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Highest partnership for the 1st wicket
Partners Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ND McKenzie, GC Smith 415 South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 29 Feb 2008 Test # 1865
MH Mankad, P Roy 413 India v New Zealand Chennai 6 Jan 1956 Test # 420
V Sehwag, R Dravid 410 India v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006 Test # 1781
GM Turner, TW Jarvis 387 New Zealand v West Indies Georgetown 6 Apr 1972 Test # 696
WM Lawry, RB Simpson 382 Australia v West Indies Bridgetown 5 May 1965 Test # 589
GC Smith, HH Gibbs 368 South Africa v Pakistan Cape Town 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1637
L Hutton, C Washbrook 359 England v South Africa Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948 Test # 307
GC Smith, HH Gibbs 338 South Africa v England Birmingham 24 Jul 2003 Test # 1651
MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya 335 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Kandy 28 Jun 2000 Test # 1502
GR Marsh, MA Taylor 329 Australia v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989 Test # 1125
JB Hobbs, W Rhodes 323 England v Australia Melbourne 9 Feb 1912 Test # 119
GC Smith, HH Gibbs 301 South Africa v West Indies Centurion 16 Jan 2004 Test # 1682
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 298 West Indies v England St John's 12 Apr 1990 Test # 1144
Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed 298 Pakistan v West Indies Karachi 6 Dec 1997 Test # 1391
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 296 West Indies v India St John's 28 Apr 1983 Test # 956
G Pullar, MC Cowdrey 290 England v South Africa The Oval 18 Aug 1960 Test # 496
JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe 283 England v Australia Melbourne 1 Jan 1925 Test # 159
MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya 281 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Harare 6 May 2004 Test # 1698
CS Dempster, JE Mills 276 New Zealand v England Wellington 24 Jan 1930 Test # 188
AFG Griffith, SL Campbell 276 West Indies v New Zealand Hamilton 16 Dec 1999 Test # 1477
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss 273 England v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2004 Test # 1730
MJ Slater, GS Blewett 269 Australia v Pakistan Brisbane 5 Nov 1999 Test # 1467
JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe 268 England v South Africa Lord's 28 Jun 1924 Test # 154
B Mitchell, IJ Siedle 260 South Africa v England Cape Town 1 Jan 1931 Test # 202
MA Taylor, MJ Slater 260 Australia v England Lord's 17 Jun 1993 Test # 1224
HH Gibbs, G Kirsten 256 South Africa v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Sep 2001 Test # 1562
JL Langer, ML Hayden 255 Australia v Sri Lanka Cairns 9 Jul 2004 Test # 1706
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 250* West Indies v Australia Georgetown 2 Mar 1984 Test # 979
Khalid Ibadulla, Abdul Kadir 249 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 24 Oct 1964 Test # 569
AB de Villiers, GC Smith 245 South Africa v West Indies St John's 29 Apr 2005 Test # 1750
RB Simpson, WM Lawry 244 Australia v England Adelaide 28 Jan 1966 Test # 600
JL Langer, ML Hayden 242 Australia v West Indies St John's 9 May 2003 Test # 1645
AF Rae, JB Stollmeyer 239 West Indies v India Chennai 27 Jan 1949 Test # 310
AC Hudson, G Kirsten 236 South Africa v India Kolkata 27 Nov 1996 Test # 1341
G Boycott, RW Barber 234 England v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 1966 Test # 599
WA Brown, JHW Fingleton 233 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 1 Jan 1936 Test # 249
G Gambhir, V Sehwag 233 India v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009 Test # 1935
MH Richardson, L Vincent 231 New Zealand v India Mohali 16 Oct 2003 Test # 1662
ML Hayden, MEK Hussey 231 Australia v West Indies Hobart 17 Nov 2005 Test # 1771
AJ Strauss, AN Cook 229 England v West Indies Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1911
MJ Slater, MA Taylor 228 Australia v Sri Lanka Perth 8 Dec 1995 Test # 1317
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 225 West Indies v New Zealand Christchurch 22 Feb 1980 Test # 875
GA Gooch, MA Atherton 225 England v India Manchester 9 Aug 1990 Test # 1149
JL Langer, ML Hayden 224 Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 8 Nov 2001 Test # 1565
G Fowler, CJ Tavare 223 England v New Zealand The Oval 14 Jul 1983 Test # 957
BC Broad, CWJ Athey 223 England v Australia Perth 28 Nov 1986 Test # 1059
JL Langer, ML Hayden 223 Australia v New Zealand Hobart 22 Nov 2001 Test # 1571
PA Jaques, SM Katich 223 Australia v West Indies Bridgetown 12 Jun 2008 Test # 1879
JB Hobbs, W Rhodes 221 England v South Africa Cape Town 11 Mar 1910 Test # 110
M Vijay, V Sehwag 221 India v Sri Lanka Mumbai (BS) 2 Dec 2009 Test # 1937
CJ Barnett, L Hutton 219 England v Australia Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
WM Lawry, IR Redpath 219 Australia v South Africa Melbourne 1 Jan 1964 Test # 549
Mohammad Wasim, Imran Nazir 219 Pakistan v West Indies Bridgetown 18 May 2000 Test # 1496
JL Langer, ML Hayden 219 Australia v South Africa Sydney 2 Jan 2002 Test # 1582
V Sehwag, G Gambhir 218 India v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004 Test # 1722
DC Boon, GR Marsh 217 Australia v India Sydney 2 Jan 1986 Test # 1034
GC Smith, AB de Villiers 217 South Africa v Zimbabwe Cape Town 4 Mar 2005 Test # 1737
AR Morris, J Moroney 214 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 10 Feb 1950 Test # 321
CM Spearman, RG Twose 214 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Auckland 20 Jan 1996 Test # 1323
D Ganga, CH Gayle 214 West Indies v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 19 Jul 2001 Test # 1551
EJM Cowan, DA Warner 214 Australia v India Perth 13 Jan 2012 Test # 2029
SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan 213 India v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979 Test # 854
W Jaffer, V Sehwag 213 India v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008 Test # 1870
RT Simpson, C Washbrook 212 England v West Indies Nottingham 20 Jul 1950 Test # 325
G Boycott, DL Amiss 209 England v West Indies Port of Spain 2 Feb 1974 Test # 731
MA Taylor, MJ Slater 208 Australia v England Sydney 1 Jan 1995 Test # 1281
NT Paranavitana, TM Dilshan 207 Sri Lanka v England Lord's 3 Jun 2011 Test # 1995
RC Fredericks, LG Rowe 206 West Indies v England Kingston 16 Feb 1974 Test # 732
GA Gooch, MA Atherton 204 England v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
GC Smith, ND McKenzie 204 South Africa v England Lord's 10 Jul 2008 Test # 1880
VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali 203 India v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936 Test # 253
GA Gooch, MA Atherton 203 England v Australia Adelaide 25 Jan 1991 Test # 1161
JL Langer, ML Hayden 202 Australia v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2001 Test # 1580
WM Lawry, RB Simpson 201 Australia v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
SB Bangar, V Sehwag 201 India v West Indies Mumbai 9 Oct 2002 Test # 1616
SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth 200 India v Pakistan Chennai 3 Feb 1987 Test # 1066
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), 3rd Test, Feb 3-6, 2012 [Test # 2034]
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Only Test, Jan 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2033]
England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2012 [Test # 2032]
Australia v India at Adelaide, 4th Test, Jan 24-28, 2012 [Test # 2031]

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There have been 308 century stands in India in ODIs, the most in a particular country. Australia and England are next, with 281 and 206 century stands respectively. Sharjah has witnessed the most century stands in ODIs among cricket venues (120) followed by Harare (77).

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