Greatest Partnership ever

[Salamuddin]

Just wondering, what is the greatest partnership in cricketing history between two batsmen (in any form of cricket incl test, first class, grade, youth and schoolboys) ?

A few years I read in the Guiness Book of World Records that Tendulkar and Kambli held the record with a 664 run unbeaten
partnership for their Mumbai school in a Harris Shield Match.
But that was way back in 1988. Has that been surpassed since ?

 

[krkode]

I think that is it - the Kambli-Tendulkar one.

 

[iamdavid]

Biggest partnership I ever been involved in was 82 for the 6th wicket in a 5th grade game last year.

 

[gibbsnsmith]

hrm, ive been in a 203 one for my school, a 168 for club and 149 one for County, although i think it ws ajust a friendly.

The Kambli and Tendulkar partnership is legendary and it is still the best partnership in the history to date, according to a few people anyhow..

 

[Eclipse]

Mark and Steve Waugh put on a huge partneship against WA once.

 

[amits]

test - 576 - jayasurya and kaluwithrana - 2nd wicket, sl v ind

fc - 577 - 4th wicket (and this was in some indian doemstic game)

 

[Eclipse]

test - 576 - jayasurya and kaluwithrana - 2nd wicket, sl v ind

fc - 577 - 4th wicket (and this was in some indian doemstic game)

That partneship of 576 against India was Jayasurya and some other dude not Kalu. I know his name but am certain I will make a fool of myslef trying to spell it so I wont even try.

 

[Andre]

T'was Roshan Mahanama

 

[age_master]

Mark and Steve Waugh put on a huge partneship against WA once.

464 from memory

the greatest partnership every would have to be the Dravid Laxman one from the 2nd test in the Aus India series though for mine, not the biggest, but probably the greatest.

 

[marc71178]

464 from memory

the greatest partnership every would have to be the Dravid Laxman one from the 2nd test in the Aus India series though for mine, not the biggest, but probably the greatest.

Although their one in the last match must run it close?

 

[Richard]

The greatest partnerships I've ever seen were Atherton and Stewart at Old Trafford in 1998 and Atherton and Vaughan at Lord's in 2000 against WI, and that wasn't even worth 100.
I only saw bits of the Hussain\Thorpe one at Edgbaston in 1997.

 

[Bazza]

The Hussain/Thorpe one always brings back good memories as does Hussain/Butcher from 2001.

In the 1997 series wasn't there a pretty big stand between Elliott when he made 199 and someone else? Another low was this summer when Smith and Gibbs put on a couple of big opening stands.

What I actually thought this thread was going to be about was this:

http://www-nz.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/DEC/023231_COL-STATS_19DEC2003.html

So Hobbs and Sutcliffe were probably the greatest partners:

http://www-nz.cricket.org/db/STATS/TESTS/PARTNERSHIPS/OPENING_PAIRS.html

Unfortunately I couldn't find similar stats for other wickets, but check out Gibbs & Smith, Langer & Hayden and Greenidge & Haynes. Also Trescothick & Vaughan and Hinds & Gayle are there.

 

[iamdavid]

In the 1997 series wasn't there a pretty big stand between Elliott when he made 199 and someone else?

Yep

At Headingley Australia were in trouble early , Elliott got 199 & Ponting got 127 off the top off my head , they put on just short of 300 , Jason Gillespie had earlier taken 7 for not many & England surrendered by an innings.:P :P .

 

[Tom Halsey]

Do you remember Edgebaston? 288 between Thorpe and Hussain? Or possibly the Oval? Skittled?:P :P

 

[Richard]

By Tufnell of all people.

 

[iamdavid]

By Tufnell of all people.

Better him than Gilo

 

[Richard]

Personally, if I were Geoff Marsh, I'd be ashamed if my team lost over half their wickets to a just-recalled, never-contented, chain-smoking, ****ney fingerspinner.
I'd prefer it if Caddick or Giles (or Croft or Cork or any other Aussie-derided Englishman) took the wickets anyday. Fortunately Caddick did get a few.

 

[hourn]

i'm sure i've broken the Tendulkar-Kambli partnership a few times in the backyard

but you'd think given all the various forms of cricket, that some obscure schoolboy under 16 match in the backstreets of the West Indies 30 years ago yielded a 1000 run partnership......

 

[Richard]

This was a question that used to befuddle me: what constitutes cricket? Where does cricket end and something-resembling-cricket begin?
The answer is if you have scorers and Umpires in place, it is cricket. Without these, nothing the players have estimated has taken place can be official.