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Opening Pairs with Partnership Aggregate of 1000 Runs

	1st Player 2nd Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg
1	J B Hobbs & H Sutcliffe	England	1924-1930	38	1	3249	87.81
2	J B Stollmeyer & A F Rae	West Indies	1948-1953	21	2	1349	71.00
3	N D McKenzie & G C Smith	South Africa	2008-2009	27	1	1664	64.00
4	J H Fingleton & W A Brown	Australia	1935-1938	16	0	1020	63.75
5	W Rhodes & J B Hobbs	England	1910-1921	36	1	2146	61.31
6	L Hutton & C Washbrook	England	1946-1951	51	3	2880	60.00
7	R B Simpson & W M Lawry	Australia	1961-1967	62	2	3596	59.93
8	G A Gooch & M A Atherton	England	1990-1995	44	0	2501	56.84
9	T L Goddard & E J Barlow	South Africa	1963-1967	34	2	1806	56.44
10	H H Gibbs & G C Smith	South Africa	2002-2008	56	2	2983	55.24
11	J G Wright & T J Franklin	New Zealand	1988-1991	28	0	1543	55.11
12	G C Smith & A B de Villiers	South Africa	2004-2008	30	0	1646	54.87
13	S M Katich & S R Watson	Australia	2009-2010	28	0	1523	54.39
14	Majid Khan & Sadiq Mohammad	Pakistan	1974-1978	26	0	1391	53.50
15	R C Fredericks & C G Greenidge	West Indies	1974-1977	31	1	1593	53.10
16	C P S Chauhan & S M Gavaskar	India	1973-1981	59	2	3010	52.81
17	M E Trescothick & A J Strauss	England	2004-2006	52	1	2670	52.35
18	V Sehwag & G Gambhir	India	2004-2012	87	3	4350	51.79
19	J L Langer & M L Hayden	Australia	2001-2007	113	3	5655	51.41
20	M A Taylor & M J Slater	Australia	1993-1999	78	2	3887	51.14
21	J H Edrich & G Boycott	England	1964-1972	35	2	1672	50.67
22	D A Warner* & J A Burns	Australia	2015-2020	27	0	1365	50.56
23	C J L Rogers & D A Warner*	Australia	2013-2015	41	0	2053	50.07
24	M P Vaughan & M E Trescothick	England	2002-2005	54	3	2487	48.76
25	H D R Thirimanne* & F D M Karunaratne*	Sri Lanka	2019-2022	21	0	1016	48.38
26	Imam-ul-Haq* & Abdullah Shafique*	Pakistan	2022-2023	24	1	1109	48.22
27	B M Duckett* & Z Crawley*	England	2022-2024	31	1	1409	46.97
28	R W Barber & G Boycott	England	1964-1966	26	1	1171	46.84
29	D C Boon & G R Marsh	Australia	1985-1988	41	1	1871	46.78
30	C G Greenidge & D L Haynes	West Indies	1978-1991	148	9	6482	46.63
31	Imrul Kayes & Tamim Iqbal*	Bangladesh	2008-2018	53	1	2336	44.92
32	W M Lawry & K R Stackpole	Australia	1969-1971	31	2	1302	44.90
33	E J M Cowan & D A Warner*	Australia	2011-2013	28	0	1256	44.86
34	G Kirsten & H H Gibbs	South Africa	1998-2002	52	1	2283	44.76
35	G R Marsh & M A Taylor	Australia	1989-1992	47	2	1980	44.00
36	M Vijay & S Dhawan	India	2013-2018	41	1	1757	43.92
37	M J Slater & M L Hayden	Australia	1994-2001	25	1	1045	43.54
38	Saeed Anwar & Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	1994-2000	37	1	1563	43.42
39	M A Atherton & M E Trescothick	England	2000-2001	30	0	1297	43.23
40	S M Gavaskar & K Srikkanth	India	1981-1987	34	0	1469	43.21
41	G C Smith & A N Petersen	South Africa	2010-2014	52	2	2113	42.26
42	A J Strauss & A N Cook	England	2006-2012	117	2	4711	40.97
43	D Ganga & C H Gayle	West Indies	2001-2008	49	1	1954	40.71
44	T M Dilshan & N T Paranavitana	Sri Lanka	2009-2012	38	1	1506	40.70
45	M S Atapattu & S T Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1997-2007	118	7	4469	40.26
46	M J Guptill & T W M Latham*	New Zealand	2015-2016	30	0	1207	40.23
47	D J McGlew & T L Goddard	South Africa	1955-1960	27	1	1038	39.92
48	Mudassar Nazar & Mohsin Khan	Pakistan	1981-1986	54	2	2057	39.56
49	C H Gayle & W W Hinds	West Indies	2001-2005	33	0	1300	39.39
50	U T Khawaja* & D A Warner*	Australia	2017-2024	41	1	1564	39.10
51	Taufeeq Umar & Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	2003-2012	39	2	1438	38.86
52	M A Atherton & A J Stewart	England	1994-1998	50	0	1930	38.60
53	G Boycott & G A Gooch	England	1978-1982	49	2	1754	37.32
54	J W Burke & C C McDonald	Australia	1956-1959	32	1	1151	37.13
55	W Jaffer & V Sehwag	India	2002-2008	28	0	1031	36.82
56	C H Gayle & D S Smith	West Indies	2003-2010	35	1	1232	36.24
57	S M Gavaskar & A D Gaekwad	India	1976-1984	49	1	1722	35.88
58	D L Haynes & P V Simmons	West Indies	1988-1994	33	1	1147	35.84
59	M A Atherton & M A Butcher	England	1997-2000	33	1	1107	34.59
60	T W M Latham* & J A Raval	New Zealand	2016-2019	37	0	1220	32.97
61	D Elgar* & A K Markram*	South Africa	2017-2024	60	1	1944	32.95
62	R S Mahanama & U C Hathurusingha	Sri Lanka	1992-1995	32	0	1054	32.94
63	A C Hudson & G Kirsten	South Africa	1993-1997	41	1	1289	32.22
64	J K Silva & F D M Karunaratne*	Sri Lanka	2013-2018	57	0	1811	31.77
65	B A Edgar & J G Wright	New Zealand	1978-1986	56	2	1655	30.65
66	K C Brathwaite* & J D Campbell*	West Indies	2019-2022	40	3	1114	30.11

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