Johnny Bairstow and Jamie Overton set a new record for the seventh wicket for England in Tests by adding 241 runs in 45.4 overs in England바카라™s first innings on the third day of the third and final Test match against New Zealand at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday (June 25).
They erased England바카라™s previous best stand of 197 runs for the seventh wicket between Jim Parks and Mike Smith against West Indies at Port of Spain in 1959-60.
Alan Knott and Peter Lever held the previous record for the seventh wicket for England against New Zealand. They put on 149 runs at Auckland in 1970-71.
The Johnny Bairstow and Jamie Overton stand is the 19th 200-plus stand for the seventh wicket in Tests. West Indian pair of Denis Atkinson and Clairmonte Depeiaza holds the record of highest seventh-wicket stand in Tests. They added 347 runs against Australia at Bridgetown in 1954-55.
England's Highest 7th-wicket Stands In Tests
(Runs - Partners - Opponent - Venue - Season - Result)
241 - Johnny Bairstow/Jamie Overton - New Zealand - Leeds - 2022 - Awaited;
197 - Jim Parks/Mike Smith - West Indies - Port of Spain - 1959-60 - Draw;
174 - Colin Cowdrey/Godfrey Evans - West Indies - Lord's - 1957 - England won;
169 - Paul Collingwood/Matt Prior - West Indies - Chester-le-Street - 2007 - England won;
167 - David Gower/Vic Marks - Pakistan - Faisalabad - 1983-84 - Draw;
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