The highest-scoring batting partnership in a one-day international is 331, by Sachin Tendulkar (186 not out) and Rahul Dravid (153) for India v. New Zealand, at Hyderabad, India, on November 8, 1999.

Cricket, outdoor game played with a ball and bat, between two teams of 11 players each. The ball weighs from 5.5 to 5.75 oz (from 156 to 163 g) and is slightly smaller than a baseball; it is made of twine wound around a cork core and enclosed in hard leather. The bat is a flat, paddle-shaped piece of willow 38 in (96 cm) long and 4.25 in (10.8 cm) wide, with a cane handle. The cricket field, or ground, may range in size from about 450 ft by 500 ft (about 137 m by 152 m) to about 525 ft by 550 ft (about 160 m by 168 m). In the center of the field, parallel to its short ends, is an area called the pitch. The pitch contains two wickets, 66 ft (20 m) apart. Each wicket consists of three wooden stumps, 28 in (71 cm) high, placed equidistant in a straight line so that the distance between the first and third stumps is 9 in (23 cm). On top of the stumps two strips of wood, between 4 and 4.5 in (10.1 and 11.4 cm) long and known as bails, are placed end to end in grooves. The wicket is centered lengthwise in a white line, 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) long, known as the bowling crease. Another white line, called the popping crease, or simply the crease, is drawn 4 ft (1.2 m) in front of and parallel to each bowling crease. Two parallel white lines, called return creases, run perpendicular to the bowling and popping creases, forming a rectangular area. The central action of the game takes place between the batsman, who stands behind the popping crease, and the bowler, who delivers the ball from the opposite end of the pitch, bowling from the area between the return creases while keeping the front foot on or behind the popping crease.