Wow, nice analysis Mr. Dave. This blog is really serving me useful in my quest to become a cricket journalist

There was a match in Singapore where Sanath Jayasuriya scored 67; Romesh Kaluwitharana didn't score a single run as far as i remember.

Good work Mr. Dave. If my memory serves me right one such case in recent time would be a partnership between Sanath Jayasuirya and Kaluwitharana in a finals against Pakistan where of the 70 runs, Jayasuriya managed 66 and extras 4 when Kalu got out.

In the case of Sanath and Dilhara... I think they put on 113 while Dilhara only contributed 1.

Isam: I remember that match in which Jayasuria actually scored 75. But it was an ODI..... final of some cup. It was also the match in which Jayasuria hit the fastest 50 in ODIs.

The match that is being referred above is the Final of the Triangular Cup in Singapore in 1996. This is the tournament in which Sanath Jayasuria broke the record for the fastest fifty and hundred (which was later broken by Shahid Afridi).

Another test match which i can recall involved New Zealand in which the No. 11 Geoff Allott made 0 but I cant recall whether it was the longest 0 or the highest partnership in which the other batsman had not scored (i reckon its the former)

This one might help: the first test of the 2001 Ashes series. Gilchrist went nuts at the end of Australia's first innings, when Mark Butcher started taking a few wickets. He hit out, and Glenn McGrath at the other end, hardly faced a ball.

Wasn't there this one game where the New Zealand no. 11 (Geoff Allott?) faced 100 balls without scoring a run? Surely his partner at the other end must have done something!

Dean Illot has pointed out one from Adam Gilchrist that I missed. At Edgbaston 2001, Gilchrist added 55 out of 56 runs while his partners, Warne, Lee and McGrath did not score. There was one leg bye.

there was a test involving new zealand and england (i think!) where nathan astle and danny morrison saved it with a huge partnership...danny went scoreless throughout...

Well done, Rajesh! You are a fantastic writer, i admire you in stats as i admire Osman for his analysis. Keep it up!

In the first Ashes Test of 2001, Adam Gilchrist went from 86 an over before Shane Warne's dismissal, to 141 when Glenn McGrath scored a single. Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie both made ducks along the way. So 55 monopolised runs to Gilchrist, with three extras.

During the first wicket stand between Srikkanth and Gavaskar at SCG 1985-86, Srikkanth went from 27 to 77 while Gavaskar remained on 28. This included the famous sequence when Srikkanth hit Bob Holland for 22 in an over.

In ODI # 1499
DMC Cup, 1999, 3rd One-Day International
India v West Indies
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
14 September 1999 we have a domonating partnership. Ricordo Powell and Collymore were the involved in it. In the 84 runs partnership, Collymore scored 2 and Powell scored more than 70 (73 if i am correct), remaining were extras.

I had actually been wondering about this; since AB de Villiers managed about 30 with scoreless partners in Pakistan in September.

Danny Morrison ended up on 10-20 not out in that game (his last test) I think.

Geoff Allott did definitely have the longest duck though, and I'm pretty sure he batted at number 11, meaning whoever he was with (Astle again? Can't remember) must have made a few to his none.

During a county match, Javed Miandad famously took his team's score from 222 to 270 in eight overs - 48 runs - without his partner Ray East facing a single delivery. Coming in at 222, East was out for a first ball duck with the score at 270.

good job man... as for the one-days, i think once Romesh Kaluwitharna got out for a duck (bold by Aaqib Javed) when Srilanka had scored 70 for the first wicket against pakistan. can you kindly check if thats a record

what about the one day match (pak vs Srilanka, Apr 7,1996)in which kaluwitharana was scoreless while jayasuriya scoered 69 with one 1 extra.

I remember one match, Pakistan in Autralia, in late seventies or early eighties where Asif Iqbal scored a century in last wicket parnership of more than hundred with Iqbal Qasim scoring only 4.

The game with Geoff Allotts duck is not on here because Harry only managed to score about 30. The partnership lasted a touch over 27 overs but they only scored 32 runs.

Cool blog...this isn't exactly the case you mention above but I remember that in the 1st ODI of the 2004 Ind-Pak series,the Sehwag-Ganguly partnership had Sehwag scoring 47 runs before Ganguly even faced a ball...wouldn't that qualify as domination too? ..I know it's not the exact same case but I haven't found that happening anywhere else..by the way,excelllent work..we always support cricinfo..

Bit late, sorry, but re jay's point on Dec 19, are you sure? The only county East played for was Essex, and assuming you mean Javed Miandad, he never played for them.?

please check if kapil's 175 and viv's 189 (especially the last wicket stand) were one sided? i think the total was about 250 in those cases..