Who leads MLC all-time opening stands?

ADS Fletcher & UBT Chand leads MLC all-time opening stands with 130 (130 runs · 74 balls · RR 10.5). The top three are: ADS Fletcher & UBT Chand, MD Patel & Q de Kock, FH Allen & MW Short.

How is MLC opening stands calculated?

Largest 1st-wicket opening partnerships in MLC history. Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of winning the match in T20 cricket. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.

Does this MLC opening 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.

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Highest opening partnerships

ADS Fletcher & UBT Chand leads MLC all-time opening stands with 130 (130 runs · 74 balls · RR 10.5). Largest 1st-wicket opening partnerships in MLC history. Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of winning the match in T20 cricket.

All time (MLC 2023–2026)

#	Player	Runs	Sample
1	ADS Fletcher & UBT Chandlos-angeles-knight-riders	130	130 runs · 74 balls · RR 10.5
2	MD Patel & Q de Kockmi-new-york	119	119 runs · 57 balls · RR 12.5
3	FH Allen & MW Shortsan-francisco-unicorns	117	117 runs · 51 balls · RR 13.8
4	DP Conway & F du Plessistexas-super-kings	109	109 runs · 62 balls · RR 10.5
5	SPD Smith & TM Headwashington-freedom	101	101 runs · 58 balls · RR 10.4
6	DP Conway & F du Plessistexas-super-kings	101	101 runs · 75 balls · RR 8.1
7	DP Conway & F du Plessistexas-super-kings	97	97 runs · 55 balls · RR 10.6
8	AD Hales & ADS Fletcherlos-angeles-knight-riders	94	94 runs · 46 balls · RR 12.3
9	FH Allen & MS Wadesan-francisco-unicorns	88	88 runs · 46 balls · RR 11.5
10	MW Short & TL Seifertsan-francisco-unicorns	86	86 runs · 50 balls · RR 10.3
11	DP Conway & F du Plessistexas-super-kings	85	85 runs · 53 balls · RR 9.6
12	FH Allen & MW Shortsan-francisco-unicorns	84	84 runs · 40 balls · RR 12.6
13	MJ Owen & R Ravindrawashington-freedom	80	80 runs · 32 balls · RR 15.0
14	SPD Smith & TM Headwashington-freedom	79	79 runs · 50 balls · RR 9.5
15	FH Allen & J Fraser-McGurksan-francisco-unicorns	79	79 runs · 43 balls · RR 11.0

Frequently asked questions

Who leads MLC all-time opening stands?: ADS Fletcher & UBT Chand leads MLC all-time opening stands with 130 (130 runs · 74 balls · RR 10.5). The top three are: ADS Fletcher & UBT Chand, MD Patel & Q de Kock, FH Allen & MW Short.
How is MLC opening stands calculated?: Largest 1st-wicket opening partnerships in MLC history. Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of winning the match in T20 cricket. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
Does this MLC opening 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.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-mlc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: ADS Fletcher & UBT Chand leads MLC all-time opening stands with 130. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/opening-stands”