On Sunday 12 May 2025, Colombia and Mexico were contesting the 5th and final match of a T20 series, the ‘Gulf Series Cup’, in Barranquilla, Colombia.
On a wicket which offered increasing help to the bowlers as the series progressed, Mexico set a good total of 120/9 off their 20 overs. And after 14 overs, Colombia had been reduced to 65/9. Felix Sullivan was the not out batsman and Oscar Snow joined him at the crease. The pair scored 56 runs, Sullivan finished on 39, winning the match with a 6 and having two balls to spare.
This smashes by ten runs the previous T20 record of 46 for a last wicket chase, set in a first class game in Sri Lanka between Basnahira and Wayamba. There have been four higher T20 last wicket partnerships, but those were all by players in teams that lost the match. This therefore seems to be the highest successful chase by the last wicket pair in a reported T20 match. The achievement is even more remarkable considering it took place in an international and involved the number 10 and 11
batsmen. Most high 10th wicket partnerships involve a top order batter and tail-ender.
Sullivan and Snow are good friends who both play for Santa Marta cricket club and have shared the crease in many regional and national cricket tournaments. Snow making his debut for Colombia during the series. They both work for El Rio Foundation, an NGO that runs community projects in a post-conflict zone on Colombia’s North Caribbean coast, including two junior cricket clubs.
Although Colombia won this match, Mexico prevailed 3-2 in the series.
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Note – Sullivan and Snow are both originally from the UK. Both teams featured resident expats in their teams, as is typical in South America, but with Colombia also including an unprecedented 9 cricketers born in the country in its squad, reflecting the recent growth of the sport.
Note – highest T20 10th wicket scores. Note all scores higher than 56 are by players in teams that lost.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/highest-partnership-for-the-tenth-wicket-305262