Top Ten Big Innings of Indian Cricketers in Test Matches

India’s cricket team is one of the best international cricket teams in Test matches. Many of their players have centuries in their Test match careers. Verander Sehwag is one the players of India’s team who has the top three centuries in the test match history of the Indian cricket team. He is one of the most refined and extraordinary test match cricket players of the Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar is another player of India’s team who has a good record of Test match centuries in his career. Here is the list of top ten centuries of Indian players in Test matches.

Player	Score	Year
Verandar Sehwag	319	26 Mar 2008
Verandar Sehwag	309	28 Mar 2004
Verandar Sehwag	293	2 Dec 2009
VVS Laxman	281	11 Mar 2001
Rahul Dravid	270	13 Apr 2004
Verandar Sehwag	254	13 Jan 2006
Sachin Tendulkar	248*	10 Dec 2004
Sachin Tendulkar *	241	2 Jan 2004
Saruv Ganguly	239	8 Dec 2007
Sunil Gavaskar *	236	24 Dec 1983

Indian Cricket team has produced some of the greatest test cricket batsmen of all time. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag are to name a few. Sehwag has proven his batting skills time and again. He has a consistency in his batting style which very few can claim. The above list shows Sehwag has scored more than 250 runs in an innings 4 times by now.

Biggest T20 Innings-All Teams and Pakistan

A century in a twenty 20 match can be defined as the fastest and quickest century. One has to have untiring stamina and quick reflexes to make century in fast format of twenty 20 match. In a twenty 20 match, players should have strong decision power to decide the fate of ball. Cricket history has only 4 players with records of centuries in their twenty 20 career. Other top scorers are also near to making a century. Here is the list of top scores in world twenty 20 matches.

Player	Runs	Country	Year
Chris Gayle	117	West Indies	11 Sep 2007
Brendon McCullum	116*	New Zealand	28 Feb 2010
Suresh Raina	101	India	2 May 2010
Mahela Jayawardene	100	Sri Lanka	3 May 2010
Ricky Ponting	98*	Australia	17 Feb 2005
Mahela Jayawardene	98*	Sri Lanka	7 May 2010
Chris Gayle	98	West Indies	9 May 2010
Tillakaratne Dilshan	96*	Sri Lanka	19 Jun 2009
Jean-Paul Duminy	96*	South Africa	10 Oct 2010
Damien Martyn	96	Australia	9 Jan 2006

To achieve top score in Twenty 20 matches, a player has to have unbeatable stamina and quick reflexes. This format of matches tests the playing capability of a player under a time-compressed environment. Due to the fast format of the twenty 20 game, the popularity of this match has increased many folds. Pakistan’s cricket team has very few top scorers in twenty 20 matches, but they are really very quick and smart to achieve decent scores in twenty 20. Here you can see the top scorers of Pakistan cricket team in T20:

Player	Score	Year
Misbah ul Haq	87*	20 Apr 2008
Salman Butt	74	10 Oct 2008
Kamran Akmal	73	1 May 2010
Salman Butt	73	1 May 2010
Salman Butt	67*	8 May 2010
Misbah ul Haq	66*	18 Sep 2007
Kamran Akmal	64	5 Feb 2010
Umar Akmal	64	5 Jul 2010
Kamran Akmal	59*	7 May 2009
Imran Nazir	59	22 Sep 2007

Best Test match, ODI and T20 Partnerships of South African cricket team

Best Test match Partnerships of South African cricket team

The best cricket partnerships are made when both the batsmen keep their bats knocking off balls for a long duration of time and making high scores. Partnerships in cricket are considered crucial and very important in both Test and one day matches. The best Test match partnerships are considered the heart of any match. Players have chances to make new records by playing as much of Overs as they can. Long partnerships keep the spirit and motivation of team high. It does also affects the morale of the opposing team. History has a long list of record cricket partnerships. Here we are looking at the best partnerships of South Africa in test cricket:

Playing Partners	Runs	Year
Jacques Rudolph and Boeta Dippenaar	429*	2003
Graeme Smith and Neil Mckenzie	415	29 Feb 2008
Graeme Smith and  Herschelle Gibbs	368	2 Jan 2003
EJ Barlow, RG Pollock	341	24 Jan 1964
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis	340	6 Feb 2010
Graeme  Smith&  Herschelle Gibbs	338	24 Jul 2003
Hashim Amla and  Jacques Kallis	330	8 Nov 2007
A Melville and AD Nourse	319	7 Jun 1947
HH Gibbs and  Jacques Kallis	315*	11 Mar 1999
Graeme  Smith and  Herschelle Gibbs	301	16 Jan 2004
Graeme  Smith and Gary Kirsten	272	18 Oct 2002

Best ODI Partnerships of South African cricket team  

ODI partnerships are thrilling and entertaining as they keep both the crowd and team excited during the match. Having the best partnerships in the record of a team is like bunch of fruit in basket. The South African cricket team is one of the finest teams in the cricket industry to have decent partnerships in ODIs. ODI partnerships are also considered important to place a high score for the chasing team. ODI partnerships are necessary to put pressure on the opposing team. Here is the list of all best partnerships of the South African team in ODI:

Playing partners	Runs	Year
Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs	235	9 Mar 2000
Daryll Cullinan and Jonty Rhodes	232	29 Sep 1996
Jean-Paul Duminy and AB de Villiers	219	22 Oct 2010
Gary Kirsten and Neil McKenzie	209	22 Oct 2001
Boeta Dippenaar and Jacques Kallis	194	11 May 2005
Gary Kirsten and Mike Rindel	190	12 Jan 1995
Graeme Smith and Andrew Hall	189*	25 Nov 2005
Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs	187	12 Mar 2006
Gary Kirsten and Andrew Hudson	186	5 Mar 1996
Albie Morkel and AB de Villiers	186	26 Aug 2007

Best T20 Partnerships of South African cricket team

The fast format of Twenty 20 matches will let any team win only if the partnerships of that team are strong and unbeatable. Partnerships in twenty 20 matches require lot of coordination and understanding between playing partners. South Africa’s GC smith and LE Bosman have such an understanding between them to make the best partnerships in the twenty 20 match format. Both these players have two of the best partnerships in twenty 20 matches. Here is the list of all the best partnerships of the South African team in twenty 20 Matches.

Playing Partners	Runs	Year
Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman	170	15 Nov 2009
Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman	132*	2 Feb 2007
Herschelle Gibbs and  JM Kemp	120*	11 Sep 2007
Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs	111	24 Feb 2006
Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman	97	13 Nov 2009
Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith	97	2 May 2010
Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman	90	8 Oct 2010
Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis	87	7 Jun 2009
Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis	84	21 Oct 2005
Jacques Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs	74	11 Jun 2009

Best Partnerships of West Indies in Test, ODI and T20 Cricket

Best Partnerships of West Indies in Test Cricket

Known as the ‘black storm’ in the 70s and the 80s, the West Indian cricket team has been on a decline ever since. It is therefore no surprise that the best partnerships for the West Indies in Tests have come from people of that era. The 446 run stand between Hunte and Sobers stands at the top of the list of best test partnerships for the West Indies. Other great players like Frank Worrell, Lara, Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes and Chris Gayle also feature in the best partnerships list.

Partners	Runs	Wkt
CC Hunte, GS Sobers	446	2nd
GS Sobers, FMM Worrell	399	4th
DS Atkinson, CC Depeiaza	347	7th
ED Weekes, FMM Worrell	338	3rd
CH Gayle, RR Sarwan	331	2nd
BC Lara, JC Adams	322	5th
RB Richardson, IVA Richards	308	3rd
IVA Richards, AI Kallicharran	303	3rd
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	298	1st
DL Haynes, RB Richardson	297	2nd

 Best Partnerships of West Indies in ODI Cricket

The extent of West Indian domination in one day cricket can be judged from the fact that they ruled the format for the first decade after its birth. Despite it being a smaller format as compared to the Test matches, the cricket partnership records for the team are pretty phenomenal. Four of the top 10 partnerships in this best one day partnerships list are 200 runs or more. Such partnerships can play havoc with the confidence of the opposition. No wonder teams have feared the West Indian batting lineup for a long time!

Partners	Runs	Wkt
S Chanderpaul, CL Hooper	226	4th
CG Greenidge, IVA Richards	221	2nd
DL Haynes, IVA Richards	205	2nd
SC Williams, S Chanderpaul	200*	1st
BC Lara, PV Simmons	197	2nd
CG Greenidge, HA Gomes	195*	3rd
CH Gayle, S Chanderpaul	193	1st
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	192*	1st
CH Gayle, WW Hinds	192	1st
RB Richardson, AL Logie	187	3rd

Best Partnerships of West Indies in T20 Cricket

T20 is a relatively short format of the game, so weaker teams enjoying playing this format. The same has been the case with the West Indies. Though their achievements in this format aren’t phenomenal, their players have been involved in great partnerships including 145 runs between Gayle and Smith and 133 runs between Gayle and Fletcher. Chris Gayle, the explosive West Indian opener, has been involved in four of the top ten partnerships in T20 for the West Indies. This truly reflects the quality of the batsman.

Partners	Runs	Wkt
CH Gayle, DS Smith	145	1st
CH Gayle, ADS Fletcher	133	1st
DS Smith, S Chanderpaul	95	2nd
DS Smith, S Chanderpaul	84	2nd
CH Gayle, S Chanderpaul	80	1st
RR Sarwan, DJ Bravo	77	5th
RS Morton, D Ramdin	73	7th
KA Pollard, D Ramdin	68	6th
DJ Bravo, S Chanderpaul	68	3rd
CH Gayle, XM Marshall	63	2nd

Highest Partnership Runs in Test-ODI-T20-World Cup Cricket

Highest Partnership Runs in Test Cricket

A successful test match is built on either excellent bowling or good partnerships. The highest partnership record in test cricket goes to Srilankan duo, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara who registered whopping 624 runs in the first inning of a test match played between South Africa and Srilanka at Colombo in July 2006. Following is the list of best partnerships (Ist Inning plus second Inning) in  test match history.

Partnership	Country	1st Inn	2nd Inn	Total Runs
Mahela Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	624	-	624
Sanath Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama	Sri Lanka	576	-	576
Donald Bradman, WH Ponsford	Australia	451	29	480
Martin Crowe, AH Jones	New Zealand	-	467	467
Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	451	-	451
CC Hunte, GS Sobers	West Indies	446	-	446
Maravan Atapattu, KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	438	-	438
Mahela Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	437	-	437
SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar	India	89	344	433
HH Dippenaar, JA Rudolph	South Africa	429	-	429

One day International history has seen some excellent partnerships, which paved way for teams in limited overs match. The best ever partnership in an ODI match was fostered by the Indian pair Sachin Tendulker and Rahul Dravid who jointly put up 331 runs on 2^nd wicket partnership against New Zealand at Hyderabad, India played on November 8, 1999. Sachin Tendulker scored unbeaten 186 runs where Rahul dravid got out at 153 runs. India won the match by 174 runs where Sahcin Tendulker was declared as Player of the match on his outstanding not out innings. Following is the list of top 10 partnerships in ODI Cricket.

Partnership	Country	Runs	Wicket	Against	Played on
Sachin Tendulkar, R Dravid	India	331	2nd	New Zealand	8-Nov-99
Saurav Ganguly, R Dravid	India	318	2nd	Sri Lanka	26-May-99
WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	286	1st	England	1-Jul-06
M Azharuddin, A Jadeja	India	275	4th	Zimbabwe	9-Apr-98
JAH Marshall, BB McCullum	New Zealand	274	1st	Ireland	1-Jul-08
Aamer Sohail, Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	263	2nd	New Zealand	20-Apr-94
Saurav Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	India	258	1st	Kenya	24-Oct-01
Saleem Elahi, Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	257	2nd	South Africa	11-Dec-02
SR Watson, RT Ponting	Australia	252	2nd	England	2-Oct-09
Saurav Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	India	252	1st	Sri Lanka	7-Jul-98

Centurion has seen the highest partnership in T20 Internationals when the South African opening pair Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman put up 170 runs in sync against England on November 15, 2009. Graeme Smith and Bosman’s individual score was 88 runs and 94 runs respectively where South Africa won the match by 84 runs. Loots Bosman was awarded as the ‘Player of the Match’.

Fore-mentioned is the list of top 10 partnerships in terms of runs in T20 Internationals

Partnership	Country	Runs	Wicket
Graeme Smith, Loots Bosman	South Africa	170	1st
Mahela Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	166	2nd
Chris Gayle, DS Smith	West Indies	145	1st
Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt	Pakistan	142	1st
Gautam Gambhir, V Sehwag	India	136	1st
Chris Gayle, ADS Fletcher	West Indies	133	1st
Graeme Smith, LE Bosman	South Africa	132	1st
JD Ryder, BB McCullum	New Zealand	130	1st
DO Obuya, SO Tikolo	Kenya	126	1st
AA Obanda, SO Tikolo	Kenya	126	1st

The highest runs partnership at any World Cup match is the 2^nd wicket partnership between Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid against Srilanka at Taunton during 1999 Cricket World Cup played on May 26, 1999. Ganguly and Dravid jointly posted 318 runs on the scoreboard where their corresponding scores of 183 runs and 145 runs. Saurav Ganguly was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ where India won the match by 157 runs.

Here is a list of top 10 highest runs partnerships recorded at World Cup tournaments to date.

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