Test Cricket - Highest Opening Stands

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Highest Opening Stands

	Match	Players 1 2	Country	Inns	Stand	Ground	Versus
1	29/02/2008	N D McKenzie (226) G C Smith (232)	South Africa	1st	415	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Bangladesh
2	06/01/1956	M H Mankad (231) P Roy (173)	India	1st	413	Nehru Stadium (Chennai)	New Zealand
3	13/01/2006	V Sehwag (254) R Dravid (128)	India	1st	410	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan
4	06/04/1972	G M Turner (259) T W Jarvis (182)	New Zealand	1st	387	Bourda	West Indies
5	05/05/1965	W M Lawry (210) R B Simpson (201)	Australia	1st	382	Kensington Oval	West Indies
6	02/01/2003	G C Smith (151) H H Gibbs (228)	South Africa	1st	368	Newlands	Pakistan
7	27/12/1948	L Hutton (158) C Washbrook (195)	England	1st	359	Ellis Park	South Africa
8	24/07/2003	G C Smith (277) H H Gibbs (179)	South Africa	1st	338	Edgbaston	England
9	04/02/2023	K C Brathwaite* (182) T Chanderpaul* (207)	West Indies	1st	336	Queens Sports Club	Zimbabwe
10	28/06/2000	M S Atapattu (207) S T Jayasuriya (188)	Sri Lanka	1st	335	Asgiriya Stadium	Pakistan
11	10/08/1989	G R Marsh (138) M A Taylor (219)	Australia	1st	329	Trent Bridge	England
12	09/02/1912	J B Hobbs (178) W Rhodes (179)	England	1st	323	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia
13	02/10/2019	M A Agarwal* (215) R G Sharma* (176)	India	1st	317	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium	South Africa
14	28/04/2015	Tamim Iqbal* (206) Imrul Kayes (150)	Bangladesh	2nd	312	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium	Pakistan
15	16/01/2004	G C Smith (139) H H Gibbs (192)	South Africa	1st	301	SuperSport Park	West Indies
16	12/04/1990	C G Greenidge (149) D L Haynes (167)	West Indies	1st	298	Antigua Recreation Ground	England
17	06/12/1997	Aamir Sohail (160) Ijaz Ahmed (151)	Pakistan	1st	298	National Stadium (Karachi)	West Indies
18	28/04/1983	C G Greenidge (154) D L Haynes (136)	West Indies	1st	296*	Antigua Recreation Ground	India
19	18/08/1960	G Pullar (175) M C Cowdrey (155)	England	2nd	290	Kennington Oval	South Africa
20	14/03/2013	M Vijay (153) S Dhawan* (187)	India	1st	289	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	Australia
21	01/01/1925	J B Hobbs (154) H Sutcliffe (176)	England	1st	283	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia
22	10/06/2015	M Vijay (150) S Dhawan* (173)	India	1st	283	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium	Bangladesh
23	06/05/2004	M S Atapattu (170) S T Jayasuriya (157)	Sri Lanka	1st	281	Harare Sports Club	Zimbabwe
24	25/05/2007	K D Karthik* (129) W Jaffer (138)	India	1st	281*	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Bangladesh
25	19/12/2019	Shan Masood* (135) Abid Ali* (174)	Pakistan	2nd	278	National Stadium (Karachi)	Sri Lanka
26	16/12/1999	A F G Griffith (114) S L Campbell (170)	West Indies	1st	276	Seddon Park	New Zealand
27	24/01/1930	C S Dempster (136) J E Mills (117)	New Zealand	1st	276	Basin Reserve	England
28	26/12/2004	M E Trescothick (132) A J Strauss (136)	England	2nd	273	Kingsmead	South Africa
29	05/11/1999	M J Slater (169) G S Blewett (89)	Australia	1st	269	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Pakistan
30	28/06/1924	J B Hobbs (211) H Sutcliffe (122)	England	1st	268	Lord's	South Africa
31	17/06/1993	M A Taylor (111) M J Slater (152)	Australia	1st	260	Lord's	England
32	01/01/1931	B Mitchell (123) I J Siedle (141)	South Africa	1st	260	Newlands	England
33	07/09/2001	H H Gibbs (147) G Kirsten (220)	South Africa	1st	256	Harare Sports Club	Zimbabwe
34	09/07/2004	J L Langer (162) M L Hayden (117)	Australia	1st	255	Cazaly's Stadium	Sri Lanka
35	25/07/2012	C H Gayle* (150) K O A Powell* (134)	West Indies	1st	254	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	New Zealand
36	28/02/2019	J A Raval (132) T W M Latham* (161)	New Zealand	1st	254	Seddon Park	Bangladesh
37	04/03/2022	Abdullah Shafique* (136) Imam-ul-Haq* (111)	Pakistan	2nd	252*	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Australia
38	02/03/1984	C G Greenidge (120) D L Haynes (103)	West Indies	2nd	250*	Bourda	Australia
39	24/10/1964	Khalid Ibadulla (166) Abdul Kadir (95)	Pakistan	1st	249	National Stadium (Karachi)	Australia
40	29/04/2005	A B de Villiers (114) G C Smith (126)	South Africa	1st	245	Antigua Recreation Ground	West Indies
41	28/01/1966	R B Simpson (225) W M Lawry (119)	Australia	1st	244	Adelaide Oval	England
42	06/10/2017	D Elgar* (113) A K Markram* (143)	South Africa	1st	243	Mangaung Oval	Bangladesh
43	09/05/2003	J L Langer (111) M L Hayden (177)	Australia	2nd	242	Antigua Recreation Ground	West Indies
44	27/01/1949	A F Rae (109) J B Stollmeyer (160)	West Indies	1st	239	MA Chidambaram Stadium	India
45	05/11/2015	J A Burns* (129) D A Warner* (116)	Australia	2nd	237	Brisbane Cricket Ground	New Zealand
46	27/11/1996	A C Hudson (146) G Kirsten (102)	South Africa	1st	236	Eden Gardens	India
47	07/01/1966	G Boycott (84) R W Barber (185)	England	1st	234	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia
48	24/11/2009	G Gambhir (167) V Sehwag (131)	India	1st	233	Green Park	Sri Lanka
49	01/12/2022	Z Crawley* (122) B M Duckett* (107)	England	1st	233	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Pakistan
50	01/01/1936	W A Brown (121) J H Fingleton (112)	Australia	1st	233	Newlands	South Africa

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