da lvbet: Zaheer Khan scaled a few batting peaks on the third day at Dhaka and broke the world record for the highest score by a No
da bet7: Cricinfo staff12-Dec-2004Zaheer Khan scaled a few batting peaks on the third day at Dhaka and broke the world record for the highest score by a No. 11 batsman. Zaheer broke the 31-year-old record that was held by New Zealand’s Richard Collinge, another left-arm fast bowler.Batsman (Country)RunsOppositionVenue (Year)Zaheer Khan (Ind)75BangladeshDhaka (2004)Richard Collinge (NZ)68*PakistanAuckland (1973)Alfred Vogler (SA)62*EnglandCape Town (1906)Glenn McGrath (Aus)61New ZealandBrisbane (2004)Wasim Bari (Pak)60*West IndiesBarbados (1977)John Snow (Eng)59*West IndiesThe Oval (1966)Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)59South AfricaRawalpindi (1997)Pat Symcox (SA)54AustraliaAdelaide (1996)Rodney Hogg (Aus)52West IndiesGeorgetown (1984)Fred Spofforth (Aus)50EnglandMelbourne (1885)Ghulam Ahmed (Ind)50PakistanDelhi (1952)Zaheer also added 133 in an entertaining last-wicket stand with Sachin Tendulkar and they equalled the record for the second-highest partnership in Tests. The following list is the top ten partnerships for the last wicket.Partners (Country)RunsOppositionVenue (Year)Richard Collinge and Brian Hastings (NZ)151PakistanAuckland (1973)Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)151South AfricaRawalpindi (1997)Wasim Bari and Wasim Raja (Pak)133West IndiesBarbados (1977)Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan (Ind)133BangladeshDhaka (2004)RE Foster and Wilfred Rhodes (Eng)130AustraliaSydney (1903)Kenneth Higgs and John Snow (Eng)128West IndiesThe Oval (1966)Arthur Mailey and Johnny Taylor (Aus)127EnglandSydney (1924)Stephen Boock and John Bracewell (NZ)124AustraliaSydney (1985)Warwick Armstrong and Reggie Duff (Aus)120EnglandMelbourne (1902)Nathan Astle and Chris Cairns (NZ)118EnglandChristchurch (2002)Peter Willey and Bob Willis (End)117*West IndiesThe Oval (1980)






