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Top 5 Highest First-Wicket Partnerships in Test Cricket History
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News18•15-10-2026, 05:01
Top 5 Highest First-Wicket Partnerships in Test Cricket History
- •Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie hold the world record for the highest Test opening partnership of 415 runs, set against Bangladesh in 2008.
- •Indian legends Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy scored 413 runs against New Zealand in Chennai in 1956, holding the record for nearly five decades.
- •Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid put on a brilliant 410-run opening partnership against Pakistan in Lahore in 2006.
- •New Zealand pair Glenn Turner and Terry Jarvis added 387 runs against the West Indies in Georgetown in 1972.
- •Australian greats Bob Simpson and Bill Lawry shared a 382-run partnership against the West Indies in Barbados in 1965.
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South African captain Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie hold the world record for the highest first-wicket partnership in Test cricket, scoring 415 runs against Bangladesh on February 29, 2008.
On January 6, 1956, Indian opening pair Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy set a historic partnership of 413 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, which stood as the world record for nearly five decades.
Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid shared a brilliant 410-run opening partnership against Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on January 13, 2006, narrowly missing the all-time opening record by just 5 runs.
