View the full list of the highest partnerships in Test cricket after Joe Root and Harry Brook produced England’s highest Test partnership of all time with a stand of 454 against Pakistan.
Highest partnerships for any wicket in Tests
Partners | Match | Runs |
Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v South Africa (2006) | 624 |
Roshan Mahanama & Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v India (1997) | 576 |
Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones | New Zealand v Sri Lanka (1991) | 467 |
Joe Root & Harry Brook | England v Pakistan (2024) | 454 |
Don Bradman & Bill Ponsford | Australia v England (1934) | 451 |
Mudassar Nazar & Javed Miandad | Pakistan v India (1983) | 451 |
Adam Voges & Shaun Marsh | Australia v West Indies (2015) | 449 |
Garfield Sobers & Conrad Hunte | West Indies v Pakistan (1958) | 446 |
Kumar Sangakkara & Marvan Atapattu | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (2004) | 438 |
Root and Brook were in imperious form as the Yorkshire duo each scored double centuries in a phenomenal innings.
Brook reached the 250 mark in just 282 deliveries, while Root swiftly surpassed his previous highest Test score of 254 before being dismissed for 262.
They eased past England's previous highest-ever Test partnership of 411, which was recorded by Peter May and Colin Cowdrey against the West Indies at Edgbaston in 1957.
Per the BBC, it's only the second time in Test history that England have had two double centurions in the same Test innings, with the feat previously accomplished by Graeme Fowler and Mike Gatting against India in 1985.
The 624-run stand of Sri Lankan pair Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene remains the highest partnership in Test history, a match that Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs against South Africa in July 2006.
They surpassed the record which was previously set by compatriots Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya, who totalled 576 in a second-wicket partnership against India in 1997.
Stats correct as of 10th October 2024.
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