Ponting-Clarke partnership eclipses many records

Rajneesh Gupta figures out the many marks Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke set during their 288-run partnership in the second Test against India at the SCG.

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Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke took the match away from India with their 288-run partnership in the first innings of the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The pair set a plethora of records in the process.

- On 100 the pair put on Australia's 100th century partnership at Sydney (in the 100th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground)

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- On 100 the pair put on their fourth century partnership. The other three are: 352 v Pakistan at Hobart in 2009-10, 210 v India at Adelaide in 2007-08 and 113 v South Africa at Johannesburg in 2008-09 -- all for the fourth wicket.

- On 100, Ponting went level with Tendulkar's in terms of putting on century partnerships. These two have now put on 84 century partnerships. Only Rahul Dravid, with 88 century stands, is ahead.

- On 200 Ponting provided the 16th instance of him getting involved in a double century partnership. This takes him ahead of Rahul Dravid's tally of 15. Only Tendulkar and Kallis (18 each) are ahead of Ponting in forging most double century partnerships.

- This was also the fourth time Ponting was involved in a double century partnership against India. With this, he now shares the record with Clive Lloyd, Javed Miandad, Younis Khan and Jacques Kallis.

- On 211 the pair established a new record of Australia's highest fourth-wicket partnership against India. Interestingly, these two held the previous record made at Adelaide in 2007-08.

- On 218 the pair set a new record of the highest partnership for any wicket against India at Sydney, obliterating the 218-run stand between David Boon and Geoff Marsh for the first wicket in 1985-86.

- On 240 the pair established the highest ever partnership for any wicket for Australia against India, beating the 239-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Steve Waugh and Ponting at Adelaide in 1999-00.

- On 288 the pair put on the highest ever fourth-wicket partnership against India, bettering the 287-run stand between Pakistan's Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas at Faisalabad in 1982-83.

Most century-partnerships in a Test career

Most double century-partnerships in a Test career

Most double century-partnerships in a Test career v India

COMPILED BY RAJNEESH GUPTA