Highest opening partnerships in ODIs

#3 David Warner & Travis Head: 284 vs Pakistan, Adelaide

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Only the duo of Warner and Head could have provided to the crowd at the Adelaide Oval, a bigger spectacle than Australia Day, the day on which the hosts took on Pakistan in the final ODI of the series.

Records tumbled all over the place as Warner spared nobody in Pakistan's fine pace armory. Aided by Head's sturdy presence on his home deck, Warner made full use of the batting-friendly conditions at hand, racing off to a century in just 78 balls and launching into his trademark leap which was as monumental as the openers' effort in the stand.

A remarkable feature of the partnership was how the two simulated the effect of a left-handed and right-handed batsmen as Head, who made a sedately compiled 128(137), was quick to get on the backfoot and pull at every possible opportunity, while Warner flayed the consequential fuller length deliveries through the cover for the better part of the innings. As Warner was dismissed for 179, the pair fell just two runs short of the then world record for the highest opening stand.