Australia are curently taking on South Africa in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground in London. In the hird innings of the match, Australia were reeling at one stage despite taking a 74-run lead, and it looked like they will be bundled out by South Africa at a lead of under 200. However, the tailenders pulled things back for the defending champions. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood put up a valiant fight for the 10th wicket, and managed to create history.

For the 10th wicket, the Australian pair of Hazlewood and Starc put on 59 runs. This is now the first time that a 10th wicket pair has put on more than 50 runs in an ICC final. The previous highest was by the Australian pair of Dennis Lille and Jeff Thomson, who scored 41 runs vs West Indies in the ODI World Cup 1975 final.

Here are the no.10 pairs with the highest partnership in an ICC Final.

59 - Mitchell Starc & Josh Hazlewood, WTC, 2025*

41 - Dennis Lillee & Jeff Thomson, ODI WC, 1975

22 - Syed Kirmani & Balwinder Sandhu, ODI WC, 1983

Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood now has three 50+ partnerships for the 10th wicket. THis is now the joint-highest by a no.10 pair in Test cricket history. They equal the record of New Zealand's BJ Watling and Trent Boult.

Here are the no.10 pairs with most 50+ stands in Test Cricket history:

3 – Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood (14)

3 – BJ Watling, Trent Boult (10)

2 – Sydney Callaway, Albert Trott (2)

2 – Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock (4)

2 – Paul Allott, Bob Willis (4)

2 – Terry Alderman, Geoff Lawson (5)

2 – Jonny Bairstow, James Anderson (9)

2 – Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas (18)

2 – Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath (19)

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