Top 5 Test opening pairs of all time

#3 Matthew Hayden/Justin Langer (Australia)

Two players with different styles of batting

The opening pair in Steve Waugh’s invincible team was a great blend of attack and defence. They started their partnership with a bang, with scores of 158, 224 and 223 against England and the New Zealand.

They had 6 double-century partnerships and their leanest period was in the end when they went 12 Tests without a single century partnership. Nevertheless, they managed an excellent away average of 48.30, which is quite tough in modern-day cricket. Hayden and Langer have 38 fifty-plus partnerships in 113 innings, roughly one every three innings, which highlights their consistency.

Innings	Runs	Average	Away average	100s	50s
113	5655	51.88	48.3	14	24