Highest Partnership in Test

The highest partnerships in the TEST highlight some of the most dominant batting performances in TEST cricket. Building a strong partnership is crucial for setting big totals, and few pairs have done it better than Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.

The record for the highest partnership in TEST history is held by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who put together a massive 624-run stand for the 3rd wicket against the South Africa on Jul 27, 2006. This iconic partnership remains one of the greatest batting displays in TEST history.

Interestingly, the same duo also holds the second-highest partnership, scoring 576 runs for the 2nd wicket against the India on Aug 02, 1997. Their consistency and explosive batting made them one of the most dangerous pairs in TEST history.

These record-breaking partnerships not only helped their team dominate matches but also set new benchmarks for batting excellence in the league.

Highest Partnership in Test History

Here is the list of all Highest Partnership in Test history:

#	Players	Runs	Wicket	Against	Date
1	Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene	624	3rd	South Africa	Jul 27, 2006
2	Roshan Mahanama Sanath Jayasuriya	576	2nd	India	Aug 02, 1997
3	Andrew Jones Martin Crowe	467	3rd	Sri Lanka	Jan 31, 1991
4	Harry Brook Joe Root	454	4th	Pakistan	Oct 07, 2024
5	Mudassar Nazar Javed Miandad	451	3rd	India	Jan 14, 1983
6	Don Bradman Bill Ponsford	451	2nd	England	Aug 18, 1934
7	Adam Voges Shaun Marsh	449	4th	West Indies	Dec 10, 2015
8	Sir Conrad Hunte Sir Garry Sobers	446	2nd	Pakistan	Feb 26, 1958
9	Marvan Atapattu Kumar Sangakkara	438	2nd	Zimbabwe	May 14, 2004
10	Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera	437	4th	Pakistan	Feb 21, 2009
11	Jacques Rudolph Boeta Dippenaar	429	3rd	Bangladesh	Apr 24, 2003
12	Graeme Smith Neil McKenzie	415	1st	Bangladesh	Feb 29, 2008
13	Pankaj Roy Vinoo Mankad	413	1st	New Zealand	Jan 06, 1956
14	Colin Cowdrey Peter May	411	4th	West Indies	May 30, 1957
15	Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid	410	1st	Pakistan	Jan 13, 2006
16	Don Bradman Sid Barnes	405	5th	England	Dec 13, 1946
17	Sir Garry Sobers Frank Worrell	399	4th	England	Jan 06, 1960
18	Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes	399	6th	South Africa	Jan 02, 2016
19	Qasim Umar Javed Miandad	397	3rd	Sri Lanka	Oct 16, 1985
20	Bill Ponsford Don Bradman	388	4th	England	Jul 20, 1934
21	Terry Jarvis Glenn Turner	387	1st	West Indies	Apr 06, 1972
22	Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke	386	4th	India	Jan 24, 2012
23	Steve Waugh Greg Blewett	385	5th	South Africa	Feb 28, 1997
24	Maurice Leyland Sir Leonard Hutton	382	2nd	Australia	Aug 20, 1938
25	Bobby Simpson Bill Lawry	382	1st	West Indies	May 05, 1965
26	Jacques Kallis Hashim Amla	377	3rd	England	Jul 19, 2012
27	VVS Laxman Rahul Dravid	376	5th	Australia	Mar 11, 2001
28	Bill Edrich Denis Compton	370	3rd	South Africa	Jun 21, 1947
29	Cheteshwar Pujara Murali Vijay	370	2nd	Australia	Mar 02, 2013
30	Ken Barrington John Edrich	369	2nd	New Zealand	Jul 08, 1965
31	Kane Williamson Henry Nicholls	369	4th	Pakistan	Jan 03, 2021
32	Graeme Smith Herschelle Gibbs	368	1st	Pakistan	Jan 02, 2003
33	Ajinkya Rahane Virat Kohli	365	4th	New Zealand	Oct 08, 2016
34	Kane Williamson BJ Watling	365	6th	Sri Lanka	Jan 03, 2015
35	Hashmatullah Shahidi Rahmat Shah	364	3rd	Zimbabwe	Dec 26, 2024
36	Mohammad Yousuf Younis Khan	363	3rd	England	Aug 04, 2006
37	Henry Nicholls Kane Williamson	363	3rd	Sri Lanka	Mar 17, 2023
38	David Warner Marnus Labuschagne	361	2nd	Pakistan	Nov 29, 2019
39	Sir Leonard Hutton Cyril Washbrook	359	1st	South Africa	Dec 27, 1948
40	Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim	359	5th	New Zealand	Jan 12, 2017
41	Jos Buttler Zak Crawley	359	5th	Pakistan	Aug 21, 2020
42	VVS Laxman Sachin Tendulkar	353	4th	Australia	Jan 02, 2004
43	Michael Clarke Ricky Ponting	352	4th	Pakistan	Jan 14, 2010
44	Brendon McCullum BJ Watling	352	6th	India	Feb 14, 2014
45	Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene	351	6th	India	Nov 16, 2009
46	David Gower Graham Gooch	351	2nd	Australia	Aug 29, 1985
47	Asif Iqbal Mushtaq Muhammad	350	4th	New Zealand	Feb 07, 1973
48	Ian Bell Kevin Pietersen	350	3rd	India	Aug 18, 2011
49	Clairmonte Depeiaza Denis Atkinson	347	7th	Australia	May 14, 1955
50	Jack Fingleton Don Bradman	346	6th	England	Jan 01, 1937
51	Dimuth Karunaratne Dhananjaya de Silva	345	4th	Bangladesh	Apr 21, 2021
52	Sunil Gavaskar Dilip Vengsarkar	344	2nd	West Indies	Dec 29, 1978
53	Graeme Pollock Eddie Barlow	341	3rd	Australia	Jan 24, 1964
54	Jacques Kallis Hashim Amla	340	3rd	India	Feb 06, 2010
55	Brendon McCullum Martin Guptill	339	6th	Bangladesh	Feb 15, 2010
56	Sir Everton Weekes Frank Worrell	338	3rd	England	Mar 17, 1954
57	Herschelle Gibbs Graeme Smith	338	1st	England	Jul 24, 2003
58	Graeme Smith AB de Villiers	338	5th	Pakistan	Oct 23, 2013
59	Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar	336	3rd	Pakistan	Mar 28, 2004
60	Bill Lawry Doug Walters	336	4th	West Indies	Feb 14, 1969
61	Tagenarine Chanderpaul Kraigg Brathwaite	336	1st	Zimbabwe	Feb 04, 2023
62	Sanath Jayasuriya Marvan Atapattu	335	1st	Pakistan	Jun 28, 2000
63	Michael Clarke Michael Hussey	334	5th	India	Jan 03, 2012
64	Stuart Broad Jonathan Trott	332	8th	Pakistan	Aug 26, 2010
65	Allan Border Steve Waugh	332	5th	England	Jul 22, 1993
66	Tim Robinson David Gower	331	2nd	Australia	Aug 15, 1985
67	Ramnaresh Sarwan Chris Gayle	331	2nd	South Africa	Apr 29, 2005
68	Jacques Kallis Hashim Amla	330	3rd	New Zealand	Nov 08, 2007
69	Alastair Cook Jonathan Trott	329	2nd	Australia	Nov 25, 2010
70	Geoff Marsh Mark Taylor	329	1st	England	Aug 10, 1989
71	Justin Langer Ricky Ponting	327	5th	Pakistan	Nov 26, 1999
72	Marlon Samuels Darren Bravo	326	3rd	Bangladesh	Nov 21, 2012
73	Inzamam-ul-Haq Younis Khan	324	3rd	India	Mar 24, 2005
74	Sir Jack Hobbs Wilfred Rhodes	323	1st	Australia	Feb 09, 1912
75	Aamer Sohail Inzamam-ul-Haq	323	3rd	West Indies	Nov 29, 1997

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