ZIM vs WI, 1st Test: Brathwaite-Chanderpaul create West Indian history with opening partnership

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West Indies are touring Zimbabwe for a two-match series.

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Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul completed a partnership of 336 runs, the most for the 1st wicket by an West Indian pair.

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The duo went past the record initially set by Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge.

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Haynes and Greenidge scored 298 runs together vs England in 1990.

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The same duo also registered what is now the third highest partnership, of 296 runs against India in 1983.

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Adrian Griffith and Sherwin Campbell held together a partnership of 276 runs against New Zealand in 1999.

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Chris Gayle and Kieran Powell scored 254 runs against New Zealand in 2014.

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The only unbeaten partnership on this list is Haynes and Greenidge's 250* against Australia in 1984.

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