Highest partnerships for England in Tests
Highest partnerships by runs
Partners | Runs | Wickets | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
JE Root, HC Brook | 454 | 4th | England | v Pakistan | Multan | 7 Oct 2024 | Test # 2553 |
JA Rudolph, HH Dippenaar | 429* | 3rd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 24 Apr 2003 | Test # 1640 |
GC Smith, ND McKenzie | 415 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 29 Feb 2008 | Test # 1865 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
RG Pollock, EJ Barlow | 341 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1964 | Test # 553 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 340 | 3rd | South Africa | v India | Nagpur | 6 Feb 2010 | Test # 1951 |
GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 338 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 | Test # 1651 |
GC Smith, AB de Villiers | 338 | 5th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Oct 2013 | Test # 2100 |
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 |
IJL Trott, AN Cook | 329* | 2nd | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 | Test # 1981 |
W Rhodes, JB Hobbs | 323 | 1st | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 9 Feb 1912 | Test # 119 |
AD Nourse, A Melville | 319 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 315* | 2nd | South Africa | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 11 Mar 1999 | Test # 1449 |
KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood | 310 | 4th | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 1 Dec 2006 | Test # 1819 |
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 |
RA Smith, MA Atherton | 303 | 3rd | England | v West Indies | St John's | 16 Apr 1994 | Test # 1259 |
JL Smith, HC Brook | 303 | 6th | England | v India | Birmingham | 2 Jul 2025 | Test # 2591 |
JE Root, HC Brook | 302 | 4th | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 24 Feb 2023 | Test # 2494 |
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 |
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 |
KP Pietersen, IR Bell | 286 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 |
H Sutcliffe, JB Hobbs | 283 | 1st | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1925 | Test # 159 |
GP Thorpe, A Flintoff | 281 | 6th | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 | Test # 1594 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
AG Prince, JH Kallis | 267 | 5th | South Africa | v West Indies | St John's | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 |
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 |
KWR Fletcher, MH Denness | 266 | 4th | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 20 Feb 1975 | Test # 757 |
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 |
DR Jardine, WR Hammond | 262 | 3rd | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 1 Feb 1929 | Test # 179 |
IJ Siedle, B Mitchell | 260 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 |
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 |
G Kirsten, HH Gibbs | 256 | 1st | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 7 Sep 2001 | Test # 1562 |
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 256 | 5th | South Africa | v India | Ahmedabad | 3 Apr 2008 | Test # 1871 |
MP Vaughan, ME Trescothick | 255 | 2nd | England | v Bangladesh | Lord's | 26 May 2005 | Test # 1751 |
AW Greig, KWR Fletcher | 254 | 5th | England | v India | Brabourne | 6 Feb 1973 | Test # 711 |
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 |
D Elgar, JP Duminy | 250 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 3 Nov 2016 | Test # 2230 |
A Sandham, LEG Ames | 249 | 4th | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 3 Apr 1930 | Test # 193 |
PJ Sharpe, JH Edrich | 249 | 2nd | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 7 Aug 1969 | Test # 657 |
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 |
ARA Murray, DJ McGlew | 246 | 7th | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 6 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 |
ER Dexter, KF Barrington | 246 | 3rd | England | v Australia | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 | Test # 564 |
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 |
GC Smith, AB de Villiers | 245 | 1st | South Africa | v West Indies | St John's | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 |
AK Markram, D Elgar | 243 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 242* | 3rd | South Africa | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 12 Nov 2010 | Test # 1976 |
WR Hammond, LEG Ames | 242 | 5th | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 24 Mar 1933 | Test # 225 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 242 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 |
MW Gatting, G Fowler | 241 | 2nd | England | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 | Test # 1008 |
J Overton, JM Bairstow | 241 | 7th | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 23 Jun 2022 | Test # 2467 |
PH Parfitt, BR Knight | 240 | 6th | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 23 Feb 1963 | Test # 540 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 238 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 |
EH Hendren, LEG Ames | 237 | 4th | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1 Feb 1930 | Test # 189 |
NWD Yardley, DCS Compton | 237 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 |
DJ Malan, JM Bairstow | 237 | 5th | England | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 2017 | Test # 2288 |
G Kirsten, AC Hudson | 236 | 1st | South Africa | v India | Eden Gardens | 27 Nov 1996 | Test # 1341 |
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 |
G Boycott, RW Barber | 234 | 1st | England | v Australia | Sydney | 7 Jan 1966 | Test # 599 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 234 | 3rd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 | Test # 1621 |
AN Cook, PD Collingwood | 233 | 4th | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 13 Jul 2006 | Test # 1809 |
BM Duckett, Z Crawley | 233 | 1st | England | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 1 Dec 2022 | Test # 2478 |
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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]