Victoria's Will Pucovski And Marcus Harris Record Highest Opening Partnership In Sheffield Shield's 128-Year History

Australia’s Will Pucovski and Marcus Harris have broken a 30-year old record for the highest opening partnership in the history of Sheffield Shield, the premier domestic competition of Australian cricket. They became the pair with the highest opening partnership as Will Pucovski and Marcus Harris scored double hundreds each to see their team Victoria score 486 runs for the first wicket

The previous record was held by Steve Waugh and Mark Waugh as the Australian brothers out in a 464-run stand for the first wicket back in 1990. The brothers then set this record playing for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield in a game against Western Australia.

Will Pucovski And Marcus Harris Set The Record For The Highest First-Wicket Partnership In Sheffield Shield

The feat was achieved in Adelaide against South Australia when Harris crashed a boundary off the bowling of Wes Agar. It stands as the highest Australian first-class partnership since the competition started in 1892. The new record was set at 486 when Harris was caught behind off Agar’s bowling for 239. Pucovski remains not out.

Until this report was written, Victoria have scored 564 runs for the loss of 2 wickets and Will Pucovski was batting on 255 runs and alongside him was Nic Maddison who had scored 22 runs. Victoria had a 364-run lead over South Australia in the first innings.