Last wicket partnership in Tests: List of highest 10th wicket partnership in Test cricket

Last wicket partnership in Tests: A 94-run partnership for the 10th wicket has handed a substantial advantage to the hosts.

During the second day of the first Test of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of New Zealand in Christchurch, New Zealand wicket-keeper batter Tom Blundell and fast bowler Matt Henry put together a 94-run partnership for the 10th wicket to up the agony for the visitors.

It was in the 102nd over that Henry walked in to bat at No. 11 at the Hagley Oval. A 101-ball partnership witnessed Blundell and Henry hitting a combined 12 boundaries to power New Zealand to 482 in 117.5 overs.

No slouch with the bat in hand, Henry scored his second Test half-century whilst dominating the last-wicket partnership. Henry, who scored 58* (68) in the third session today, continued his personal best Test after having registered bowling figures of 15-7-23-7 (maiden Test five-wicket haul) on Day 1.

HIGHEST SCORES by NZ number 11 BATTER:
68* Richard Collinge v Pakistan at Auckland 1973
52* Trent Boult v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2013

Matt Henry currently 44* 👀#SparkSport #NZvSA

— Spark Sport (@sparknzsport) February 18, 2022

Blundell, last Kiwi wicket to fall, missed out on a third Test century returning to the pavilion after scoring 96 (138). Fourth-highest 10th-wicket partnership in New Zealand, Blundell and Henry’s partnership is the second-highest at this venue. Sixth-highest among New Zealand batters, it is the 34th-highest overall.

A 387-run first innings lead has all but batted South Africa out of the match. With the Proteas already losing their top-order for a combined total of two runs in the second innings, only a miraculous performance will save the match for them from hereon.

Last wicket partnership in Tests

Before Blundell and Henry’s partnership, New Zealand thrived on the back of Henry Nicholls’ eighth Test century scoring 105 (163) with the help of 11 fours.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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