bangladesh | Chattogram | 2008 |
2nd | 576 | Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | India | Colombo (RPS) | 1997 |
3rd | 624 | Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
4th | 449 | Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh | Australia | West Indies | Hobart | 2015/16 |
5th | 405 | Donald Bradman and Sid Barnes
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Australia | England | Sydney | 1946/47 |
6th | 399 | Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow | England | South Africa | Cape Town | 2016 |
7th | 347 | Clairmonte Depeiaza and Denis Atkinson | West Indies | Australia | Bridgetown | 1954/55 |
8th | 332 | Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad | England | Pakistan | Lord's | 2010 |
9th | 195 | Mark Boucher and Pat Symcox | South Africa | Pakistan | Johannesburg | 1998 |
10th | 198 | Joe Root and James Anderson | England | India | Nottingham | 2014 |
Top 10 Test partnerships (for any wicket)
Correct as of 1 November 2021[17]
Runs | Wicket | Batting partners | Batting team | Fielding team | Venue | Season |
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624 | 3rd | Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
576 | 2nd | Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | India | Colombo (RPS) | 1997 |
467 | 3rd | Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe
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New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Wellington | 1990/91 |
451 | 2nd | Donald Bradman and Bill Ponsford
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Australia | England | The Oval | 1934 |
451 | 3rd | Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad | Pakistan | India | Hyderabad | 1982/83 |
449 | 4th | Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh | Australia | West Indies | Hobart | 2015/16 |
446 | 2nd | Gary Sobers
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West Indies | Pakistan | Kingston, Jamaica | 1957/58 |
438 | 2nd | Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2004 |
437 | 4th | Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Karachi
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2008/09 |
429* | 3rd | Jacques Rudolph and Boeta Dippenaar | South Africa | Bangladesh | Chattogram | 2003 |
* = unbroken partnership
First-class record partnerships by wicket
Correct as of 1 November 2021[18]
Wicket | Runs | Batting partners | Batting team | Fielding team | Venue | Season |
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1st | 561 | Waheed Mirza and Mansoor Akhtar | Karachi Whites | Quetta | Karachi
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1976/77 |
2nd | 580 | Rafatullah Mohmand and Aamer Sajjad | WAPDA | SSGC | Sheikhupura | 2009/10 |
3rd | 624 | Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
4th | 577 | Vijay Hazare and Gul Mohammad | Baroda | Holkar | Baroda | 1946/47 |
5th | 520* | Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja | Saurashtra | Orissa
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Rajkot
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2008/09 |
6th | 487* | George Headley and Clarence Passailaigue | Jamaica | Lord Tennyson's XI | Kingston, Jamaica | 1931/32 |
7th | 460 | Bhupinder Singh and Pankaj Dharmani | Punjab | Delhi | Delhi | 1994/95 |
8th | 433 | Arthur Sims and Victor Trumper | Australia | Canterbury
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Christchurch | 1913/14 |
9th | 283 | John Chapman and Arnold Warren | Derbyshire | Warwickshire | Blackwell | 1910 |
10th | 307 | Alan Kippax and Hal Hooker | New South Wales | Victoria
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MCG | 1928/29 |
* = unbroken partnership
Top 10 first-class partnerships (for any wicket)
Correct as of 1 November 2021[19]
Runs | Wicket | Batting partners | Batting team | Fielding team | Venue | Season |
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624 | 3rd | Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
594* | 3rd | Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne | Maharashtra | Delhi | Mumbai | 2016/17 |
580 | 2nd | Rafatullah Mohmand and Aamer Sajjad | WAPDA | SSGC | Sheikhupura | 2009/10 |
577 | 4th | Vijay Hazare and Gul Mohammad | Baroda | Holkar | Baroda | 1946/47 |
576 | 2nd | Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | India | Colombo (RPS) | 1997 |
574* | 4th | Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott | Barbados | Trinidad | Port-of-Spain | 1945/46 |
561 | 1st | Waheed Mirza and Mansoor Akhtar | Karachi Whites | Quetta | Karachi
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1976/77 |
555 | 1st | Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe | Yorkshire | Essex | Leyton | 1932 |
554 | 1st | Jack Brown and John Tunnicliffe | Yorkshire | Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 1898 |
539 | 3rd | Sagar Jogiyani and Ravindra Jadeja | Saurashtra | Gujarat | Surat | 2012/13 |
* = unbroken partnership.
One-Day International record partnerships by wicket
Correct as of 1 November 2021[20]
Wicket | Runs | Batting partners | Batting team | Fielding team | Venue | Date |
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1st | 365 | John Campbell and Shai Hope | West Indies | Ireland | Dublin
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5 May 2019 |
2nd | 372 | Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels | West Indies | Zimbabwe | Canberra | 24 February 2015 |
3rd | 258 | Darren Bravo and Denesh Ramdin | West Indies | Bangladesh | Basseterre | 25 August 2014 |
4th | 275* | Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja | India | Zimbabwe | Cuttack | 9 April 1998 |
5th | 256* | David Miller and JP Duminy | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Hamilton | 15 February 2015 |
6th | 267* | Grant Elliott and Luke Ronchi | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 23 January 2015 |
7th | 177 | Jos Buttler and Adil Rashid | England | New Zealand | Birmingham | 9 June 2015 |
8th | 202* | Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins | Australia | Afghanistan | Mumbai | 7 November 2023 |
9th | 132 | Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | Australia | Melbourne | 3 November 2010 |
10th | 106* | Viv Richards and Michael Holding | West Indies | England | Manchester | 31 May 1984 |
* = unbroken partnership
Top 10 One-Day International partnerships (for any wicket)
Correct as of 1 November 2021[21]
Runs | Wicket | Batting partners | Batting team | Fielding team | Venue | Date |
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372 | 2nd | Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels | West Indies | Zimbabwe | Canberra | 23 February 2015 |
365 | 1st | John Campbell and Shai Hope | West Indies | Ireland | Dublin
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5 May 2019 |
331 | 2nd | Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid | India | New Zealand | Hyderabad | 8 November 1999 |
318 | 2nd | Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
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India | Sri Lanka | Taunton | 26 May 1999 |
304 | 1st | Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 20 July 2018 |
292 | 1st | Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das | Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | Sylhet | 6 March 2020 |
286 | 1st | Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | England | Leeds | 1 July 2006 |
284 | 1st | David Warner and Travis Head | Australia | Pakistan | Adelaide | 26 January 2017 |
282* | 1st | Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla | South Africa | Bangladesh | Kimberley | 15 October 2017 |
282 | 1st | Upul Tharanga and Tillekeratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Pallekele | 10 March 2011 |
* = unbroken partnership
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- A few marathon partnerships from The Hindu
- Partnerships from Howstat
- List of record partnerships in Tests from ESPN.com
- Tests - Partnership Records from cricinfo.com
- first-class partnership records from CricketArchive Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine