New Zealand is one of the best teams in world cricket. It has built various top-notch cricketers throughout the years. It has shown outstanding batting talent across all three formats- Test Matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. Throughout the years, Kiwi batters have formed great partnerships, leaving their mark in New Zealand and international cricket. Here are the top 10 batting partnerships of New Zealand in Test Matches.
1. Kane Williamson And Ross Taylor
Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor are two greatest players of all time. They have been an outstanding batting pair. Most of their partnerships are for the third wicket. In tests, their highest partnership is a third-wicket stand of 265 runs in Perth, against Australia on 13 November 2015. Another partnership of this duo was for the third-wicket stand of 262 runs in Colombo, against Sri Lanka on 25 November 2012.
2. Andrew Jones And Martin Crowe
The Black Caps players Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe have been a fantastic duo. They hold the record for the second-highest partnership for the third wicket in Cricket Test Match history. They shared a remarkable achievement as a third-wicket stand of 467 runs against Sri Lanka at Wellington on 31 January 1991. It became a test record as the highest partnership by any side for any wicket.
3. Stephen Fleming And Nathan Astle
Both Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle are good batsmen. They were a mighty batting duo for the Black Caps during the 90s and 2000s. Their partnership was very beneficial for the team. In Tests, the partnership was a fourth-wicket stand of 106 runs against South Africa at Cape Town in April 2006. It was their final century stand.
4. Martin Guptill And Brendon McCullum
When Guptill began playing for New Zealand, he didn’t had good partnership with McCullum. But, from late 2009 onwards, this duo became a great batting pair. They shared a sixth-wicket stand of 339 at Hamilton against Bangladesh in February 2010.
5. Martin Guptill And Kane Williamson
Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson are two of the best players in New Zealand’s cricket team. Both of them contributed in the noteworthy innings for the team. Most of their partnerships are for the second wicket. In tests, the highest partnership between the two was 173 against Sri Lanka for the second wicket at Dunedin in December 2015.
6. Kane Williamson And HM Nicholls
Kane Williamson and HM Nicholls have been a great duo of the Kiwis. Both of them formed a great partnership. In January 2021, the duo shared a fourth-wicket stand of 369 runs against Pakistan at Christchurch. Another third-wicket stand of the duo is 363 against Sri Lanka in Wellington on 17 March 2023. They are the first pair of New Zealand with multiple triple-century stands.
7. Daryl Mitchell And Tom Blundell
Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell make a great duo of the Black Caps. They achieved the highest number of partnership runs for New Zealand. In tests, they put up 236 runs for the fifth-wicket stand against England at Nottingham on 10 June 2022. The duo has beaten the record of Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe.
8. Kane Williamson And BJ Watling
The outstanding duo of New Zealand team, Kane Williamson and BJ Watling, made the highest sixth-wicket stand ever in Tests. The duo shared a sixth-wicket stand of 365 runs against Sri Lanka at Wellington on 03 January 2015. It was also the third-highest partnership for any wicket. Their partnership broke the record set by Brendon McCullum and BJ Watling.
9. Kane Williamson And Brendon McCullum
Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum together make the finest duo of the New Zealand cricket team. They carried on in their unstoppable manner, which resulted in batting Pakistan out of the third and final test. Their partnership shared a second-wicket stand of 297 runs against Pakistan at Sharjah in November 2014. It was the highest partnership ever in tests between the two teams.
10. BJ Watling And Brendon McCullum
BJ Watling and Brendon McCullum put in the highest-ever partnership for the sixth wicket in Test cricket history in 2014. It scored a massive 352 runs in the sixth-wicket stand against India held at Wellington in February 2014. This Kiwi duo has showcased a superb partnership in this match. The pair was ranked third on the New Zealand list for all partnerships.
