Highest Partnership in Test Cricket
Published on: Nov 25, 2023 10:56 am IST|Updated on: Nov 25, 2023 1:01 pm IST
There are few things in cricket better than watching stylish batsmen playing textbook shots all around the ground. Think Michael Vaughan cover drives and Brian Lara pull shots, or Sachin Tendulkar playing pretty much anything out of the coaching manual.
In the middle era, you hardly saw batsmen more easy on the eye than Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. Fortunately for spectators around the world, they used to bat at No. 3 and No. 4 in the same Sri Lankan team, and they have shared a batting order ever since the former made his debut against South Africa back in 2000.
Top 10 Highest Partnership in Test Cricket
| Partnership Runs | Wicket | Batsmen | Team | Opponent | Venue | Date | |
| 1 | 624 | 3rd | K Sangakkara, M Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 27/07/2006 |
| 2 | 576 | 2nd | S Jayasuriya, R Mahanama | Sri Lanka | India | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 02/08/1997 |
| 3 | 467 | 3rd | A Jones, M Crowe | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 31/01/1991 |
| 4 | 451 | 3rd | Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad | Pakistan | India | Niaz Stadium, Pakistan | 14/01/1983 |
| 5 | 451 | 2nd | W H Ponsford, D Bradman | Australia | England | Kennington Oval, London | 18/08/1934 |
| 6 | 449 | 4th | A Voges, S Marsh | Australia | West Indies | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 10/12/2015 |
| 7 | 446 | 2nd | C Hunte, G Sobers | West Indies | Pakistan | Sabina Park, Jamaica | 26/02/1958 |
| 8 | 438 | 2nd | M Atapattu, K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | 14/05/2004 |
| 9 | 437 | 4th | M Jayawardene, T Samaraweera | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | National Stadium (Karachi) | 21/02/2009 |
| 10 | 429* | 3rd | J Rudolph, H Dippenaar | South Africa | Bangladesh | MA Aziz Stadium, Chattogram | 24/04/2003 |
One of the most recent stand of 363 runs came in March this year between two Kiwi players Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls against Sri Lanka in Wellington. So as for India, a 317-run stand came for India in 2019 between Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal in Vishakhapatnam against South Africa.
Surprisingly, there are no innings in the list of top TEN in the last 8 years. It somehow denotes that, the modern cricket game is unknowingly leaning towards limited over cricket. Not only the audience but also players are slowly losing their temperament in Red-ball cricket. If we leave Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Kraigg Brathwaite, and Dimuth Karunaratne; there is no such batsman comes in this band who can show his temperament with the cricket bat and make alive this best format of cricket.
Who holds the highest partnership in test cricket for India?
Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad forged an enduring partnership that etched their names in Indian cricket history in 1956. This remarkable duo established the record for the highest test partnership for India, amassing a formidable 413 runs as a pair against New Zealand.
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