Fow Highest Partnerships For Any Wicket

Cricket Records in 2000s 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
KC Sangakkara, MS Atapattu	438	2nd	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene	437	4th	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
JA Rudolph, HH Dippenaar	429*	3rd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
GC Smith, ND McKenzie	415	1st	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
V Sehwag, R Dravid	410	1st	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
VVS Laxman, R Dravid	376	5th	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
GC Smith, HH Gibbs	368	1st	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf	363	3rd	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman	353	4th	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
HAPW Jayawardene, DPMD Jayawardene	351	6th	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
GC Smith, HH Gibbs	338	1st	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag	336	3rd	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu	335	1st	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
RR Sarwan, CH Gayle	331	2nd	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
JH Kallis, HM Amla	330	3rd	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq	324	3rd	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
MEK Hussey, JN Gillespie	320	4th	Australia	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006	Test # 1799
Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf	319	3rd	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist	317	6th	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
RT Ponting, DS Lehmann	315	3rd	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
G Gambhir, R Dravid	314	2nd	India	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1901
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene	311	3rd	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood	310	4th	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
VVS Laxman, R Dravid	303	5th	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
GC Smith, HH Gibbs	301	1st	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
Yuvraj Singh, SC Ganguly	300	5th	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
CL Hooper, S Chanderpaul	293	5th	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
AJ Strauss, RWT Key	291	2nd	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
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
BC Lara, RD Jacobs	282*	6th	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
GP Thorpe, A Flintoff	281	6th	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu	281	1st	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 May 2004	Test # 1698
TT Samaraweera, TM Dilshan	280	5th	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
A Symonds, ML Hayden	279	6th	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
VVS Laxman, G Gambhir	278	4th	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss	273	1st	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
GC Smith, G Kirsten	272	2nd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
RT Ponting, ML Hayden	272	2nd	Australia	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
AG Prince, MV Boucher	271	6th	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
LRPL Taylor, JD Ryder	271	4th	New Zealand	v India	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal	269	6th	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
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
MP Vaughan, GP Thorpe	267	3rd	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
AG Prince, JH Kallis	267	5th	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
RR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul	262*	5th	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene	262	3rd	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
RR Sarwan, D Ramdin	261	6th	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
Yousuf Youhana, Inzamam-ul-Haq	259	4th	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
G Gambhir, R Dravid	259	2nd	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
GC Smith, G Kirsten	257	2nd	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
G Kirsten, HH Gibbs	256	1st	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist	256	6th	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 2005	Test # 1742
JEC Franklin, SP Fleming	256	8th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers	256	5th	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
JL Langer, ML Hayden	255	1st	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
MP Vaughan, ME Trescothick	255	2nd	England	v Bangladesh	Lord's	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
AC Parore, NJ Astle	253	8th	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
JH Kallis, HH Gibbs	251	3rd	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
SR Waugh, DS Lehmann	250	4th	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
SR Tendulkar, R Dravid	249	3rd	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly	249	4th	India	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002	Test # 1613
G Kirsten, JH Kallis	249	4th	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
Yousuf Youhana, Saqlain Mushtaq	248	7th	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
RT Ponting, JL Langer	248	2nd	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
GC Smith, AB de Villiers	245	1st	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke	245	4th	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
RT Ponting, DR Martyn	242	3rd	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
JL Langer, ML Hayden	242	1st	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf	242	3rd	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
RT Ponting, SM Katich	239	2nd	Australia	v England	Cardiff	8 Jul 2009	Test # 1922
V Sehwag, R Dravid	237	2nd	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva	234	5th	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
G Kirsten, JH Kallis	234	3rd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
RT Ponting, ML Hayden	234	2nd	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
BP Nash, S Chanderpaul	234	5th	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist	233	6th	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
AN Cook, PD Collingwood	233	4th	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2006	Test # 1809
V Sehwag, G Gambhir	233	1st	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
RR Sarwan, BC Lara	232	3rd	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
L Vincent, MH Richardson	231	1st	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
MEK Hussey, ML Hayden	231	1st	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
PA de Silva, MS Atapattu	230	3rd	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
AJ Strauss, AN Cook	229	1st	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
G Kirsten, HH Gibbs	227	2nd	South Africa	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers	227	3rd	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
MG Vandort, DPMD Jayawardene	227	3rd	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	9 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
JDP Oram, CL Cairns	225	7th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
GC Smith, HM Amla	225	2nd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
JL Langer, ML Hayden	224	1st	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
R Dravid, MS Dhoni	224	6th	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
WPUJC Vaas, HAPW Jayawardene	223*	7th	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
JL Langer, ML Hayden	223	1st	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
SM Katich, PA Jaques	223	1st	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
CD McMillan, NJ Astle	222	5th	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
ME Waugh, RT Ponting	221	3rd	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
M Vijay, V Sehwag	221	1st	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag	220	5th	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]