Another aspect of great tailend recoveries is the proportion of runs added by the tailenders. Today we will concentrate on cases where the score was doubled after the fall of the 9th wicket.
There are only 5 such instances in all Tests. In chronological order, they are:
1) P Willey and RGD Willis took the score from 92/9 to 209/9. (Added 117*, which is 1.27 times the score of the first 9 wickets. Eng v WI, Oval, 24/07/1980. Drawn.
Scores: Eng 370 and 209/9 dec; WI 265.
Similarly:
2) PM Siddle and NM Lyon took the score from 21/9 to 47. Added 26, 1.24 times. A v SA, Cape Town, 09/11/2011. Lost.
Scores: Aus 284 and 47; SA 96 and 236/2. SA won by 8 wickets.
3) PJ Hughes and AC Agar took the score from 117/9 to 280. Added 163, 1.39 times. A v E, Nottingham, 10/07/2013. Lost.
Scores: Eng 215 and 375. Aus 280 and 296. Eng won by 14 runs.
4) C Overton and JM Anderson took the score from 27/9 to 58. Added 31, 1.15 times. E v NZ, Auckland, 22/03/2018. Lost.
Scores: Eng 58 and 320. NZ 427/8 dec. NZ won by an innings and 49 runs (Day-night Test)
5) GH Dockrell and TJ Murtagh took the score from 85/9 to 172. Added 87, 1.02 times. Ire v Afg, Dehradun, 15/03/2019. Lost.
Scores: Ire 172 and 288. Afg 314 and 149/3. Afg won by 7 wickets.
It is interesting that the first such instance occurred only after more than a century of Tests.
Going by the number of runs scored for the last wicket, the most is 163 by Hughes and Agar. The latter was making his debut and holds the record for the highest score (98) at no 11 in all Tests.
They also have the record for the highest ratio, 1.39.
You can also see that none of these teams won the Test. Only one managed a draw.
Next we will look at recoveries where the score was doubled after the fall of the 8th wicket. Apart from the 5 cases listed above, there are 8 others starting from 1927.
