Highest aggregate partnerships for each wicket in Test cricket

Ninth wicket

James Anderson and Graeme Swann

With eight wickets already down, the opponents are now hoping to crash the last two quickly and get back to batting. However, a few pairs have prolonged the dream with steadfast defiance. The most prominent among them was the pair of James Anderson and Graeme Swann. These two raised a century partnership once and have a total of 258 runs from 10 stands.

The English pair was closely rivaled by the Australian. Adam Gilchrist appears once again, this time with Jason Gillespie. They had added 254 runs in nine innings. India’s Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan put together 250 runs in the same number of innings.

Tenth wicket

BJ Watling and Trent Boult

The stubbornness of the last wicket is a great matter of annoyance for any opposition. The delay keeps the openers on their toe and frustration on the field rises steadily. The champion partners for the tenth wicket are Trent Boult and BJ Watling from New Zealand. These two have batted last ten times and have added 335 runs together. Their highest stand was of 127 runs against Bangladesh in 2013.

In terms of pure bowlers, Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie grab the top spot with 321 runs in 19 innings. These two enjoyed a century stand as well. The legendary duo of Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan scored the same number of runs together in one inning less.