Great Test partnerships

This match being at Hobart brought back memories of the Gilly-NLWL masterpiece and got me thinking about some of the more memorable partnerships throughout the years.

A few that I recall (understandably involving Australia):

The Waughs in the WI
Tubby and Marsh in 1989 - a beautiful exclamation mark on the series
Blewett and SRW against the Saffies - the first time SRW used the words "mental disintegration"
Bradman-Morris at Leeds in 1948 - before my time obviously but legendary

And a couple against us that were massive in the scheme of things:

VVS + Dravid
Lara and Adams in 1999
Freddie and KP in the first Dig in 2005 - not a big one but very fast. It consolidated the good start by Tresco and meant that England had a series turning day. The Freddie-SiJo partnership in the second innings of that match was also crucial.



Any others that stand out for people?

Barlow/Pollock 1964

Before my time, but still legendary

AB and Tugga at Leeds in 1993. 333 I think. AB finally got that 2nd double ton he'd been craving.

One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not many then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not manny then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Bad times.


Gower didn't look like getting out at any time in that series.

JGK wrote:

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not manny then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Bad times.


Gower didn't look like getting out at any time in that series.

Did we play Ashes tests in 81 and 85? Can't remember them for the life of me.

JGK wrote:

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not manny then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Bad times.


Gower didn't look like getting out at any time in that series.

No, NO, they were good times.

tac wrote:

JGK wrote:

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not manny then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Bad times.


Gower didn't look like getting out at any time in that series.

Did we play Ashes tests in 81 and 85? Can't remember them for the life of me.

Yes you did. I was in England that summer and Gower was supreme.

eowyn wrote:

JGK wrote:

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not manny then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Bad times.


Gower didn't look like getting out at any time in that series.

No, NO, they were good times.

Having your best available bowlers being routinely taken apart by Viv Richards I can handle. But Tim Robinson FFS.

Tendulkar and Azhar's partnership of 222 for 6th wicket at almost run-a-ball against SA in '96 at Cape Town, when half the Indian side was back in hut with 58 runs on the board.

SG wrote:Tendulkar and Azhar's partnership of 222 for 6th wicket at almost run-a-ball against SA in '96 at Cape Town, when half the Indian side was back in hut with 58 runs on the board.

That was after Zulu smashed the Indian attack. SA still won easily

tac wrote:

JGK wrote:

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not manny then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Bad times.


Gower didn't look like getting out at any time in that series.

Did we play Ashes tests in 81 and 85? Can't remember them for the life of me.

Hehehe. As hard as I've tried tac, I just cannot erase the indelible marks on my brain. Bad times indeed. It's the very reason why I just laugh at all this pap about our current (ahem, for the past 11 years) dominance and that it's bad for cricket. Get farked to any twaaat that says that. Long live Australian supremacy.

taipan wrote:

SG wrote:Tendulkar and Azhar's partnership of 222 for 6th wicket at almost run-a-ball against SA in '96 at Cape Town, when half the Indian side was back in hut with 58 runs on the board.

SA still won easily

Are we discussing results here?

The 1985 Ashes was quite remarkable for the performances of two absolute Nevilles - Tim Robinson and Richard Ellison. They killed us in that series but did nothing ever again.

SG wrote:

taipan wrote:

SG wrote:Tendulkar and Azhar's partnership of 222 for 6th wicket at almost run-a-ball against SA in '96 at Cape Town, when half the Indian side was back in hut with 58 runs on the board.

SA still won easily

Are we discussing results here?

No, just saying it had no influence on the result.

It had.

Without that pertnership that test would've been a copy of previous test at Durban, where India scored 166 runs in 2 completed test innings.

Sounds like those Saffie curators know how to serve up some green seamers. Good on 'em.

skully wrote:The 1985 Ashes was quite remarkable for the performances of two absolute Nevilles - Tim Robinson and Richard Ellison. They killed us in that series but did nothing ever again.

Athey and Broad at the WACA in 86 (was it?). Border saved us with a good ton.

SG wrote:It had.

Without that pertnership that test would've been a copy of previous test at Durban, where India scored 166 runs in 2 completed test innings.

It had what?

India still lost.

Aye, Broad had the series of his life in 86/87 but could never really emulate it again.

Greg Chappell (108) and Ian Redpath (171) in GC's first Test.

Chappell: 'For the first hour I just watched Ian and tried to learn... My innings still gets talked about a bit today because it was my first Test, but his remains one of the outstanding epic innings of all time.'

taipan wrote:

SG wrote:It had.

Without that pertnership that test would've been a copy of previous test at Durban, where India scored 166 runs in 2 completed test innings.

It had what?

India still lost.

So you don't consider that a great partnership.

Fair enough for your opinion.

SG wrote:

taipan wrote:

SG wrote:It had.

Without that pertnership that test would've been a copy of previous test at Durban, where India scored 166 runs in 2 completed test innings.

It had what?

India still lost.

So you don't consider that a great partnership.

Fair enough for your opinion.

I never said it wasn't, merely that it had no bearing on the result.

skully wrote:Sounds like those Saffie curators know how to serve up some green seamers. Good on 'em.

Sounds like Indian bats have never scored runs on green seamers.

If you believe that.

taipan wrote:

SG wrote:

taipan wrote:

SG wrote:It had.

Without that pertnership that test would've been a copy of previous test at Durban, where India scored 166 runs in 2 completed test innings.

It had what?

India still lost.

So you don't consider that a great partnership.

Fair enough for your opinion.

I never said it wasn't, merely that it had no bearing on the result.

And when I mentioned about that partnership, I nowhere said anything about the result of that test match.