Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches
Highest partnerships by runs
Partners | Runs | Wkt | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
BA Stokes, JM Bairstow | 399 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 377* | 3rd | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 |
WJ Edrich, DCS Compton | 370 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 |
C Washbrook, L Hutton | 359 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 |
GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 338 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 | Test # 1651 |
AD Nourse, A Melville | 319 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
G Pullar, MC Cowdrey | 290 | 1st | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Aug 1960 | Test # 496 |
KP Pietersen, IR Bell | 286 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 |
PA Gibb, WJ Edrich | 280 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss | 273 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 |
H Sutcliffe, JB Hobbs | 268 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 |
ME Trescothick, GP Thorpe | 268 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 |
IJ Siedle, B Mitchell | 260 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 259 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 |
GC Smith, G Kirsten | 257 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 |
RES Wyatt, FE Woolley | 245 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 242 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 238 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 |
NWD Yardley, DCS Compton | 237 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
GE Tyldesley, H Sutcliffe | 230 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 230 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2010 | Test # 1946 |
WJ Edrich, DCS Compton | 228 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 |
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 |
AJ Stewart, MA Atherton | 226 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 |
W Rhodes, JB Hobbs | 221 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 |
H Sutcliffe, WR Hammond | 221 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 15 Jun 1929 | Test # 181 |
HW Taylor, HG Deane | 214 | 4th | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 17 Aug 1929 | Test # 185 |
AG Prince, AB de Villiers | 212 | 5th | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 18 Jul 2008 | Test # 1881 |
JM Parks, KF Barrington | 206* | 6th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 |
GC Smith, ND McKenzie | 204 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 |
BA Stokes, OJ Pope | 203 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 |
SC Cook, HM Amla | 202 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 |
CB van Ryneveld, EAB Rowan | 198 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 |
WR Hammond, LEG Ames | 197 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 |
G Kirsten, MV Boucher | 192 | 5th | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 |
PGV van der Bijl, B Mitchell | 191 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
ER Dexter, KF Barrington | 191 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 |
AD Nourse, B Mitchell | 190 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 |
N Hussain, MA Butcher | 189 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 | Test # 1654 |
H Sutcliffe, WR Hammond | 187* | 2nd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1929 | Test # 185 |
E Paynter, PA Gibb | 184 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 |
AD Nourse, B Mitchell | 184 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1947 | Test # 289 |
JN Rhodes, WJ Cronje | 184 | 5th | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 18 Jun 1998 | Test # 1419 |
AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 183 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
AJ Strauss, RWT Key | 182 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 |
M Leyland, LEG Ames | 179 | 5th | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 |
MA Butcher, MA Atherton | 179 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 4 Jun 1998 | Test # 1417 |
JE Root, MM Ali | 177 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 6 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 |
DJ McGlew, TL Goddard | 176 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 |
G Kirsten, DJ Cullinan | 176 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 |
BA Stokes, BT Foakes | 173 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 25 Aug 2022 | Test # 2475 |
AJ Pithey, EJ Barlow | 172 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 |
B Mitchell, RH Catterall | 171 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 15 Jun 1929 | Test # 181 |
PL Winslow, JHB Waite | 171 | 6th | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 |
F du Plessis, HM Amla | 171 | 4th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
IJL Trott, AN Cook | 170 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 |
E Paynter, PA Gibb | 168 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 |
CH Morris, T Bavuma | 167 | 7th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 165 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 164 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
EAB Rowan, AD Nourse | 162* | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 |
RES Wyatt, WR Hammond | 160 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 |
W Rhodes, JB Hobbs | 159 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 158 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 |
JHB Waite, AJ Pithey | 157 | 5th | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 |
G Boycott, KF Barrington | 157 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Feb 1965 | Test # 578 |
CP Mead, FT Mann | 156 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 | Test # 150 |
AJ Stewart, N Hussain | 156 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 |
HW Taylor, RH Catterall | 155 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 |
N Hussain, MA Atherton | 155 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 9 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 |
CW Wright, HR Bromley-Davenport | 154 | 8th | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 |
CP Mead, PGH Fender | 154 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 | Test # 150 |
JW Zulch, HW Taylor | 153 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1914 | Test # 132 |
A Sandham, CAG Russell | 153 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 9 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 |
W Rhodes, CP Mead | 152 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 |
N Hussain, MA Atherton | 152 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 | Test # 1421 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 152 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 |
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss | 152 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 17 Dec 2004 | Test # 1728 |
SCJ Broad, IR Bell | 152 | 7th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 |
M Leyland, WR Hammond | 151 | 4th | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 |
JF Crapp, DCS Compton | 150 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 |
WW Wade, B Mitchell | 150 | 4th | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 |
M Zondeki, G Kirsten | 150 | 8th | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 | Test # 1656 |
GC Smith, JH Kallis | 150 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 |
HW Taylor, RH Catterall | 148 | 4th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 |
PGV van der Bijl, EAB Rowan | 147 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 |
DJ McGlew, TL Goddard | 147 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 |
JWA Taylor, KP Pietersen | 147 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 2 Aug 2012 | Test # 2051 |
KG Viljoen, A Melville | 145* | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
GL Jessop, LC Braund | 145 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 1 Jul 1907 | Test # 93 |
MA Butcher, MA Atherton | 145 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 | Test # 1421 |
IJL Trott, KP Pietersen | 145 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 |
RT Simpson, L Hutton | 144 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 |
DCS Compton, TE Bailey | 144 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 |
GC White, AW Nourse | 143 | 4th | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 |
FE Woolley, JB Hobbs | 142 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 |
GP Thorpe, MA Atherton | 142 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 4 Aug 1994 | Test # 1264 |
GA Hick, MA Atherton | 142 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Nov 1995 | Test # 1312 |
ME Trescothick, MA Butcher | 142 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 | Test # 1656 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]
India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]
India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]
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