Highest partnerships for England in Tests
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 |
RS Mahanama, ST Jayasuriya | 576 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 2 Aug 1997 | Test # 1374 |
JE Root, HC Brook | 454 | 4th | England | v Pakistan | Multan | 7 Oct 2024 | Test # 2553 |
KC Sangakkara, MS Atapattu | 438 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 | Test # 1699 |
TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene | 437 | 4th | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 | Test # 1909 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
HAPW Jayawardene, DPMD Jayawardene | 351 | 6th | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 | Test # 1933 |
KP Pietersen, IR Bell | 350 | 3rd | England | v India | The Oval | 18 Aug 2011 | Test # 2004 |
FDM Karunaratne, DM de Silva | 345 | 4th | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 21 Apr 2021 | Test # 2418 |
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu | 335 | 1st | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Kandy | 28 Jun 2000 | Test # 1502 |
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 |
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 |
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 311 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 | Test # 1839 |
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 |
BKG Mendis, DM de Silva | 308 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 31 Jan 2018 | Test # 2295 |
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 |
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 |
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu | 281 | 1st | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 6 May 2004 | Test # 1698 |
BKG Mendis, FDM Karunaratne | 281 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | v Ireland | Galle | 16 Apr 2023 | Test # 2502 |
PA Gibb, WJ Edrich | 280 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
TT Samaraweera, TM Dilshan | 280 | 5th | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Sep 2005 | Test # 1766 |
BKG Mendis, AD Mathews | 274* | 4th | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 | Test # 2335 |
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss | 273 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 |
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 |
BKG Mendis, KNM Fernando | 268 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | v Ireland | Galle | 24 Apr 2023 | Test # 2503 |
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 |
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 |
TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene | 262 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v England | Colombo (SSC) | 18 Dec 2003 | Test # 1675 |
BA Stokes, DP Sibley | 260 | 4th | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 16 Jul 2020 | Test # 2389 |
JE Root, AN Cook | 259 | 3rd | England | v India | The Oval | 7 Sep 2018 | Test # 2318 |
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 |
IJL Trott, AN Cook | 251 | 3rd | England | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 26 May 2011 | Test # 1994 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva | 243 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 |
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 |
A Ranatunga, AP Gurusinha | 240* | 4th | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 22 Mar 1986 | Test # 1043 |
PH Parfitt, BR Knight | 240 | 6th | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 23 Feb 1963 | Test # 540 |
FDM Karunaratne, LD Chandimal | 238 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Galle | 14 Oct 2015 | Test # 2181 |
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 Boycott, RW Barber | 234 | 1st | England | v Australia | Sydney | 7 Jan 1966 | Test # 599 |
ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva | 234 | 5th | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (PSS) | 21 Jul 2002 | Test # 1609 |
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 |
DW Randall, IT Botham | 232 | 6th | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 | Test # 975 |
AD Mathews, LD Chandimal | 232 | 4th | Sri Lanka | v Afghanistan | Colombo (SSC) | 2 Feb 2024 | Test # 2527 |
AN Cook, NRD Compton | 231 | 1st | England | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 6 Mar 2013 | Test # 2077 |
BM Duckett, Z Crawley | 231 | 1st | England | v Zimbabwe | Nottingham | 22 May 2025 | Test # 2584 |
GE Tyldesley, H Sutcliffe | 230 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 |
A Ranatunga, AP Gurusinha | 230 | 4th | Sri Lanka | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 17 Aug 1992 | Test # 1194 |
PA de Silva, MS Atapattu | 230 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v England | Galle | 22 Feb 2001 | Test # 1530 |
AJ Strauss, AN Cook | 229 | 1st | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1911 |
WJ Edrich, DCS Compton | 228 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 |
FDM Karunaratne, KNM Fernando | 228 | 1st | Sri Lanka | v Ireland | Galle | 24 Apr 2023 | Test # 2503 |
AJ Stewart, RA Smith | 227 | 3rd | England | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 4 Jun 1992 | Test # 1189 |
MG Vandort, DPMD Jayawardene | 227 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v England | Colombo (SSC) | 9 Dec 2007 | Test # 1853 |
AJ Stewart, MA Atherton | 226 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 |
GA Gooch, MA Atherton | 225 | 1st | England | v India | Manchester | 9 Aug 1990 | Test # 1149 |
KC Sangakkara, TM Dilshan | 225 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Jun 2012 | Test # 2047 |
WPUJC Vaas, HAPW Jayawardene | 223* | 7th | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 25 Jun 2007 | Test # 1837 |
CJ Tavare, G Fowler | 223 | 1st | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 14 Jul 1983 | Test # 957 |
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