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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
