Highest 8th Wicket Partnership in ODI

The 8th Wicket Partnership in cricket refers to the combined runs scored by the two batsmen after the seventh wicket has fallen.

The lower order batsmen typically have less batting skill compared to the top and middle order. 

Therefore, a good 8th wicket partnership is crucial in helping the team reach a higher score than expected, especially when wickets have fallen quickly. It can turn the tide of a match and even lead to victory.

Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins of Australia scored an unbeaten 202 runs against Afghanistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and this is the highest 8th wicket partnership in ODI cricket.

Highest 8th Wicket Partnership in ODI | Top 10

Here are the top 10 highest 8th wicket partnerships in ODI cricket:

1. Glenn Maxwell & Pat Cummins – 202* Runs Partnership

In a thrilling encounter, Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 201* and Pat Cummins’ resilient 12* formed a record-breaking 202* run partnership for the 8th wicket against Afghanistan. 

This outstanding performance at Wankhede on November 7, 2023, helped Australia chase down Afghanistan’s target of 292 with 3 wickets in hand and 19 balls to spare. Maxwell’s explosive innings played a pivotal role in Australia’s victory.

2. Justin Kemp & Andrew Hall – 138 Runs* Partnership

Justin Kemp and Andrew Hall’s formidable 138* run partnership against India on November 26, 2006, in Cape Town showcased their batting depth. 

South Africa set a total of 274/7, and their bowlers restricted India to 168. Kemp’s century and Hall’s contribution guided South Africa to a convincing 106-run victory.

3. Paul Reiffel & Shane Warne – 119 Runs Partnership

Paul Reiffel and Shane Warne’s partnership of 119 runs against South Africa on April 4, 1994, in Gqeberha was a memorable one. 

Despite their efforts, Australia fell short, and South Africa won by 26 runs. Reiffel’s 58 and Warne’s 55 showcased their resilience, even in a losing cause.

4. Dave Houghton & Iain Butchart – 117 Runs Partnership

Dave Houghton and Iain Butchart’s partnership of 117 runs against New Zealand on October 10, 1987, in Hyderabad (Deccan) displayed Zimbabwe’s fighting spirit. 

Zimbabwe fought well but New Zealand emerged victorious by a narrow margin of 3 runs in a closely contested match.

5. Elton Chigumbura & Gary Brent – 115 Runs Partnership

Elton Chigumbura and Gary Brent’s partnership of 115 runs against South Africa on August 22, 2007, in Bulawayo showcased Zimbabwe’s competitiveness. 

Despite their efforts, South Africa chased down the target of 210/5, winning by 5 wickets with 19 balls remaining.

6. David Wiese & Jan Frylinck  – 115 Runs Partnership

In a closely contested match on March 8, 2022, at ICCA Dubai, Namibia’s David Wiese and Jan Frylinck combined for a resilient 115-run partnership against the U.A.E. 

Despite their efforts, Namibia could not win the match as the U.A.E. secured victory by 3 wickets with 17 balls remaining.

7. Marnus Labuschagne & Ashton Agar – 112 Runs* Partnership

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne and Ashton Agar formed an unbeaten partnership of 112* runs against South Africa on September 7, 2023, in Bloemfontein. 

This remarkable display of batting skills played a crucial role in Australia’s successful chase of South Africa’s total of 222, winning the match by 3 wickets with 58 balls remaining.

8. Richie Berrington & Mark Watt – 110 Runs  Partnership

Richie Berrington and Mark Watt forged a partnership of 110 runs for Scotland against the U.A.E. on June 23, 2023, in Bulawayo. 

Scotland set a total of 282/8, and their bowlers restricted the U.A.E. to 171, securing a comprehensive victory by 111 runs.

9. Hamilton Masakadza & Graeme Cremer – 104 Runs Partnership

Hamilton Masakadza and Graeme Cremer exhibited resilience with their 104 runs partnership for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan on January 2, 2016, in Sharjah. 

This impressive performance led Zimbabwe to a convincing victory, winning by 117 runs as Afghanistan was bowled out for 58.

10. Sikandar Raza & Brad Evans – 104 Runs Partnership

Sikandar Raza’s brilliant 115 and Brad Evans’ 28 contributed to a 104-run partnership for Zimbabwe against India on August 22, 2022, in Harare. 

Despite their efforts, Zimbabwe fell short as India won by 13 runs in a closely contested match.

The Zimbabweans, though defeated, had given the cricketing giants a real scare, showcasing their immense talent and potential.

List of All the Highest 8th Wicket Partnerships In ODI Cricket History

Sr. No.	Partners	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Glenn Maxwell , Pat Cummins	202*	Australia	v Afghanistan	Wankhede	7-Nov-23
2	Justin Kemp , Andrew Hall	138*	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	26-Nov-06
3	Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne	119	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	4-Apr-94
4	Dave Houghton , Iain Butchart	117	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10-Oct-87
5	Elton Chigumbura , Gary Brent	115	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	22-Aug-07
6	David Wiese , Jan Frylinck	115	Namibia	v U.A.E.	ICCA Dubai	8-Mar-22
7	Marnus Labuschagne , Ashton Agar	112*	Australia	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	7-Sep-23
8	Richie Berrington , Mark Watt	110	Scotland	v U.A.E.	Bulawayo	23-Jun-23
9	Hamiltion Masakadza , Graeme Cremer	104	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Sharjah	2-Jan-16
10	Sikandar Raza , Brad Evans	104	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	22-Aug-22
11	AD Russell, DJG Sammy	101	West Indies	v Australia	Gros Islet	25-Mar-12
12	Tanwir Afzal, Aizaz Khan	101	Hong Kong	v U.A.E.	ICCA Dubai	18-Nov-15
13	MS Dhoni, B Kumar	100*	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	24-Aug-17
14	HS Modi, AY Karim	100	Kenya	v Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Gym)	19-Oct-97
15	Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir	100	Pakistan	v Hong Kong	Karachi	24-Jun-08
16	RS Bopara, SCJ Broad	99*	England	v India	Manchester	30-Aug-07
17	JN Loftie-Eaton, HN Ya France	99*	Namibia	v Scotland	Windhoek	5-Dec-22
18	MG Bevan, AJ Bichel	97	Australia	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11-Mar-03
19	Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan	95*	Afghanistan	v Bangladesh	Abu Dhabi	20-Sep-18
20	JEC Franklin, NL McCullum	94	New Zealand	v India	Vadodara	4-Dec-10
21	Kamran Akmal, Wahab Riaz	93	Pakistan	v Ireland	Dublin	26-May-13
22	Yousuf Youhana, Shoaib Akhtar	92	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	6-Nov-98
23	HDPK Dharmasena, DK Liyanage	91	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6-Jun-97
24	DM Benkenstein, L Klusener	91	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	2-Feb-99
25	DS Lehmann, B Lee	88*	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	3-Feb-02
26	Yousuf Youhana, Wasim Akram	88*	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	19-Jun-02
27	DJ Richardson, PL Symcox	88	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	6-Nov-96
28	S Prasanna, SMSM Senanayake	87	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	18-Dec-13
29	Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan	86	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Dehradun	8-Mar-19
30	MS Wade, JW Hastings	84*	Australia	v England	Leeds	11-Sep-15
31	DL Chahar, B Kumar	84*	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	20-Jul-21
32	RL Powell, CD Collymore	84	West Indies	v India	Toronto	14-Sep-99
33	Harbhajan Singh, P Kumar	84	India	v Australia	Vadodara	25-Oct-09
34	Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin	84	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Napier	13-Feb-19
35	CN Greaves, SM Sharif	83*	Scotland	v Namibia	Glasgow	14-Jul-22
36	MG Bevan, PR Reiffel	83	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	1-Jan-96
37	Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq	83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Visakhapatnam	27-Mar-99
38	TP Ura, CA Soper	83	P.N.G.	v Ireland	Harare	6-Mar-18
39	N Kapil Dev, KS More	82*	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	14-Oct-87
40	MA Leask, MRJ Watt	82	Scotland	v Ireland	Bulawayo	21-Jun-23
41	Saleem Malik, Aaqib Javed	81*	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sharjah	13-Apr-96
42	MG Bevan, B Lee	81	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29-Jan-02
43	BRM Taylor, T Mupariwa	81	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	2-Aug-06
44	DPMD Jayawardene, T Thushara	81	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	24-Aug-08
45	CT Mutombodzi, DT Tiripano	80	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	3-Mar-20
46	S Lamichhane, Gulsan Jha	80	Nepal	v Ireland	Harare	4-Jul-23
47	DS Airee, S Lamichhane	79*	Nepal	v U.A.E.	Harare	2-Jul-23
48	SB Styris, DL Vettori	79	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	31-Aug-05
49	HH Streak, SM Ervine	78*	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	8-Mar-03
50	CS Baugh, AD Russell	78	West Indies	v India	North Sound	11-Jun-11
51	JO Holder, FA Allen	78	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	6-Feb-22
52	SPD Smith, B Lee	77*	Australia	v England	Adelaide	26-Jan-11
53	Aasif Sheikh, S Lamichhane	77*	Nepal	v P.N.G.	Dubai (DSC)	3-Mar-23
54	Moin Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq	77	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	9-Apr-97
55	L Klusener, MV Boucher	77	South Africa	v India	Centurion	10-Oct-01
56	AB de Villiers, WD Parnell	77	South Africa	v India	Gwalior	24-Feb-10
57	DM de Silva, M Theekshana	77	Sri Lanka	v Netherlands	Bulawayo	30-Jun-23
58	G Singh, NP Kenjige	76*	U.S.A.	v West Indies	Harare	18-Jun-23
59	PA Nixon, LE Plunkett	76	England	v New Zealand	Perth	30-Jan-07
60	WF Stelling, PW Borren	76	Netherlands	v Scotland	Nairobi (Jaff)	2-Feb-07
61	AU Rashid, LE Plunkett	76	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	12-Jun-15
62	WU Tharanga, JDF Vandersay	76	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16-Oct-17
63	RA Jadeja, NA Saini	76	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	8-Feb-20
64	MA Leask, MRJ Watt	76	Scotland	v Nepal	Kirtipur	17-Feb-23
65	Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Sami	75*	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	3-Apr-03
66	Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Amir	75*	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	12-Jun-17
67	AL Phehlukwayo, DW Steyn	75	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	3-Oct-18
68	NLTC Perera, SL Malinga	75	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	5-Jan-19
69	A Flower, HH Streak	74	Zimbabwe	v England	Harare	1-Jan-97
70	RA Jadeja, P Kumar	74	India	v Australia	Guwahati	8-Nov-09
71	Bilawal Bhatti, Anwar Ali	74	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	24-Nov-13
72	K Jethi, HS Baidwan	73*	Canada	v Bermuda	King City (NW)	18-Aug-08
73	EJG Morgan, WK McCallan	73	Ireland	v Scotland	Ayr	5-Aug-06
74	DJ Willey, TK Curran	73	England	v Ireland	Southampton	4-Aug-20
75	MEK Hussey, NW Bracken	72*	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10-Dec-05
76	CZ Harris, DL Vettori	72	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	11-Jan-02
77	LRPL Taylor, KD Mills	72	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	11-Oct-10
78	NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath	72	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	26-Jul-13
79	Babar Hayat, Aizaz Khan	72	Hong Kong	v P.N.G.	Mong Kok	4-Nov-16
80	LV van Beek, T van der Gugten	72	Netherlands	v Ireland	Utrecht	2-Jun-21
81	PA Nixon, LE Plunkett	71*	England	v New Zealand	Gros Islet	16-Mar-07
82	L Klusener, N Boje	71	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	22-Mar-02
83	M van Jaarsveld, PR Adams	71	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	8-Jul-03
84	BB McCullum, JEC Franklin	71	New Zealand	v Ireland	Providence	9-Apr-07
85	MM Ali, LE Plunkett	71	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	10-Jun-18
86	Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique	70*	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Kimberley	26-Feb-03
87	MG Johnson, B Lee	70	Australia	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26-Sep-09
88	Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali	70	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Nelson	9-Jan-18
89	C Madande, WP Masakadza	70	Zimbabwe	v Netherlands	Harare	21-Mar-23

Data Source: ESPN Cricinfo