Highest BBL partnership: Full list of highest batting partnerships in Big Bash League

Highest BBL partnership: Batters from Melbourne Stars registered the joint 10th-highest partnership in the Big Bash League today.

During the 23rd match of the ongoing 11th season of the Big Bash League between Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars in Brisbane, Melbourne Stars wicket-keeper batter Joe Clarke and batter Hilton Cartwright scored individual half-centuries to power the team to 207/9 in 20 overs.

After Brisbane Heat captain Jimmy Peirson won the toss and chose to field, bowlers of the home team reduced Stars to 16/3 in the third over as Marcus Stoinis (0), Joe Burns (2) and Glenn Maxwell (2) were dismissed cheaply inside the powerplay.

It was at this point in time that Clarke and Cartwright put together a game-changing 73-ball 151-run partnership for the fourth wicket which included some eye-catching boundaries to all parts of the Gabba.

Opening the batting with Stoinis, Clarke top-scored for Stars with his 85 (44) comprising of seven fours and five sixes. In what was Clarke’s maiden half-century for Melbourne, it was his second in the BBL and 14th in this format.

Cartwright, on the other hand, was the one who kick-started muscling enormous sixes to his as many as eight of them in his 79 (44). While it was the 29-year old batter’s seventh T20 half-century, it was sixth in the BBL and third for the Stars. Readers must note that Cartwright has been part of some of the biggest BBL partnerships in the past as well.

It is worth mentioning that Clarke and Cartwright’s partnership is the highest-ever fourth-wicket partnership in the BBL. Additionally, the pair has equaled former Hobart Hurricanes-pair of Ben McDermott and George Bailey’s 151-run partnership against Melbourne Renegades four years ago to register the joint 10th-highest partnership in the tournament.

Highest BBL partnership (updated on January 21, 2023)

S. No.	Batters	Runs	Wicket	Team	Opposition	Ground	Year
1	Marcus Stoinis & Hilton Cartwright	207	1st	Melbourne Stars	Sydney Sixers	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2020
2	Matthew Wade & D’Arcy Short	203	1st	Hobart Hurricanes	Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval	2020
3	Rob Quiney & Luke Wright	172	1st	Melbourne Stars	Hobart Hurricanes	Bellerive Oval	2012
4	Shaun Marsh & Michael Klinger	171*	1st	Perth Scorchers	Melbourne Renegades	Docklands Stadium	2015
5	Alex Carey & Jake Weatherald	171	1st	Adelaide Strikers	Hobart Hurricanes	Adelaide Oval	2018
6	Josh Philippe & James Vince	167*	2nd	Sydney Sixers	Hobart Hurricanes	Sydney Cricket Ground	2019
7	Michael Hussey & Jacques Kallis	160	1st	Sydney Thunder	Brisbane Heat	ANZ Stadium	2014
8	Matthew Wade & D’Arcy Short	158*	1st	Hobart Hurricanes	Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval	2019
9	Max Bryant & Ben Cutting	158*	1st	Brisbane Heat	Melboune Stars	Gabba	2019
10	Steven Smith & Moises Henriques	155*	3rd	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Cricket Ground	2023

Highest partnership in the BBL (by wickets)

Wicket	Batters	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Year
1	Marcus Stoinis & Hilton Cartwright	207	Melbourne Stars	Sydney Sixers	MCG	2020
2	Josh Philippe & James Vince	167*	Sydney Sixers	Hobart Hurricanes	Sydney Cricket Ground	2019
3	Steven Smith & Moises Henriques	155*	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Cricket Ground	2017
4	Joe Clarke & Hilton Cartwright	151	Melbourne Stars	Brisbane Heat	Gabba	2021
5	Cameron Bancroft & Hilton Cartwright	137*	Perth Scorchers	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Showground Stadium	2018
5	Marcus Stoinis & James Faulkner	137	Melbourne Stars	Brisbane Heat	Gabba	2017
6	Mohammad Nabi & Daniel Christian	94*	Melbourne Renegades	Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval	2018
7	Tom Curran & Sean Abbott	88	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Showground Stadium	2018
8	Xavier Bartlett & Mark Steketee	79	Brisbane Heat	Sydney Thunder	Gabba	2021
9	Jimmy Peirson & Mujeeb Ur Rahman	60	Brisbane Heat	Adelaide Strikers	Gabba	2020
10	Daniel Worrall & Danny Briggs	61*	Adelaide Strikers	Hobart Hurricanes	Bellerive Oval	2020