Highest 8th Wicket Partnership in T20 | Top 10

It is not easy to score a lot of runs when you come in at number 8 or 9. There are usually only a few overs left, and the other team is bowling their best.

But sometimes, these batsmen can hit the ball hard and make some useful runs for their team. With only two wickets remaining, batsmen need to take calculated risks and play sensibly to score runs and help their team win the match.

In the history of T20 international cricket, there have been 25 times when the 8th wicket partnership has scored 50 or more runs. It shows how special these partnerships are.

The highest 8th wicket partnership in t20 is 80 runs. Preston Mommsen and Safyaan Sharif of Scotland made that partnership against the Netherlands in 2015.

Top 10 Highest 8th Wicket Partnerships in T20 Internationals

Here are the top 10 Highest 8th Wicket Partnerships in T20 cricket:

1. Preston Mommsen and Safyaan Sharif (Scotland) – 82 Runs Partnership

Mommsen and Sharif put on a remarkable 80 runs for Scotland against the Netherlands in 2015. 

Scotland were struggling at 79-7 when the pair came together, but they put on a stunning display of hitting to take their team to a total of 159. 

Despite their best efforts, Scotland ultimately lost the match by 32 runs, but Mommsen and Sharif’s partnership will be remembered as one of the greatest ever in T20 cricket.

2. Raoul Sharma and Amjad Mahboob (Singapore) – 75 Runs Partnership

Sharma and Mahboob rescued Singapore from a difficult position against Cambodia in 2023. 

Singapore were 65-7 when the pair came together, but they put on a valiant 75 runs to take their team to a total of 166. However, it was not enough to win the match, as they lost the match by 15 runs.

3. George Dockrell and Fionn Hand (Ireland) – 74 Runs Partnership

Dockrell and Hand made a crucial 74-run partnership for Ireland against Afghanistan in 2022. Ireland were struggling at 93-7 when the pair came together, but they put on a vital partnership.

However, it was not enough to win the match, as Afghanistan won the match by 22 runs.

4. David Wiese and Ruben Trumpelmann (Namibia) – 70 Runs Partnership

Wiese and Trumpelmann put on a valiant 70 runs for Namibia against United Arab Emirates in 2022. 

Namibia had lost their 7 wickets on 71 runs when the pair came together, but they put on a late flurry to take their team to 141. However, it was not enough to win the match, as the United Arab Emirates won the match by 7 runs.

5. Uala Kaisala and James Baker (Samoa) – 69* Runs Partnership

Kaisala and Baker made a match-winning 69 runs for Samoa against Vanuatu in 2022. Samoa were struggling at 51-7 when they came together, but they put on a stunning partnership to take their team to a total of 120. 

Vanuatu then fell just short of the target, losing the match by 6 wickets with 4 balls remaining.

6. Norman Vanua and Chad Soper (PNG) – 67 Runs Partnership

Norman Vanua and Chad Sope made 67-run partnerships against Nepal during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier In March 2022.

Chasing a target of 184, PNG were when Norman Vanua and Chad Soper came together. The pair put a 67-run stand. Despite their outstanding effort, Nepal won the match by 15 runs.

7. Wayne Parnell and Rusty Theron (South Africa) – 64* Runs Partnership

South Africa and Australia faced off in a closely contested match in Johannesburg In October 2011. 

Chasing a target of 148, South Africa were tottering at 100/7 when Wayne Parnell and Rusty Theron came together. The pair launched a counter-attack, with Theron smashing a six off the final ball to seal a thrilling victory for South Africa.

8. Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh (India) – 61 Runs Partnership

India and New Zealand met in Christchurch for a T20 match In February 2009. Batting first, India were struggling at 123/7 when Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh came together. 

The pair put on a crucial 61-run stand, helping India reach a respectable total of 162. In reply, New Zealand chased down the target in 18.5 overs with 7 wickets in hand.

9. Iftikhar Ahmed and Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan) – 61 Runs Partnership

Pakistan and New Zealand faced off in a nail-biting T20 match in Lahore In April 2023. Chasing a target of 164, Pakistan were struggling at 102/7 when Iftikhar Ahmed and Faheem Ashraf came together. 

They put on a valiant 61-run stand, but it was not enough as New Zealand won the match by 4 runs.

10. Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan (India) – 59* Runs Partnership

India and Sri Lanka met in Colombo for a T20 match. Chasing a target of 172 In February 2009. 

India were struggling at 115/7 when Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan came together. The Pathan brothers put on a thrilling 59-run stand, and seal a dramatic victory for India.

Top 10 Highest 8th Wicket Partnerships in T20 Internationals

Sr. No.	Partners	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Preston Mommsen, Safyaan Sharif	80	Scotland	v Netherlands	Edinburgh	11-Jul-15
2	Raoul Sharma, Amjad Mahboob	75	Singapore	v Cambodia	Phnom Penh	4-May-23
3	George Dockrell, Fionn Hand	74	Ireland	v Afghanistan	Belfast	12-Aug-22
4	David Wiese,Ruben Trumpelmann	70	Namibia	v U.A.E.	Geelong	20-Oct-22
5	Uala Kaisala, James Baker	69*	Samoa	v Vanuatu	Port vila	14-Sep-22
6	Norman Vanua, Chad Soper	67	P.N.G.	v Nepal	Kirtipur	28-Mar-22
7	Wayne Parnell, Rusty Theron	64*	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	16-Oct-11
8	Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh	61	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25-Feb-09
9	Iftikhar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf	61	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	17-Apr-23
10	Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan	59*	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	10-Feb-09
11	Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed	59*	U.A.E.	v Ireland	Dubai (DSC)	18-Jan-17
12	KD Abeyrathna, Sher Sahak	59	Norway	v Germany	Krefeld	5-Aug-21
13	MR Adair, BJ McCarthy	59	Ireland	v Scotland	Edinburgh	28-Jul-23
14	R Shepherd, OF Smith	58*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	10-Aug-22
15	Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali	58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	1-Aug-15
16	R Mutumbami, KM Jarvis	58	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	18-Sep-19
17	MM Ali, DJ Willey	57*	England	v Afghanistan	Delhi	23-Mar-16
18	RE van der Merwe, MJG Rippon	56*	Netherlands	v Nepal	Rotterdam	3-Jul-15
19	MEK Hussey, MG Johnson	53*	Australia	v Pakistan	Gros Islet	14-May-10
20	PJ Moor, B Mavuta	53	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	East London	9-Oct-18
21	PM Seelaar, T van der Gugten	52*	Netherlands	v P.N.G.	ICCA Dubai	24-Oct-19
22	SR Patel, GP Swann	51	England	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	1-Oct-12
23	Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam	50*	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	King City (NW)	11-Oct-08
24	Jatinder Singh, Naseem Khushi	50*	Oman	v Hong Kong	Dubai (DSC)	30-Oct-19
25	Ali Saleem, Qamar Mushtaque	50*	Norway	v Switzerland	Vantaa	28-Jul-22
26	Umar Akmal, Umar Gul	49	Pakistan	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	28-Sep-12
27	Virandeep Singh, Syazrul Idrus	49	Malaysia	v Oman	Kirtipur	30-Oct-23
28	Bilal Tahir, Sayed Monib	48	Kuwait	v Hong Kong	Mong Kok	9-Mar-23
29	RG Sharma, Harbhajan Singh	47	India	v Australia	Bridgetown	7-May-10
30	VP Thamotharam, Fazil Rahman	46*	Malta	v Gibraltar	Gibraltar	7-May-23
31	I Udana, A Dananjaya	46	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	22-Mar-19
32	NK Tiwari, Yasir Mehmood	46	Cyprus	v Isle of Man	Episkopi	6-Oct-21
33	R Shepherd, OF Smith	46	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	13-Dec-21
34	E Sebareme, K Irakoze	46	Rwanda	v Tanzania	Rwanda	22-Dec-22
35	Shehzad Patel, M Magagula	45	Swaziland	v Uganda	Kigali	19-Oct-21
36	S Godara, AR Prasad	44*	Cambodia	v Japan	Hangzhou	27-Sep-23
37	P Baron, S Rossi	44	Argentina	v Brazil	Cortijo Polo Club Pitch A	4-Oct-19
38	S Thakor, AM Kimote	44	Tanzania	v Rwanda	Dar-es-Salaam	4-Nov-22
39	SO Hetmyer, OF Smith	44	West Indies	v India	Lauderhill	12-Aug-23
40	MNM Aslam, Shiraz Khan	44	Kuwait	v Oman	Doha	22-Sep-23
41	NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara	43*	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Hambantota	1-Jun-12
42	Sami Ullah, V Saini	43	Romania	v Czech Rep.	Ilfov County	3-Sep-21
43	DC Smith, GR Russ	43	Philippines	v Cambodia	Phnom Penh	10-May-23
44	Imran Ameer, Amar Sharma	42*	Malta	v Romania	Marsa	15-May-22
45	SSM Stanislaus, N Khanna	41*	Malta	v Switzerland	Marsa	24-Oct-21
46	DAS Gunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara	41	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Geelong	19-Feb-17
47	DA Miller, BC Fortuin	41	South Africa	v Pakistan	Lahore	14-Feb-21
48	N Deonarine, DJG Sammy	40*	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	23-Feb-10
49	SR Thompson, GH Dockrell	40*	Ireland	v Canada	Abu Dhabi	23-Oct-19
50	Kuldeep Lal, J Perman	40*	Spain	v Germany	Almeria	10-Sep-21
51	SB Styris, JW Wilson	40	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	17-Feb-05
52	J Mubarak, WPUJC Vaas	40	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cape Town	20-Sep-07
53	Ali Waqar, Naveed Ahmed	40	Czech Rep.	v Austria	Vinor	22-May-21
54	VM Vaghela, Yasir Mohammad	40	U.S.A.	v P.N.G.	Bulawayo	17-Jul-22
55	AD Russell, AJ Hosein	40	West Indies	v England	Tarouba	19-Dec-23
56	AD Mathews, KMDN Kulasekara	39*	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	12-Dec-09
57	N Nipiko, SH Obed	39*	Vanuatu	v Philippines	Port Moresby	29-Jul-23
58	Aryan Lakra, Akif Raja	39*	U.A.E.	v Afghanistan	Sharjah	31-Dec-23
59	MG Johnson, SNJ O'Keefe	39	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	6-Aug-11
60	Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, H Srinivasan	39	Germany	v Spain	Almeria	11-Sep-21
61	M Taylor, E Haven	39	Bahamas	v Argentina	North Sound	8-Nov-21
62	Mohammad Amin, MNM Aslam	38*	Kuwait	v U.A.E.	Al Amerat	27-Feb-20
63	N Dutta, D Heyliger	38*	Canada	v Oman	Al Amerat	20-Nov-22
64	AB Dinda, A Nehra	38	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	9-Dec-09
65	RR Patel, SO Ngoche	38	Kenya	v Netherlands	ICCA Dubai	23-Nov-13
66	Zeeshan Maqsood, Sufyan Mehmood	38	Oman	v U.A.E.	Mirpur	22-Feb-16
67	CR Brathwaite, SP Narine	38	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	2-Apr-17
68	CR Brathwaite, JO Holder	37	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	26-Mar-17
69	Anasim Khan, Imran Anwar	37	Bahrain	v Maldives	Al Amerat	21-Jan-19
70	DM Nakrani, F Achelam	37	Uganda	v Nigeria	Rwanda	17-Nov-21
71	Bilal Muhammad, Amar Sharma	37	Malta	v Belgium	Gent	11-Jun-22
72	MR Adair, BJ McCarthy	37	Ireland	v New Zealand	Belfast	20-Jul-22
73	SMA Priyanjan, I Udana	36*	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	6-Sep-17
74	SC Kuggeleijn, TG Southee	36*	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	11-Jan-19
75	Mohameed Taiwo, Mustapha Yusuf	36*	Nigeria	v Kenya	Entebbe	13-Sep-21
76	M Akayezu, K Irakoze	36*	Rwanda	v Tanzania	Windhoek	29-Nov-23
77	B Lee, JN Gillespie	36	Australia	v England	Southampton	13-Jun-05
78	Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir	36	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DSC)	13-Dec-13
79	DR Hooper, ACF Stokes	36	Guernsey	v Jersey	St Peter Port	31-May-19
80	D Kalvin, R Nil	36	Seychelles	v Ghana	Rwanda	16-Oct-21
81	CJ Jordan, AU Rashid	36	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22-Jan-22
82	B Maphosa, P Silas	36	Botswana	v Uganda	Benoni	15-Sep-22
83	Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, V Ganesan	35*	Germany	v Austria	Krefeld	9-Jun-22
84	Muslim Yar, Ghulam Ahmadi	35*	Germany	v Austria	Krefeld	12-Jun-22
85	R Baaleri, JK Theodore	35*	Ghana	v Nigeria	Rwanda	9-Dec-22
86	TM Dilshan, WPUJC Vaas	35	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	17-Sep-07
87	MR Marsh, JL Pattinson	35	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16-Oct-11
88	JC Buttler, JC Tredwell	35	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	12-Feb-13
89	MR Marsh, NM Coulter-Nile	35	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	4-Mar-16
90	Bakhtiar Tahiri, J Albin	35	Bulgaria	v Greece	Sofia	26-Jun-21
91	MR Adair, BJ McCarthy	35	Ireland	v New Zealand	Belfast	18-Jul-22
92	NL McCullum, DL Vettori	34*	New Zealand	v South Africa	Bridgetown	6-May-10
93	KA Pollard, SS Cottrell	34*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27-Nov-20
94	Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir	34	Pakistan	v India	Johannesburg	24-Sep-07
95	TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad	34	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31-Jan-14
96	MJ Santner, IS Sodhi	34	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	25-Jan-18
97	Ahmed Raza, Sultan Ahmed	34	U.A.E.	v Netherlands	Dubai (DSC)	29-Oct-19
98	Virandeep Singh, Muhammad Wafiq	34	Malaysia	v Netherlands	Kirtipur	18-Apr-21
99	Festus Benn, JR Barry	34	Bahamas	v Cayman Is	Buenos Aires	28-Feb-23
100	SCJ Broad, GP Swann	33*	England	v South Africa	Chester-le-Street	8-Sep-12

Data Source: ESPN Cricinfo