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Highest partnerships by runs

Rank	Partners	Runs	Wickets	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene	624	3rd	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
🥈 2	KC Sangakkara, MS Atapattu	438	2nd	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
🥉 3	TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene	437	4th	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
4	JA Rudolph, HH Dippenaar	429*	3rd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
5	GC Smith, ND McKenzie	415	1st	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
6	V Sehwag, R Dravid	410	1st	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
7	VVS Laxman, R Dravid	376	5th	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
8	GC Smith, HH Gibbs	368	1st	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
9	Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf	363	3rd	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
10	SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman	353	4th	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
11	HAPW Jayawardene, DPMD Jayawardene	351	6th	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
12	GC Smith, HH Gibbs	338	1st	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
13	SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag	336	3rd	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
14	ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu	335	1st	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
15	RR Sarwan, CH Gayle	331	2nd	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
16	JH Kallis, HM Amla	330	3rd	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
17	Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq	324	3rd	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
18	MEK Hussey, JN Gillespie	320	4th	Australia	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006	Test # 1799
19	Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf	319	3rd	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
20	DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist	317	6th	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
21	RT Ponting, DS Lehmann	315	3rd	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
22	G Gambhir, R Dravid	314	2nd	India	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1901
23	KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene	311	3rd	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
24	KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood	310	4th	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
25	VVS Laxman, R Dravid	303	5th	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
26	GC Smith, HH Gibbs	301	1st	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
27	Yuvraj Singh, SC Ganguly	300	5th	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
28	CL Hooper, S Chanderpaul	293	5th	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
29	AJ Strauss, RWT Key	291	2nd	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
30	KP Pietersen, IR Bell	286	4th	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
31	WW Hinds, S Chanderpaul	284	4th	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
32	BC Lara, RD Jacobs	282*	6th	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
33	GP Thorpe, A Flintoff	281	6th	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
33	ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu	281	1st	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 May 2004	Test # 1698
35	TT Samaraweera, TM Dilshan	280	5th	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
36	A Symonds, ML Hayden	279	6th	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
37	VVS Laxman, G Gambhir	278	4th	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
38	ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss	273	1st	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
39	GC Smith, G Kirsten	272	2nd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
39	RT Ponting, ML Hayden	272	2nd	Australia	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
41	AG Prince, MV Boucher	271	6th	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
41	LRPL Taylor, JD Ryder	271	4th	New Zealand	v India	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
43	Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal	269	6th	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
44	ME Trescothick, GP Thorpe	268	3rd	England	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
44	V Sehwag, R Dravid	268	2nd	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
46	MP Vaughan, GP Thorpe	267	3rd	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
46	AG Prince, JH Kallis	267	5th	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
48	RR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul	262*	5th	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
49	TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene	262	3rd	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
50	RR Sarwan, D Ramdin	261	6th	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
51	Yousuf Youhana, Inzamam-ul-Haq	259	4th	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
51	G Gambhir, R Dravid	259	2nd	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
53	GC Smith, G Kirsten	257	2nd	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
54	G Kirsten, HH Gibbs	256	1st	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
54	DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist	256	6th	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 2005	Test # 1742
54	JEC Franklin, SP Fleming	256	8th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
54	JH Kallis, AB de Villiers	256	5th	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
58	JL Langer, ML Hayden	255	1st	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
58	MP Vaughan, ME Trescothick	255	2nd	England	v Bangladesh	Lord's	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
60	AC Parore, NJ Astle	253	8th	New Zealand	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
61	JH Kallis, HH Gibbs	251	3rd	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
62	SR Waugh, DS Lehmann	250	4th	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
63	SR Tendulkar, R Dravid	249	3rd	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
63	SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly	249	4th	India	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002	Test # 1613
63	G Kirsten, JH Kallis	249	4th	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
66	Yousuf Youhana, Saqlain Mushtaq	248	7th	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
66	RT Ponting, JL Langer	248	2nd	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
68	GC Smith, AB de Villiers	245	1st	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
68	MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke	245	4th	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
70	RT Ponting, DR Martyn	242	3rd	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
70	JL Langer, ML Hayden	242	1st	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
70	Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf	242	3rd	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
73	RT Ponting, SM Katich	239	2nd	Australia	v England	Cardiff	8 Jul 2009	Test # 1922
74	V Sehwag, R Dravid	237	2nd	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
75	ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva	234	5th	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
75	G Kirsten, JH Kallis	234	3rd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
75	RT Ponting, ML Hayden	234	2nd	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
75	BP Nash, S Chanderpaul	234	5th	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
79	ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist	233	6th	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
79	AN Cook, PD Collingwood	233	4th	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2006	Test # 1809
79	V Sehwag, G Gambhir	233	1st	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
82	RR Sarwan, BC Lara	232	3rd	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
83	L Vincent, MH Richardson	231	1st	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
83	MEK Hussey, ML Hayden	231	1st	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
85	PA de Silva, MS Atapattu	230	3rd	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
86	AJ Strauss, AN Cook	229	1st	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
87	G Kirsten, HH Gibbs	227	2nd	South Africa	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
87	JH Kallis, AB de Villiers	227	3rd	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
87	MG Vandort, DPMD Jayawardene	227	3rd	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	9 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
90	JDP Oram, CL Cairns	225	7th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
90	GC Smith, HM Amla	225	2nd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
92	JL Langer, ML Hayden	224	1st	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
92	R Dravid, MS Dhoni	224	6th	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
94	WPUJC Vaas, HAPW Jayawardene	223*	7th	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
95	JL Langer, ML Hayden	223	1st	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
95	SM Katich, PA Jaques	223	1st	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
97	CD McMillan, NJ Astle	222	5th	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
98	ME Waugh, RT Ponting	221	3rd	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
98	M Vijay, V Sehwag	221	1st	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
100	SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag	220	5th	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564

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