West Indies’ Brathwaite-Chanderpaul become first opening pair to bat 100-plus overs in a Test innings in 21st century

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul turned the primary opening pair to bat in extra of 100 overs in an innings within the twenty first century through the first Test in opposition to Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Monday.

Continuing their batting into the third day of a rain-affected Test, Brathwaite and Chanderpaul turned solely the second opening pair in to face over 600 deliveries in a Test innings.

Brathwaite and Chanderpaul then fell simply of the earlier file held by Sri Lanka’s Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya, who had performed 114.2 overs in opposition to Pakistan in Kandy in July 2000, amassing 335 for the primary wicket.

Wellington Masakadza trapped Brathwaite lbw on 182, ending the opening stand at 338 in 114.1 overs, one ball wanting levelling the file.

Brathwaite, who had compiled his twelfth Test ton the day gone by, crossed the 150-run mark off 278 balls. Meanwhile, Tagenarine, son of West Indies nice Shivnarine Chanderpaul, notched up his first Test ton in simply his third recreation on Day 2.

The pair scaled the 300-run mark in 644 deliveries in opposition to the house facet and broke the file set by Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes (298 v England, 1990) for the best opening Test partnership for West Indies.

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