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South Africa vs other countries Tests - Highest Partnerships by Runs

Highest partnerships by runs

Partners	Runs	Wickets	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene	624	3rd	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
BA Stokes, JM Bairstow	399	6th	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
SR Waugh, GS Blewett	385	5th	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
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
RR Sarwan, CH Gayle	331	2nd	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist	317	6th	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
RG Sharma, MA Agarwal	317	1st	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
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
WW Hinds, S Chanderpaul	284	4th	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
PA Gibb, WJ Edrich	280	2nd	England	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
CC McDonald, AL Hassett	275	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
WM Woodfull, DG Bradman	274	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss	273	1st	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke	272	5th	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
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
V Sehwag, R Dravid	268	2nd	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
RG Sharma, AM Rahane	267	4th	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni	259*	7th	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
EJM Cowan, MJ Clarke	259	4th	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
JEC Franklin, SP Fleming	256	8th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag	249	3rd	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
RES Wyatt, FE Woolley	245	3rd	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
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
DA Warner, SPD Smith	239	3rd	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2485
NWD Yardley, DCS Compton	237	5th	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
JHW Fingleton, WA Brown	233	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936	Test # 249
SPD Smith, SE Marsh	233	5th	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
KS Williamson, R Ravindra	232	3rd	New Zealand	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
GE Tyldesley, H Sutcliffe	230	2nd	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
WJ Edrich, DCS Compton	228	3rd	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke	228	5th	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
AJ Stewart, MA Atherton	226	3rd	England	v South Africa	Manchester	2 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
JDP Oram, CL Cairns	225	7th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
V Kohli, RA Jadeja	225	5th	India	v South Africa	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
C Hill, W Bardsley	224	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	9 Dec 1910	Test # 111
SR Tendulkar, M Azharuddin	222	6th	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
CA Pujara, V Kohli	222	3rd	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
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
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag	220	5th	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
BP Nash, S Chanderpaul	220	4th	West Indies	v South Africa	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
IR Redpath, WM Lawry	219	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	Test # 549
JL Langer, ML Hayden	219	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq	219	5th	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
V Sehwag, G Gambhir	218	1st	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
AR Morris, J Moroney	214	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
V Sehwag, W Jaffer	213	1st	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
JM Gregory, HL Collins	209	3rd	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
SPD Smith, UT Khawaja	209	3rd	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	4 Jan 2023	Test # 2488
SR Waugh, AR Border	208	5th	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
JM Parks, KF Barrington	206*	6th	England	v South Africa	Durban	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571
DA Warner, AJ Doolan	205	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Shan Masood, Babar Azam	205	1st	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
BA Stokes, OJ Pope	203	5th	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
C Kelleway, W Bardsley	202	3rd	Australia	v South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912	Test # 121
JL Langer, ML Hayden	202	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
RT Ponting, ML Hayden	201	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
WR Hammond, LEG Ames	197	4th	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq	197	5th	Pakistan	v South Africa	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu	193	1st	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene	192	3rd	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
ER Dexter, KF Barrington	191	3rd	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
CC McDonald, JW Burke	190	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
KS Williamson, JA Raval	190	2nd	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2257
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
AR Morris, RN Harvey	187	3rd	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq	186*	4th	Pakistan	v South Africa	Dubai (DICS)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1976
H Masakadza, A Flower	186	4th	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
E Paynter, PA Gibb	184	2nd	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
SM Katich, PJ Hughes	184	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
SPD Smith, MJ Clarke	184	4th	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
DL Vettori, JDP Oram	183	7th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
AJ Strauss, RWT Key	182	2nd	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
RT Ponting, ML Hayden	182	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
ME Waugh, ML Hayden	181	3rd	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
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
AM Rahane, V Kohli	178	4th	India	v South Africa	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
SJ McCabe, JHW Fingleton	177	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
JE Root, MM Ali	177	6th	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
WM Woodfull, DG Bradman	176	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
JR Reid, JEF Beck	176	5th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir	176	3rd	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
MN Samuels, KC Brathwaite	176	3rd	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
RR Sarwan, CH Gayle	174	4th	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
SR Watson, PJ Hughes	174	1st	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
BA Stokes, BT Foakes	173	6th	England	v South Africa	Manchester	25 Aug 2022	Test # 2475
SR Tendulkar, MS Dhoni	172	7th	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
BW Sinclair, SN McGregor	171	4th	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
R Dravid, D Dasgupta	171	2nd	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
J Moroney, RN Harvey	170	2nd	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene	170	8th	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	4 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
IJL Trott, AN Cook	170	2nd	England	v South Africa	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
ME Waugh, MA Taylor	169	4th	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
RG Sharma, CA Pujara	169	2nd	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]