Cricket in Test matches
Highest partnerships by runs
Partners | Runs | Wkt | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 624 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1810 |
BA Stokes, JM Bairstow | 399 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
SR Waugh, GS Blewett | 385 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Feb 1997 | Test # 1356 |
WJ Edrich, DCS Compton | 370 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 |
C Washbrook, L Hutton | 359 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 |
RR Sarwan, CH Gayle | 331 | 2nd | West Indies | v South Africa | St John's | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 |
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist | 317 | 6th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 |
RG Sharma, MA Agarwal | 317 | 1st | India | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 2 Oct 2019 | Test # 2363 |
G Pullar, MC Cowdrey | 290 | 1st | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Aug 1960 | Test # 496 |
KP Pietersen, IR Bell | 286 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 |
WW Hinds, S Chanderpaul | 284 | 4th | West Indies | v South Africa | Georgetown | 31 Mar 2005 | Test # 1745 |
PA Gibb, WJ Edrich | 280 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
CC McDonald, AL Hassett | 275 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 | Test # 364 |
WM Woodfull, DG Bradman | 274 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1931 | Test # 214 |
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss | 273 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 |
MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke | 272 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 | Test # 2061 |
H Sutcliffe, JB Hobbs | 268 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 |
ME Trescothick, GP Thorpe | 268 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 |
V Sehwag, R Dravid | 268 | 2nd | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 |
RG Sharma, AM Rahane | 267 | 4th | India | v South Africa | Ranchi | 19 Oct 2019 | Test # 2365 |
VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni | 259* | 7th | India | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 14 Feb 2010 | Test # 1952 |
EJM Cowan, MJ Clarke | 259 | 4th | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 9 Nov 2012 | Test # 2056 |
JEC Franklin, SP Fleming | 256 | 8th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 | Test # 1800 |
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag | 249 | 3rd | India | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 14 Feb 2010 | Test # 1952 |
RES Wyatt, FE Woolley | 245 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 |
C Kelleway, W Bardsley | 242 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Lord's | 15 Jul 1912 | Test # 125 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 242 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 |
DA Warner, SPD Smith | 239 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 | Test # 2485 |
NWD Yardley, DCS Compton | 237 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
JHW Fingleton, WA Brown | 233 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1936 | Test # 249 |
SPD Smith, SE Marsh | 233 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 |
KS Williamson, R Ravindra | 232 | 3rd | New Zealand | v South Africa | Mount Maunganui | 4 Feb 2024 | Test # 2528 |
GE Tyldesley, H Sutcliffe | 230 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 |
WJ Edrich, DCS Compton | 228 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 |
MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke | 228 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 9 Nov 2012 | Test # 2056 |
AJ Stewart, MA Atherton | 226 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 |
JDP Oram, CL Cairns | 225 | 7th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Auckland | 18 Mar 2004 | Test # 1689 |
V Kohli, RA Jadeja | 225 | 5th | India | v South Africa | Pune | 10 Oct 2019 | Test # 2364 |
C Hill, W Bardsley | 224 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 9 Dec 1910 | Test # 111 |
SR Tendulkar, M Azharuddin | 222 | 6th | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1997 | Test # 1349 |
CA Pujara, V Kohli | 222 | 3rd | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 | Test # 2108 |
W Rhodes, JB Hobbs | 221 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 |
H Sutcliffe, WR Hammond | 221 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 15 Jun 1929 | Test # 181 |
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag | 220 | 5th | India | v South Africa | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 |
BP Nash, S Chanderpaul | 220 | 4th | West Indies | v South Africa | Basseterre | 18 Jun 2010 | Test # 1961 |
IR Redpath, WM Lawry | 219 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1964 | Test # 549 |
JL Langer, ML Hayden | 219 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 2 Jan 2002 | Test # 1582 |
Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq | 219 | 5th | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 |
V Sehwag, G Gambhir | 218 | 1st | India | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 | Test # 1722 |
AR Morris, J Moroney | 214 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 |
V Sehwag, W Jaffer | 213 | 1st | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 |
JM Gregory, HL Collins | 209 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 |
SPD Smith, UT Khawaja | 209 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 4 Jan 2023 | Test # 2488 |
SR Waugh, AR Border | 208 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1994 | Test # 1246 |
JM Parks, KF Barrington | 206* | 6th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 |
DA Warner, AJ Doolan | 205 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 |
BA Stokes, OJ Pope | 203 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 |
C Kelleway, W Bardsley | 202 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 May 1912 | Test # 121 |
JL Langer, ML Hayden | 202 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2001 | Test # 1580 |
RT Ponting, ML Hayden | 201 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 | Test # 1792 |
WR Hammond, LEG Ames | 197 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 |
Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq | 197 | 5th | Pakistan | v South Africa | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Oct 2013 | Test # 2100 |
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu | 193 | 1st | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 20 Jul 2000 | Test # 1504 |
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 192 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Aug 2004 | Test # 1710 |
ER Dexter, KF Barrington | 191 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 |
CC McDonald, JW Burke | 190 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 |
KS Williamson, JA Raval | 190 | 2nd | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 25 Mar 2017 | Test # 2257 |
N Hussain, MA Butcher | 189 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 | Test # 1654 |
H Sutcliffe, WR Hammond | 187* | 2nd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1929 | Test # 185 |
AR Morris, RN Harvey | 187 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 |
Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq | 186* | 4th | Pakistan | v South Africa | Dubai (DICS) | 12 Nov 2010 | Test # 1976 |
H Masakadza, A Flower | 186 | 4th | Zimbabwe | v South Africa | Harare | 7 Sep 2001 | Test # 1562 |
E Paynter, PA Gibb | 184 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 |
SM Katich, PJ Hughes | 184 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 |
SPD Smith, MJ Clarke | 184 | 4th | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Mar 2014 | Test # 2122 |
DL Vettori, JDP Oram | 183 | 7th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 | Test # 1798 |
AJ Strauss, RWT Key | 182 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 |
RT Ponting, ML Hayden | 182 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 2 Jan 2006 | Test # 1780 |
ME Waugh, ML Hayden | 181 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 14 Dec 2001 | Test # 1576 |
M Leyland, LEG Ames | 179 | 5th | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 |
MA Butcher, MA Atherton | 179 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 4 Jun 1998 | Test # 1417 |
AM Rahane, V Kohli | 178 | 4th | India | v South Africa | Pune | 10 Oct 2019 | Test # 2364 |
SJ McCabe, JHW Fingleton | 177 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1935 | Test # 248 |
JE Root, MM Ali | 177 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 6 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 |
WM Woodfull, DG Bradman | 176 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 | Test # 215 |
JR Reid, JEF Beck | 176 | 5th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1954 | Test # 379 |
SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir | 176 | 3rd | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2011 | Test # 1988 |
MN Samuels, KC Brathwaite | 176 | 3rd | West Indies | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2014 | Test # 2153 |
RR Sarwan, CH Gayle | 174 | 4th | West Indies | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Jan 2004 | Test # 1682 |
SR Watson, PJ Hughes | 174 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 17 Nov 2011 | Test # 2018 |
BA Stokes, BT Foakes | 173 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 25 Aug 2022 | Test # 2475 |
SR Tendulkar, MS Dhoni | 172 | 7th | India | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 |
BW Sinclair, SN McGregor | 171 | 4th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Auckland | 13 Mar 1964 | Test # 560 |
R Dravid, D Dasgupta | 171 | 2nd | India | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Nov 2001 | Test # 1569 |
J Moroney, RN Harvey | 170 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 |
WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene | 170 | 8th | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 4 Aug 2004 | Test # 1709 |
IJL Trott, AN Cook | 170 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 |
ME Waugh, MA Taylor | 169 | 4th | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1993 | Test # 1242 |
RG Sharma, CA Pujara | 169 | 2nd | India | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 2 Oct 2019 | Test # 2363 |
E Paynter, PA Gibb | 168 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]
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