Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach added 180 runs for the seventh wicket on Saturday (December 6) to help the West Indies avoid defeat against New Zealand in the first Test of the ongoing three-match series. On the fifth day of the red-ball match played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, the duo batted together for more than four hours and faced 400+ balls to crush Kiwis’ hopes of securing an outright win.
Their partnership of 180 runs not just helped them seal a memorable draw for the West Indies, but it also helped them break Sachin Tendulkar and Manoj Prabhakar’s 35-year-old record of the highest 7th wicket partnership in the fourth innings of a Test match.
In August 1990 against England at Old Trafford in Manchester, Tendulkar and Prabhakar added
160 runs for the seventh wicket to seal a draw for the Indian team.
Highest partnership for 7th in 4th innings of Tests
| PLAYERS | TEAM | RUNS | AGAINST | VENUE | YEAR |
| Justin Greaves, Roston Chase | West Indies | 180* | New Zealand | Christchurch | 2025 |
| Sachin Tendulkar, Manoj Prabhakar | India | 160 | England | Manchester | 1990 |
| Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson | Australia | 134 | West Indies | Brisbane | 1960 |
| Ajit Agarkar, VVS Laxman | India | 126 | England | Lord’s | 2002 |
| Asoka de Silva, Ravi Ratnayeke | Sri Lanka | 124 | Australia | Hobart | 1989 |
| Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori | New Zealand | 124 | Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 2009 |
| Dave Nourse, Gordon White | South Africa | 121 | England | Johannesburg | 1906 |
| Maurice Leyland, Walter Robins | England | 111 | Australia | Melbourne | 1937 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 111 | Sri Lanka | Mirpur | 2008 |
| Ian Bell, Matt Prior | England | 109 | Sri Lanka | Kandy | 2007 |
Greaves came out to bat at No. 6 for the Men in Maroon in their second innings and remained unbeaten on 202 runs. He faced 388 balls during his stay at the crease and scored 19 fours. On the other hand, Roach scored 8 fours in 233 balls to score 58 runs. The half-century by Roach on Saturday is his first 50+ score in the five-day format of the game.
Before adding 180 runs for the seventh wicket with Roach, Greaves added 196 runs for the fifth wicket with Shai Hope. The star wicketkeeper-batter faced 234 balls as a No. 4 batter and with the help of 15 fours and 2 sixes scored 134 runs.
For New Zealand, Jacob Duffy picked up 3 wickets but conceded 122 runs in 43 balls, and one West Indies batter each was sent back to the pavilion by Matt Henry, Zakary Foulkes and Michael Bracewell.
