Highest partnerships in Tests held in England
Highest partnerships by runs
Partners | Runs | Wickets | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
WH Ponsford, DG Bradman | 451 | 2nd | Australia | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 | Test # 237 |
PBH May, MC Cowdrey | 411 | 4th | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 | Test # 439 |
BA Stokes, JM Bairstow | 399 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
WH Ponsford, DG Bradman | 388 | 4th | Australia | v England | Leeds | 20 Jul 1934 | Test # 236 |
SR Waugh, GS Blewett | 385 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Feb 1997 | Test # 1356 |
M Leyland, L Hutton | 382 | 2nd | England | v Australia | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 | Test # 266 |
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 |
JH Edrich, KF Barrington | 369 | 2nd | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 8 Jul 1965 | Test # 593 |
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 |
C Washbrook, L Hutton | 359 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 |
Z Crawley, JC Buttler | 359 | 5th | England | v Pakistan | Southampton | 21 Aug 2020 | Test # 2393 |
DI Gower, GA Gooch | 351 | 2nd | England | v Australia | The Oval | 29 Aug 1985 | Test # 1022 |
KP Pietersen, IR Bell | 350 | 3rd | England | v India | The Oval | 18 Aug 2011 | Test # 2004 |
GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 338 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 | Test # 1651 |
SR Waugh, AR Border | 332* | 5th | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1993 | Test # 1227 |
IJL Trott, SCJ Broad | 332 | 8th | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 26 Aug 2010 | Test # 1971 |
RT Robinson, DI Gower | 331 | 2nd | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 | Test # 1021 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 330 | 3rd | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 8 Nov 2007 | Test # 1846 |
MA Taylor, GR Marsh | 329 | 1st | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 | Test # 1125 |
Saleem Malik, Javed Miandad | 322 | 4th | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 4 Jun 1992 | Test # 1189 |
AD Nourse, A Melville | 319 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist | 317 | 6th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 |
AJ Lamb, GA Gooch | 308 | 3rd | England | v India | Lord's | 26 Jul 1990 | Test # 1148 |
AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 308 | 4th | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 |
IVA Richards, AI Kallicharran | 303 | 3rd | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 3 Jun 1976 | Test # 777 |
JL Smith, HC Brook | 303 | 6th | England | v India | Birmingham | 2 Jul 2025 | Test # 2591 |
AR Morris, DG Bradman | 301 | 2nd | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1948 | Test # 302 |
GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 301 | 1st | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 16 Jan 2004 | Test # 1682 |
JP Duminy, HM Amla | 292 | 3rd | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 12 Jan 2017 | Test # 2247 |
Zaheer Abbas, Mushtaq Mohammad | 291 | 2nd | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 3 Jun 1971 | Test # 687 |
AJ Strauss, RWT Key | 291 | 2nd | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 22 Jul 2004 | Test # 1707 |
G Pullar, MC Cowdrey | 290 | 1st | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Aug 1960 | Test # 496 |
GP Thorpe, N Hussain | 288 | 4th | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 5 Jun 1997 | Test # 1368 |
CG Greenidge, HA Gomes | 287* | 2nd | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 28 Jun 1984 | Test # 990 |
KP Pietersen, IR Bell | 286 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 |
SPD Smith, TM Head | 285 | 4th | Australia | v India | The Oval | 7 Jun 2023 | Test # 2505 |
SPD Smith, CJL Rogers | 284 | 2nd | Australia | v England | Lord's | 16 Jul 2015 | Test # 2171 |
FMM Worrell, ED Weekes | 283 | 4th | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 20 Jul 1950 | Test # 325 |
PA Gibb, WJ Edrich | 280 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
RB McCosker, IM Chappell | 277 | 2nd | Australia | v England | The Oval | 28 Aug 1975 | Test # 763 |
GS Sobers, DAJ Holford | 274* | 6th | West Indies | v England | Lord's | 16 Jun 1966 | Test # 606 |
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 |
AG Prince, MV Boucher | 271 | 6th | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Centurion | 26 Nov 2008 | Test # 1895 |
JE Root, JM Bairstow | 269* | 4th | England | v India | Birmingham | 1 Jul 2022 | Test # 2470 |
H Sutcliffe, JB Hobbs | 268 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 |
RT Ponting, MTG Elliott | 268 | 5th | Australia | v England | Leeds | 24 Jul 1997 | Test # 1373 |
ME Trescothick, GP Thorpe | 268 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 |
MP Vaughan, GP Thorpe | 267 | 3rd | England | v Pakistan | Manchester | 31 May 2001 | Test # 1547 |
TS Worthington, WR Hammond | 266 | 4th | England | v India | The Oval | 15 Aug 1936 | Test # 254 |
PE Richardson, TW Graveney | 266 | 2nd | England | v West Indies | Nottingham | 4 Jul 1957 | Test # 441 |
GS Sobers, SM Nurse | 265 | 5th | West Indies | v England | Leeds | 4 Aug 1966 | Test # 608 |
L Hutton, WR Hammond | 264 | 3rd | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 19 Aug 1939 | Test # 274 |
GA Gooch, MA Atherton | 263 | 2nd | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 2 Jun 1994 | Test # 1260 |
IJ Siedle, B Mitchell | 260 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 |
MA Taylor, MJ Slater | 260 | 1st | Australia | v England | Lord's | 17 Jun 1993 | Test # 1224 |
BA Stokes, DP Sibley | 260 | 4th | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 16 Jul 2020 | Test # 2389 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 259 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 |
JE Root, AN Cook | 259 | 3rd | England | v India | The Oval | 7 Sep 2018 | Test # 2318 |
GC Smith, G Kirsten | 257 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 |
JEC Franklin, SP Fleming | 256 | 8th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 | Test # 1800 |
SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly | 255 | 3rd | India | v England | Nottingham | 4 Jul 1996 | Test # 1329 |
MP Vaughan, ME Trescothick | 255 | 2nd | England | v Bangladesh | Lord's | 26 May 2005 | Test # 1751 |
BL D'Oliveira, G Boycott | 252 | 4th | England | v India | Leeds | 8 Jun 1967 | Test # 618 |
OJ Pope, BM Duckett | 252 | 2nd | England | v Ireland | Lord's | 1 Jun 2023 | Test # 2504 |
JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 251 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2004 | Test # 1681 |
IJL Trott, AN Cook | 251 | 3rd | England | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 26 May 2011 | Test # 1994 |
PJ Sharpe, JH Edrich | 249 | 2nd | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 7 Aug 1969 | Test # 657 |
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 |
T Stubbs, T Bavuma | 249 | 4th | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 Nov 2024 | Test # 2563 |
L Hutton, DCS Compton | 248 | 4th | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 24 Jun 1939 | Test # 272 |
ER Dexter, MC Cowdrey | 248 | 2nd | England | v Pakistan | The Oval | 16 Aug 1962 | Test # 534 |
JE Root, AN Cook | 248 | 3rd | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 17 Aug 2017 | Test # 2270 |
F du Plessis, HM Amla | 247 | 4th | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 |
LEG Ames, GOB Allen | 246 | 8th | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 27 Jun 1931 | Test # 209 |
ER Dexter, KF Barrington | 246 | 3rd | England | v Australia | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 | Test # 564 |
SD Hope, KC Brathwaite | 246 | 4th | West Indies | v England | Leeds | 25 Aug 2017 | Test # 2271 |
RES Wyatt, FE Woolley | 245 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 |
J Hardstaff, WR Hammond | 245 | 3rd | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 26 Jun 1937 | Test # 260 |
A Jackson, DG Bradman | 243 | 4th | Australia | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1930 | Test # 198 |
ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva | 243 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 |
AK Markram, D Elgar | 243 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 |
C Kelleway, W Bardsley | 242 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Lord's | 15 Jul 1912 | Test # 125 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 242 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 |
J Overton, JM Bairstow | 241 | 7th | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 23 Jun 2022 | Test # 2467 |
RT Ponting, SM Katich | 239 | 2nd | Australia | v England | Cardiff | 8 Jul 2009 | Test # 1922 |
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 |
DJ Mitchell, TA Blundell | 236 | 5th | New Zealand | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 2022 | Test # 2465 |
WM Woodfull, CG Macartney | 235 | 2nd | Australia | v England | Leeds | 10 Jul 1926 | Test # 165 |
JH Kallis, DJ Cullinan | 235 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1999 | Test # 1440 |
RD Rickelton, T Bavuma | 235 | 4th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2025 | Test # 2576 |
Saleem Malik, Javed Miandad | 234 | 4th | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 6 Aug 1987 | Test # 1079 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 234 | 3rd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 | Test # 1621 |
JHW Fingleton, WA Brown | 233 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1936 | Test # 249 |
AN Cook, PD Collingwood | 233 | 4th | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 13 Jul 2006 | Test # 1809 |
SPD Smith, SE Marsh | 233 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]
India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]
England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]