The highest 1st innings opening stand by a visiting team in England after being inserted in belongs to Australia's Michael Slater and Mark Taylor who added 128 runs at the Old Trafford in 1993. 128 M Slater - M Taylor Old Trafford 1993 In the first match of the 1993 Ashes played at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England won the toss and invited Australia to bat first. Contrary to the expectations of the home side, Australia batted extremely well.
Openers Mark Taylor and Michael Slater added 128 runs for the first wicket. Slater was the first to depart on 58 off 131 deliveries with seven boundaries. Mark Taylor went on to make 124 off 233 walls with 12 boundaries.
As a result, Australia posted 389 runs from 112.3 overs despite a 6 wicket haul from Peter Such. England were bowled out for 210 in their first innings with only Graham Gooch successful in making a half-century. Merv Hughes and Shane Warne picked up four wickets each for Australia.
The visitors batted superbly in their second innings on the back of half centuries from David Boon, Mark Waugh and Steve Waugh and an unbeaten century from Ian Healy as they declared for 432/5.
England were bowled out for 332 in their final innings despite a brilliant century from Graham Gooch and went on to lose the match by 179 runs. In essence, it was the brilliant opening partnership between Taylor and Slater which laid the foundation for a famous Ashes victory for Australia.
126 Rohit - Rahul Lord's 2021 After being put into bat in cloudy conditions on the morning of the second test match, the Indian opening pair of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul showed impeccable technique to keep the England new ball bowlers at bay.
The two added 126 for the opening partnership. While Rohit was the first one to depart, Rahul went on to make a sensational 129. With help from Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah on day 5, India managed to register a famous victory at Lord's - only their third such win.
(120) M Kent - G Wood The Oval 1981 and (120) A Petersen - G Smith Leeds 2012 are the other two performances worth remembering when visiting teams added more than 100 runs for the opening partnership after being put into bat first.
