In cricket, the batters of a team should bat according to the speed of runs required. They must have a better understanding of each one of them and should form pairs while scoring runs. In South African cricket, we find all the qualities an excellent batting pair should possess. While batting, they understand and compliment each other. We will talk about the top ten highest overall partnerships run by a South African batting pair.
10. Jacques Kallis And Graeme Smith
Jacques Kallis is a former all-rounder with right-handed batting and right-arm medium-fast bowling. He is the only cricket player to score over 10,000 runs and take 250+ wickets in tests and ODIs. Kallis formed a pair with Graeme Smith in 2002. Smith is a former left-handed batsman and captain; he became the youngest captain of South Africa in test cricket at 22. They batted in 114 innings together and scored 4,818 runs at an average of 44.
9. Hashim Amla And Jacques Kallis
Hashim Amla is a former right-handed top-order batsman who played for South Africa in all formats of cricket from 2004 to 2019. He batted with one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, Jacques Kallis, for the first time in 2004. This right-left combination played in 97 innings and scored 5,165 runs at an average of 56. They produced 15 centuries and 16 half-centuries partnerships; it brings them into the ninth position on the list.
8. AB De Villiers And Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers is a former right-handed middle-order batsman who played internationally between 2004 and 2019. In January 2015, he set the world record for the fastest fifty and the fastest century by any batsman in ODI cricket. He and Jacques Kallis first batted together in 2004. They formed a pair in 97 innings and scored 5,200 runs with the best score of 256.
7. Hashim Amla And Quinton de Kock
Quinton de Kock is a current wicket-keeper batsman who made his International debut in December 2012 in a T20I match against New Zealand. He formed an opening pair with Hashim Amla in 2013. They opened together in 125 innings and scored 5,218 runs at an average of 43. They produced 13 hundred and 20 fifty partnerships, which brought them into the seventh position on the list.
6. Herschelle Gibbs And Jacques Kallis
Herschelle Gibbs is a former right-handed opening batsman and the first cricketer to hit six consecutive sixes in an over in ODI cricket. He and Jacques Kallis formed the pair for the first time in 1997. They hold the record for the highest second-wicket partnership stating for South Africa (315 runs). The duo produced 5,589 runs in 123 innings; they are in the second spot.
5. Hashim Amla And Graeme Smith
Hashim Amla holds the highest individual score by a South African batsman in tests (311). He and Graeme Smith first batted together in 2006. They made 5,680 runs in 117 innings with the best score of 259. They made it into the fifth position on the list; produced 12 century and 30 half-century partnerships.
4. Jacques Kallis And Gary Kirsten
Gary Kirsten is a former left-handed opening batsman who played for South Africa from 1993 to 2003. He has the highest individual score by a South African batsman in ODIs (188*). Jacques Kallis and Kirsten batted together between 1996 and 2004. In 115 innings, they produced 5,824 runs at an average of 54. With the best score of 315*, they are in the fourth position.
3. Herschelle Gibbs And Gary Kirsten
Herschelle Gibbs made his International debut in October 1996. It was an ODI match against Kenya; he was one of only ten batsmen to score three consecutive centuries in ODI cricket. Gibbs and Kirsten were a prominent batting duo of South Africa. They are in the third spot; scored 5,835 runs together in 131 innings with 17 century 23 half-century partnerships.
2. Hashim Amla And AB De Villiers
Hashim Amla is the fastest cricketer to score ten centuries in ODI cricket. He was the captain of the South African test side between 2014 and 2016. Amla and de Villiers were some of the best batting pairs of South African cricket. They made 6274 runs in 131 innings at an average of 58. Their best score is 308, and they make it into the second position on the list.
1. Herschelle Gibbs And Graeme Smith
Gibbs and Smith are the most successful batting pair for South African cricket and are first on the list. This left and right-handed batting combination played together in 164 innings and produced 7,138 runs at an average of 45. They made 19 hundred and 23 fifty runs partnerships with the best score of 368.
