Highest Opening Partnership in ODI World Cup: Warner & Marsh Break Australia's Record In AUS vs PAK CWC 2023 Match

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Highest Opening Partnership in ODI World Cup: David Warner and Mitchell Marsh on Friday (October 20) broke Australia's opening partnership record in the show-piece event when they took the Pakistan bowlers to the cleaners in Bengaluru.

Warner and Marsh smashed hundreds at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to take their opening partnership past 200, breaking the previous highest opening stand of 183 by Shane Watson and Brad Haddin at the very same venue in the 2011 World Cup against Canada.

Put into bat first, Warner and Marsh cut lose against the clueless Pakistan bowling attack, reaching their personal milestones of centuries in 85 and 100 balls respectively. The pair smashed 21 fours and 16 sixes during their stand.

The Australian duo, however, fell one run short of equalling the highest partnership for the country in the World Cup for any wicket as their stand ended at 259 following the dismissal of Marsh for 121 off 108 balls.

The highest stand by Australia for any wicket is 260, which still belongs to Steve Smith and Warner, who shared the stand for the second wicket during the 2015 World Cup at the WACA in Perth against Afghanistan. Here is a look at the highest partnerships for Australia in World Cup history:

Highest Partnership For Australia in ODI World Cup

This Warner-Marsh stand was also the sixth highest stand overall for any wicket in the Cricket World Cup and also the second highest opening stand in the ODI World Cup.

Earlier in the 2023 World Cup, New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway shared the fourth highest stand in Cricket World Cup history in the run chase against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Here is a look at the highest stands in CWC:

Highest partnerships for any wicket in ODI World Cup