5 slowest partnerships in Test history

#1 Peter Nevill and Steven O'Keefe - 4 runs off 178 balls (0.13) against Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2016

O’Keefe battled through injury in an attempt to help Australia save the Test

Going into the final day of the first Test, Australia needed under 200 runs to win with seven wickets in hand. But a top-order collapse just before lunch meant that they fell to 141/7 and needed 127 runs to win with just three wickets in hand.

When Nathan Lyon fell soon after lunch, it meant that Steven O'Keefe, who suffered a hamstring injury earlier in the game and couldn't run had to come out to bat. In a partnership that lasted nearly 30 overs, the only runs that were scored were a boundary off O'Keefe bat.

The 178-ball partnership for the ninth wicket was a record-breaking one but for not the reason that Australia would have wanted. With 177 dot balls, just one scoring shot, Nevill not scoring a single run throughout the partnership, the pair created the world record for the slowest partnership in the history of Tests (0.13).

The fact that O'Keefe couldn't run had a major impact as a lot of singles were turned down. Still, with no partnership in history of Tests having a run rate lower than 0.50 apart from this one, this looks like a record that will stand for years to come. And the worst part for the pair was that it wasn't enough to stop a defeat for Australia.