Published: Jan 06, 2015, 10:33 AM (IST)
Edited: Jan 06, 2015, 10:33 AM (IST)
Jan 6, 2015
New Zealand batsmen, Kane Williamson and BJ Watling scored a record partnership for the sixth wicket against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test at Basin Reserve in Wellington on Tuesday. Both the batsmen put up a thumping 360-run stabnd for the sixth wicket. They also broke the record sixth wicket partnership of 354 scored by Brendon McCullum and Watling himself last year against India. It was also the all-time highest partnership for sixth wicket in the history of Test cricket.
| Partners | Runs | Team | Ground | Opposition | Match Date |
| KS Williamson, BJ Watling | 365* | New Zealand | Wellington | v Sri Lanka | 03-Jan-15 |
| BB McCullum, BJ Watling | 352 | New Zealand | Wellington | v India | 14-Feb-14 |
| DPMD Jayawardene, HAPW Jayawardene | 351 | Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | v India | 16-Nov-09 |
| JHW Fingleton, DG Bradman | 346 | Australia | Melbourne | v England | 01-Jan-37 |
| MJ Guptill, BB McCullum | 339 | New Zealand | Hamilton | v Bangladesh | 15-Feb-10 |
