The ICC Cricket World Cup has produced some stellar performances with the ball as well as with the bat. Sometimes, it is the bowlers who need to come good with the bat too in order to frustrate the opposition a bit and break their rhythm.
There is nothing more frustrating for the bowlers than the lower order scoring runs against them even when the top order has collapsed. There have been some performances by the No. 11 batsmen which would surprise everybody, even themselves.
In the list of partnerships with most runs for the tenth wicket in the World Cup, only 3 pairs appear from the World Cups in the 21st century. Here is the list:
| Span | Player 1 | Runs | Player 2 | Team | Average |
| 1999-1999 | Allan Donald | 83 | Lance Klusener | South Africa | 41.5 |
| 1999-2003 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 77 | Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 25.66 |
| 1983-1983 | Joel Garner | 71 | Andy Roberts | West Indies | 71 |
| 1983-1983 | Ewen Chatfield | 65 | Martin Snedden | New Zealand | 65 |
| 1975-1975 | Deryck Murray | 64 | Andy Roberts | West Indies | - |
| 2007-2007 | James Franklin | 59 | Jeetan Patel | New Zealand | 59 |
| 1975-1979 | Bishan Singh Bedi | 47 | S Venkataraghavan | India | 11.75 |
| 2007-2007 | Corey Collymore | 46 | Daren Powell | West Indies | 46 |
| 2015-2015 | Pat Cummins | 45 | Brad Haddin | Australia | 45 |
| 1983-1983 | Syed Kirmani | 44 | Balwinder Sandhu | India | 22 |
The highest partnership by 10th wicket in World Cup is 83 between South Africans Allan Donald and Lance Klusener. This pair averaged 41.5 in the 1999 World Cup.
In terms of average, the highest is a whopping 71, between the West Indian fast bowlers Joel Garner and Andy Roberts. They achieved this feat in the 1983 World Cup. Andy Roberts also shared a good partnership for the 10th wicket with Deryck Murray. They scored 64 runs in the 1975 World Cup and neither of them got out.
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