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Top 10: Highest Partnership for 6th or Lower Wickets in ODI

In ODI cricket, the top-order batters are expected to do the heavy lifting to set a massive total or chase a target. But on some occasions, early collapse can happen, prompting the middle and lower-order batters to step up. 

There have been instances of lower-order batters holding their nerves and pulling their teams out of a precarious situation with gritty partnerships.

Here, in this article, we’ll look at the top 10 highest partnerships that came for 6th or lower wickets in ODIs.

Highest Partnership for 6th or Lower Wickets in ODI

PartnersRunsWicketAgainstVenueDate
Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi (NZ)267*6thSri LankaDunedin23 Jan 2015
Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi (AFG)2426thSri LankaPallekele9 Feb 2024
MS Dhoni, Mahela Jayawardene (Asia)2186thAfrica XIChennai10 Jun 2007
Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell (AUS)2126thEnglandManchester16 Sep 2020
Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell (AUS)202*8thAfghanistanWankhede7 Nov 2023
Stuart Matsikenyeri, Tatenda Taibu (ZIM)1886thSouth AfricaBenoni8 Nov 2009
Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid (ENG)1777thNew ZealandBirmingham9 Jun 2015
Shehan Jayasuriya, Dasun Shanaka (SL)1776thPakistanKarachi30 Sep 2019
Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)174*7thAfghanistanChattogram23 Feb 2022
Brad Haddin, Michael Hussey (AUS)1656thWest IndiesKuala Lumpur18 Sep 2006

Key Insights

267: New Zealand’s Grant Elliott and Luck Rochi stitched the highest partnership for the 6th or lower wicket in ODIs. The herculean partnership of 267 runs between them unfolded for the 6th wicket against Sri Lanka. New Zealand were reeling at 93/5, then Elliott and Ronchi put a break on falling wickets and helped post 360/5 on the board.

170: During his stay on the pitch, Luke Rochi contributed an unbeaten 170 off 99 balls. Ronchi’s knock is the highest score by a No. 7 batter in ODIs. Moreover, it features among the top 10 highest scores by wicketkeepers in the 50-over format.

242: The 242-run partnership between Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi is the highest for the 6th wicket in a run chase. Unfortunately, it came in a losing cause, as Afghanistan fell short of Sri Lanka’s target of 382 by 42 runs.

177: England’s Jos Buttler and Adil Rashid collaborated for the highest partnership for the 7th wicket. The 177-run partnership pushed England to their first 400+ total (408/9) in ODIs. (Check out the highest team totals in ODIs here.)

202: The pair of Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins made history in the 2023 World Cup as they notched up a 202* run partnership for the 8th wicket. This is the only 200+ partnership that has come below the 6th wicket.

132 & 106: These are the 2 partnerships that unfurled for the 9th and 10th wickets, respectively. Sri Lanka’s veterans, Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga, were involved in the 132-run partnership against Australia in 2010. 

While Windies batting legend Viv Richards found an able company in Michael Holding to foster a 106-run partnership for the last wicket in 1984 against England.

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