Consecutive Opening Partnerships of 100+ in ODIs

Consecutive Opening Partnerships of 100+ in ODIs

Here is the list of all the consecutive Opening Partnerships of 100+ in ODIs for each team. 

There is only one instance when a team had 4 opening partnerships of over 100 in 4 consecutive ODIs

Yasir Hameed/Imran Farhat

115 vs NZ - Lahore - 1 Dec 2003

142 vs NZ - Faisalabad - 3 Dec 2003

134 vs NZ - Rawalpindi - 5 Dec 2003

197 vs NZ - Rawalpindi - 7 Dec 2003

Farhat/Hameed - The only Opening pair
to add 4 consecutive century
partnerships in ODIs

Also only one instance of 3 consecutive 100+ opening partnerships

Geoff Boycott/Peter Willey

135 vs WI - Lord's - 30 May 1980

Geoff Boycott/Graham Gooch

108 vs Aus - The Oval - 20 Aug 1980

154 vs Aus - Birmingham - 22 Aug 1980

32 occasions of 2 consecutive 100+ opening partnerships for teams

AUSTRALIA

David Boon/Tom Moody

107 vs WI - MCG - 18 Mar 1992

Mark Taylor/Tom Moody

109 vs SL - PSS - 15 Aug 1992

Adam Gilchrist/Mark Waugh

114 vs NZ - Dunedin - 23 Feb 2000

189 vs NZ - Christchurch - 26 Feb 2000

Michael Clarke/Brad Haddin

129 vs SA - Port Elizabeth - 13 Apr 2009

127 vs SA - Johannesburg - 17 Apr 2009

ENGLAND

Geoff Cook/Graham Gooch

109 vs SL - SSC - 14 Feb 1982

Chris Tavare/Barry Wood

133 vs Ind - Leeds - 2 Jun 1982

Nick Knight/Marcus Trescothick

165 vs Aus - Hobart - 11 Jan 2003

115 vs SL - SCG - 13 Jan 2003

INDIA

Rama Lamba/Kris Srikkanth

115 vs Aus - Bangalore - 27 OCt 1989

120 vs Pak - Kolkata - 28 Oct 1989

Ajay Jadeja/Sachin Tendulkar

100 vs NZ - Delhi - 3 Nov 1994

108 vs WI - Kolkata - 5 Nov 1994

Sourav Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar

101 vs SA - East London - 19 Oct 2001

258 vs Ken - Paarl - 24 Oct 2001

 

Only pair to put on 4 consecutive opening partnership in ODIs THRICE

Virender Sehwag/Sachin Tendulkar

107 vs Eng - Chennai - 25 Jan 2002

134 vs Eng - Kanpur - 28 Jan 2002

Virender Sehwag/Sachin Tendulkar

103 vs Aus - Bangalore - 12 Nov 2003

182 vs NZ - Hyderabad - 15 Nov 2003

Virender Sehwag/Sachin Tendulkar

103 vs Aus - MCG - 9 Jan 2004

130 vs Zim - Hobart - 14 Jan 2004

Sourav Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar

116 vs Eng - Leeds - 2 Sep 2007

150 vs Eng - The Oval - 5 Sep 2007

Shikhar Dhawan/Rohit Sharma

127 vs SA - Cardiff - 6 Jun 2013

101 vs WI - The Oval - 11 Jun 2013

Shikhar Dhawan/Rohit Sharma

178 vs Aus - Nagpur - 30 Oct 2013

112 vs Aus - Bangalore - 02 Nov 2013

NEW ZEALAND

Bruce Edgar/Glenn Turner

101 vs Eng - Auckland - 19 Feb 1983

152 vs Eng - Christchurch - 23 Feb 1983

Nathan Astle/Llorne Howell

125 vs Zim - Christchurch - 4 Mar 1998

147 vs Zim - Napier - 6 Mar 1998

Nathan Astle/Stephen Fleming

122 vs Eng - Bristol - 4 Jul 2004

120 vs WI - Lord's - 10 Jul 2004

Brendon McCullum/Jesse Ryder

166 vs Ind - Christchurch - 8 Mar 2009

102 vs Ind - Hamilton - 11 Mar 2009

Martin Guptill/Rob Nicol

131 vs Zim - Whangarei - 6 Feb 2012

153 vs Zim - Napier - 9 Feb 2012

PAKISTAN

Rameez Raza/Saeed Anwar

132 vs SL - Sharjah - 2 Feb 1993

204 vs SL - Sharjah - 4 Feb 1993

Saleem Elahi/Taufeeq Umar

159 vs Zim - Bulawayo - 24 Nov 2002

154 vs ZIm - Harare - 27 Nov 2002

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Amla/de kock are the second pair after Saleem Elahi/T Umar
 to put on 2 consecutive opening partnerships of 150+

Andrew Hudson/Kepler Wessels

151 vs Eng - MCG - 12 Mar 1992

Andrew Hudson/Peter Kirsten

128 vs Ind - Adelaide - 15 Mar 1992

AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith

173 vs Ind - Centurion - 3 Dec 2006

140 vs Pak - Centurion - 4 Feb 2007

AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith

134 vs Sco - Basseterre - 20 Mar 2007

160 vs Aus - Basseterre - 24 Mar 2007

Hashim Amla/Quinton de Kock

152 vs Ind - Johannesburg - 05 Dec 2013

194 vs Ind - Durban - 08 Dec 2013

SRI LANKA

Marvan Atapattu/Sanath Jayasuriya

171 vs Ban - SSC - 22 Jul 1997

137 vs Ind - RPS - 26 Jul 1997

Tillakaratne Dilshan/Upul Tharanga

188 vs Ind - Rajkot - 15 Dec 2009

102 vs Ind - Nagpur - 18 Dec 2009

Tillakaratne Dilshan/Upul Tharanga

122 vs Zim - Harare - 7 Jun 2010

160 vs Zim - Harare - 9 Jun 2010

WEST INDIES

Gordon Greenidge/Desmond Haynes

134 vs NZ - Auckland - 21 Mar 1987

192*vs NZ - Christchurch - 28 Mar 1987

Kieron Powell/Johnson Charles

168 vs ZIm - St George's - 22 Feb 2013

Kieron Powell/Ramnaresh Sarwan

111 vs Zim - St George's - 24 Feb 2013

ZIMBABWE

Andy Flower/Grant Flower

124 vs NZ - Harare - 8 Nov 1992

121 vs Pak - Sharjah - 1 Feb 1993

Andy Flower/Grant Flower

124 vs Ken - Nairobi (Aga Khan) - 16 Oct 1997

154 vs Ken - Nairobi (Gymkhana) - 18 Oct 1997

Trivia:

# Dhawan/Rohit and Turner/Edgar did it in their first 2 matches opening together.

# Sehwag/Tendulkar are the only pairs to put consecutive 100+ opening partnership thrice in ODIs.

# AB de Villiers/G Smith did it in ICC World Cup 2007 and Dhawan/Rohit in ICC Champions Trophy 2013. These are the only 2 instances in ICC tournaments.

# First pairs to achieve this were Gooch/Boycott in 1980.

# Saleem Elahi/Taufiq Umar and Hashim Amla/Quinton de Kock are the only pairs to put on 150+ opening partnerships in 2 consecutive ODIs.