Sentence examples for opening partnerships from inspiring English sources

By the time of his retirement, they had opened the batting 38 times in Tests, shared 15 century opening partnerships, and added 3,249 runs together; their average partnership was 87.81, the highest in all Tests for a pair of opening batsmen as of 2014.

Both involved big opening partnerships that kept up a strong run rate without panicked shots.

Like great opening partnerships before them, Hughes and Warner get along well on and off the field.

They had shared a stand of 161 on the first day, so it was the first time that opening partnerships in excess of 150 had been scored in both innings by a Test team.

But there was enough evidence at the Waca as the pair outscored India's flighty and ultimately woeful first-innings effort by 53 runs to suggest they at least have the makings of a first-wicket alliance that adheres to the template of some of the great opening partnerships of the past.

Herschelle Gibbs, who shared in three of South Africa's four opening partnerships of more than 300 runs with Smith, also paid tribute.

In an attempt to solve their problem in finding a reliable opening partnership in the series, England promoted Verity to open the batting in the fourth Test.

At once flinty and treacly – like a perfect opening partnership.

"The new opening partnership at Kent is a nice one.

Cook and Lyth added 177 together, a record opening partnership for England at Headingley.

"Isn't this the nagging doubt we have about the current opening partnership?