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Highest 3rd wicket partnerships
N Pooran & Tajinder Singh leads MLC all-time 3rd wkt stands with 158 (158 runs · 68 balls · RR 13.9). Largest 3rd wicket batting partnerships in MLC history — the middle-order anchor stand.
All time (MLC 2023–2026)
2026 · top 10 for the latest season
| # | Player | Runs | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGS Gous & MS Chapmanwashington-freedom | 85 | 85 runs · 37 balls · RR 13.8 |
| 2 | MP Breetzke & SO Hetmyerseattle-orcas | 75 | 75 runs · 40 balls · RR 11.3 |
| 3 | AM Hardie & MW Shortsan-francisco-unicorns | 68 | 68 runs · 40 balls · RR 10.2 (unbroken) |
| 4 | KA Pollard & N Pooranmi-new-york | 49 | 49 runs · 29 balls · RR 10.1 (unbroken) |
| 5 | C Munro & JO Holderlos-angeles-knight-riders | 47 | 47 runs · 19 balls · RR 14.8 |
| 6 | C Esterhuizen & LG Pretoriussan-francisco-unicorns | 33 | 33 runs · 35 balls · RR 5.7 |
| 7 | F du Plessis & Milind Kumartexas-super-kings | 30 | 30 runs · 25 balls · RR 7.2 |
| 8 | MW Short & SP Krishnamurthisan-francisco-unicorns | 30 | 30 runs · 13 balls · RR 13.8 |
| 9 | MP Breetzke & TB Robinsonseattle-orcas | 30 | 30 runs · 15 balls · RR 12.0 |
| 10 | AGS Gous & MS Chapmanwashington-freedom | 30 | 30 runs · 22 balls · RR 8.2 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads MLC all-time 3rd wkt stands?
- N Pooran & Tajinder Singh leads MLC all-time 3rd wkt stands with 158 (158 runs · 68 balls · RR 13.9). The top three are: N Pooran & Tajinder Singh, Saif Badar & UBT Chand, F du Plessis & Shubham Ranjane.
- How is MLC 3rd wkt stands calculated?
- Largest 3rd wicket batting partnerships in MLC history — the middle-order anchor stand. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this MLC 3rd wkt stands leaderboard include 2026?
- Yes. The all-time table covers MLC 2023–2026. A separate 2026-only view is shown below the all-time table.
- What data source powers this leaderboard?
- Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure every leaderboard surface projects from the same canonical file.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
data/_season-stats-mlc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: N Pooran & Tajinder Singh leads MLC all-time 3rd wkt stands with 158. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/3rd-wicket-stands”