Highest 6th Wicket Partnership in T20 | Top 10

The 6th wicket partnership often plays a vital role in T20 cricket. With the top-order batsmen gone, it is up to the middle order to rebuild the innings and provide a platform for the lower order to launch an attack. 

Over the years, there have been some incredible 6th wicket partnerships in T20 internationals that have turned the tide of matches and helped teams achieve improbable victories.

The highest 6th wicket partnership in t20 is 115 runs. Tony Ura, and Norman Vanua of Papua New Guinea made that partnership against Singapore in 2022.

Top 10 Highest 6th Wicket Partnerships in T20 Internationals

Here is the detailed overview of the top 10 highest 6th wicket partnerships in T20 cricket:

1. Tony Ura and Norman Vanua (PNG) – 115 Runs Partnership

The highest 6th wicket partnership in T20 cricket made Tony Ura and Norman Vanua for Papua New Guinea against Singapore in July 2022. 

The pair put on an outstanding 115 runs to help PNG chase down a target of 204 with two balls to spare. 

Ura scored 93 runs off 40 balls, while Vanua hit 71 off 37 balls. Their partnership was the backbone of PNG’s victory.

2. Cameron White and Michael Hussey (Australia) – 101* Runs Partnership

Cameron White and Michael Hussey of Australia made an unbeaten partnership of 101 runs against Sri Lanka in May 2010.

Australia were struggling at 67/5 when White and Hussey came together, but they put on a quickfire stand to help Australia reach a total of 168/5. 

White scored 85 runs off 49 balls, while Hussey hit 39 off 26 balls. Their partnership helped Australia win the match by 81 runs.

3. Kusal Perera and Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka) – 97 Runs Partnership

Kusal Perera and Thisara Perera rescued Sri Lanka from a difficult position with a partnership of 97 runs against Bangladesh in March 2018. 

Sri Lanka were struggling at 86/5 when the Pereras came together, but they made a quickfire stand to help Sri Lanka reach a total of 159/7. 

Kusal Perera scored 61 runs off 40 balls, while Thisara Perera made 58 runs off 37 balls. 

But their partnership of 97 runs was not enough for Sri Lanka to win the match as Bangladesh chased down the target of 160 runs in 19.5 overs with two wickets in hand.

4. Aslam Mohammad and Asrar Ahmed (Greece) – 96 Runs Partnership

Aslam Mohammad and Asrar Ahmed put on a valiant effort for Greece against Romania in their first-ever T20I match in June 2021. 

Chasing a target of 160, Greece were struggling at 60/5 when Mohammad and Ahmed came together. 

The pair put on a quickfire partnership of 96 runs, with Mohammad hitting 61 off 32 balls and Ahmed scoring 38 runs off 41 balls. 

Their partnership helped Greece reach 157/8, Despite Their outstanding partnership, Greece lost the match.

5. Glenn Maxwell and Mathew Wade (Australia) – 91* Runs Partnership

Glenn Maxwell and Mathew Wade rescued Australia from a precarious position with a match-winning unbeaten partnership of 91 runs against India in November 2023.

Chasing a target of 223, Australia were struggling at 132/5 when Maxwell and Wade came together. 

Maxwell made fantastic 104 off 28 balls and Wade hit 28 off 16 balls. Their partnership helped Australia reach 225/5 with one ball to spare, and they secured a thrilling victory by five wickets.

6. Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel (India) – 91 Runs Partnership

Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel put on a crucial partnership of 91 runs for India against Sri Lanka in January 2023. 

India were struggling at 116/5 when Yadav and Patel came together. Their partnership helped India reach 190/8. 

Yadav scored 51 runs off 36 balls and Patel hit 65 off 31 balls. but they fell 16 runs short of the target. 

Despite the loss, Yadav and Patel’s knock showed their ability to bat under pressure and build a substantial partnership.

7. Francisco Damiao Couana and Filipe Cossa (Mozambique) – 90* Runs Partnership

Francisco Damiao Couana and Filipe Cossa made an unbeaten 90-run stand for Mozambique against Malawi in November 2019. 

Chasing a target of 170, Mozambique were struggling at 80/5 when Couana and Cossa came together. 

The pair put on a fighting stand, with Couana scoring 71 runs off 36 balls and Cossa socred 19 off 24 balls. 

Their partnership helped Mozambique reach 169/5. in reply, Malawi chased the target on the last ball.

8. Hamza Tariq and H Thaker (Canada) – 89* Runs Partnership

Hamza Tariq and Haroon Thaker put on a valuable partnership of 89 runs for Canada against Bermuda in November 2021.

Batting first, Canada were struggling at 98/5 when Tariq and Thaker came together. The pair put on a steady stand, with Tariq scoring 63 runs off 28 balls and Thaker hitting 28 off 14 balls. 

Their partnership helped Canada reach a total of 187/5, which proved to be too much for Bermuda as they made 141/7 in their 20 overs.

9. Milton Shumba and Ryan Buri (Zimbabwe) – 88* Runs Partnership

Milton Shumba and Ryan Burl put on a valiant effort for Zimbabwe against Ireland in August 2021. 

Chasing a target of 153, Zimbabwe were struggling at 64/5 when Shumba and Burl came together. 

The pair put on a quickfire partnership of 88 runs, with Shumba hitting 46 runs off 27 balls and Burl scoring 37 runs off 33 balls. 

Their partnership helped Zimbabwe reach 152/5, but they fell one run short of victory. Despite the loss, Shumba and Burl’s knock showed their ability to bat under pressure and build a substantial partnership.

10. Ryan Burl and Clive Madande (Zimbabwe) – 87* Runs Partnership

Ryan Burl and Clive Madande put on another crucial unbeaten partnership of 87 runs against Ireland in December 2023. 

Batting first, Zimbabwe were struggling when Burl and Madande came together. 

The pair put on a steady stand, with Burl scoring 38 runs off 33 balls and Madande hitting 44 runs off 39 balls. 

This partnership helped Zimbabwe reach a total of 165/5, which did not prove to be enough as Ireland chased down the target of 166 runs in 19.4 overs with six wickets down.

List of All the Higheset 6th Wicket Partnerships in T20 Cricket History

Sr. No.	Partners	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Tony Ura, Norman Vanua	115	P.N.G.	v Singapore	Singapore	3-Jul-22
2	Cameron White, MichaelHussey	101*	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	9-May-10
3	Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera	97	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16-Mar-18
4	Aslam Mohammad, Asrar Ahmed	96	Greece	v Romania	Sofia	24-Jun-21
5	Glenn Maxwell, Mathew Wade	91*	Australia	v India	Guwahati	28-Nov-23
6	Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel	91	India	v Sri Lanka	Pune	5-Jan-23
7	Francisco Damiao Couana, Filipe Cossa	90*	Mozambique	v Malawi	Lilongwe	6-Nov-19
8	Hamza Tariq, H Thaker	89*	Canada	v Bermuda	Coolidge	11-Nov-21
9	Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl	88*	Zimbabwe	v Ireland	Dublin	29-Aug-21
10	Ryan Burl, Clive Madande	87*	Zimbabwe	v Ireland	Harare	9-Dec-23
11	MDKJ Perera, PWH de Silva	87	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Pallekele	4-Mar-20
12	VP Thamotharam, Imran Ameer	87	Malta	v Portugal	Gent	29-Jun-22
13	Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran	86*	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Dehradun	21-Feb-19
14	MD Shanaka, C Karunaratne	86*	Sri Lanka	v India	Dharamsala	27-Feb-22
15	AJ Finch, AC Agar	86	Australia	v England	Birmingham	27-Jun-18
16	LJ Tucker, GH Dockrell	86	Ireland	v South Africa	Bristol	3-Aug-22
17	BB McCullum, L Ronchi	85*	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	11-Jan-14
18	AW Hawkins-Kay, B Ward	85*	Jersey	v Germany	St Peter Port	20-Jun-19
19	KA Pollard, FA Allen	84	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27-Nov-20
20	D Muhumuza, DM Nakrani	84	Uganda	v Kenya	Kigali	17-Nov-21
21	CG Williams, JJ Smit	83	Namibia	v Oman	Dubai (DSC)	29-Oct-19
22	Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan	82	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sydney	3-Nov-22
23	RP Burl, CT Mutombodzi	81*	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	13-Sep-19
24	O Harvey, Devender Singh	81*	Ghana	v Rwanda	Rwanda	16-Oct-21
25	MP Stoinis, MS Wade	81*	Australia	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	11-Nov-21
26	Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan	81*	Bangladesh	v U.A.E.	Dubai (DSC)	25-Sep-22
27	Sikandar Raza, RP Burl	80*	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	20-Mar-21
28	Sikandar Raza, RP Burl	80	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	31-Jul-22
29	RT Ponting, MEK Hussey	77*	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	17-Feb-05
30	H Masakadza, PJ Moor	77	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Sharjah	10-Jan-16
31	Wahidullah Usmani, Saber Zakhil	77	Belgium	v Czech Rep.	Walferdange	30-Aug-20
32	Asif Ali, Imad Wasim	75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	7-Oct-19
33	Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi	74	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Greater Noida	12-Mar-17
34	J Barker, V Vijh	74	Luxembourg	v France	Marsa	11-Jul-23
35	MG Erasmus, CG Williams	73*	Namibia	v Kenya	Dubai (DSC)	25-Oct-19
36	CD McMillan, JDP Oram	73	New Zealand	v India	Johannesburg	16-Sep-07
37	LMP Simmons, D Ramdin	73	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13-Mar-14
38	S Periyalwar, R Kumar	72	Romania	v Turkey	Ilfov County	29-Aug-19
39	Haroon Arshad, Shahid Wasif	72	Hong Kong	v Netherlands	Al Amerat	10-Oct-19
40	AA Jasani, SA Jumbe	71*	Tanzania	v Kenya	Kigali	17-Nov-21
41	Haider Butt, DK Mathias	71*	Bahrain	v Kuwait	Al Amerat	11-Aug-22
42	Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik	71	Pakistan	v England	Dubai (DSC)	23-Feb-12
43	DJ Bravo, DJG Sammy	71	West Indies	v Pakistan	Mirpur	1-Apr-14
44	V Kohli, HH Pandya	70	India	v England	Ahmedabad	16-Mar-21
45	Ali Saleem, Sher Sahak	70	Norway	v Guernsey	Almeria	29-Apr-22
46	OA Shah, AD Mascarenhas	69*	England	v West Indies	The Oval	29-Jun-07
47	Syed Aziz, S Muniandy	69*	Malaysia	v Maldives	Kuala Lumpur	25-Jun-19
48	RP Burl, R Mutumbami	69*	Zimbabwe	v Nepal	Singapore	27-Sep-19
49	Hamza Tariq, D Heyliger	69*	Canada	v Bahamas	North Sound	7-Nov-21
50	MV Boucher, JA Morkel	69	South Africa	v India	Durban	20-Sep-07
51	AJ Finch, MS Wade	69	Australia	v West Indies	Carrara	5-Oct-22
52	Zeeshan Khan, Imran Ameer	69	Malta	v Romania	Ilfov County	19-Aug-23
53	DJ Hooda, AR Patel	68*	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3-Jan-23
54	KA Pollard, D Ramdin	68	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	28-Dec-08
55	LRPL Taylor, L Ronchi	68	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	15-Jan-14
56	SW Billings, DJ Willey	68	England	v West Indies	Basseterre	8-Mar-19
57	Basil Hameed, Aayan Afzal Khan	68	U.A.E.	v New Zealand	Dubai (DSC)	20-Aug-23
58	EJG Morgan, MH Yardy	67*	England	v Pakistan	Cardiff	5-Sep-10
59	Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran	67*	Afghanistan	v U.A.E.	Dubai (DSC)	16-Dec-16
60	Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh	67	Canada	v Bahrain	Al Amerat	17-Nov-22
61	Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan	67	Pakistan	v Afghanistan	Sharjah	26-Mar-23
62	A Symonds, CL White	66*	Australia	v England	Sydney	9-Jan-07
63	HM Nicholls, TA Blundell	66*	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	5-Sep-21
64	BJ Haddin, SPD Smith	66	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Perth	31-Oct-10
65	JE Root, JC Buttler	66	England	v Australia	Southampton	29-Aug-13
66	Kushal Malla, Karan KC	66	Nepal	v Malaysia	Kirtipur	22-Apr-21
67	GM Hamilton, JH Stander	65	Scotland	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	4-Feb-10
68	VP Thamotharam, SE Aquilina	65	Malta	v Gibraltar	Marsa	25-Oct-21
69	MS Wade, DR Sams	64	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	20-Feb-22
70	MS Dhoni, YK Pathan	63*	India	v England	Lord's	14-Jun-09
71	SJ Myburgh, MJG Rippon	63*	Netherlands	v Nepal	Amstelveen	30-Jun-15
72	N Khanna, SSM Stanislaus	63*	Malta	v Gibraltar	Marsa	21-Oct-21
73	Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi	63	Pakistan	v England	Sharjah	30-Nov-15
74	Syed Aziz, Aminuddin Ramly	63	Malaysia	v Nepal	Bangkok	29-Feb-20
75	SC Williams, RP Burl	63	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Brisbane	30-Oct-22
76	R Tari, J Rasu	63	Vanuatu	v Samoa	Suva	13-Mar-23
77	GD Phillips, DJ Mitchell	62*	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Napier	30-Mar-21
78	Basil Hameed, Nilansh Keswani	62*	U.A.E.	v Hong Kong	Mulpani	25-Oct-23
79	KJ Coetzer, GD Drummond	62	Scotland	v Ireland	Dubai (DSC)	11-Feb-10
80	Tamoor Sajjad, Mohammed Rizlan	62	Qatar	v Kuwait	Doha	6-Jul-19
81	R Mutumbami, RP Burl	62	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	19-Mar-21
82	TH David, MS Wade	62	Australia	v India	Mohali	20-Sep-22
83	Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi	61	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1-Aug-15
84	K Nassoro, Akhil Anil	61	Tanzania	v Kenya	Benoni	17-Sep-22
85	R Nehonde, T Tshose	61	Botswana	v Kenya	Rwanda	24-Nov-22
86	F Behardien, RJ Peterson	60*	South Africa	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	30-Sep-12
87	Shahidullah, Gulbadin Naib	60*	Afghanistan	v India	Hangzhou	7-Oct-23
88	SK Raina, MS Dhoni	60	India	v England	Wankhede	22-Dec-12
89	CP Rizwan, Zawar Farid	60	U.A.E.	v Hong Kong	Al Amerat	24-Aug-22
90	Sikandar Raza, RP Burl	60	Zimbabwe	v India	Melbourne	6-Nov-22
91	RK Paudel, Kushal Malla	60	Nepal	v Maldives	Hangzhou	1-Oct-23
92	Tamoor Sajjad, Nouman Sarwar	59*	Qatar	v Kuwait	Singapore	26-Jul-19
93	P Dakainivanua, M Beitaki	59*	Fiji	v Samoa	Suva	14-Mar-23
94	RR Patel, SO Ngoche	58*	Kenya	v Uganda	Kigali	17-Nov-21
95	MV Boucher, JA Morkel	58	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	27-Mar-09
96	CK Kapugedera, NLTC Perera	58	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	6-Apr-17
97	DA Miller, PWA Mulder	58	South Africa	v Ireland	Belfast	22-Jul-21
98	Gurpratap Singh, R Mazumder	58	Cyprus	v Turkey	Vantaa	16-Jul-22
99	PBB Rajapaksa, PWH de Silva	58	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	11-Sep-22
100	DA Miller, J Botha	57	South Africa	v West Indies	North Sound	20-May-10

Data Source: ESPN Cricinfo