Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) 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 |
SR Waugh, GS Blewett | 385 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Feb 1997 | Test # 1356 |
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 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 330 | 3rd | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 8 Nov 2007 | Test # 1846 |
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist | 317 | 6th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 |
AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 308 | 4th | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 |
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 |
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 |
IJ Siedle, B Mitchell | 260 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 |
JEC Franklin, SP Fleming | 256 | 8th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 | Test # 1800 |
JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 251 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2004 | Test # 1681 |
G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 249 | 4th | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1679 |
F du Plessis, HM Amla | 247 | 4th | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 |
AK Markram, D Elgar | 243 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 242 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 |
JH Kallis, DJ Cullinan | 235 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1999 | Test # 1440 |
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 |
SPD Smith, SE Marsh | 233 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 |
JHB Waite, DJ McGlew | 231 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 |
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 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 230 | 3rd | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 |
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 227 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 225 | 2nd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 | Test # 1893 |
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 224 | 4th | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 |
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 |
PL van der Merwe, DT Lindsay | 221 | 7th | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 |
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag | 220 | 5th | India | v South Africa | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 |
JH Kallis, HM Amla | 220 | 3rd | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1848 |
Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq | 219 | 5th | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 |
GC Smith, AB de Villiers | 217 | 1st | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 4 Mar 2005 | Test # 1737 |
D Elgar, HM Amla | 215 | 2nd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2276 |
AR Morris, J Moroney | 214 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 |
AG Prince, HH Gibbs | 213 | 5th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 11 Jan 2007 | Test # 1828 |
JM Gregory, HL Collins | 209 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 |
JM Parks, KF Barrington | 206* | 6th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 |
AW Nourse, CN Frank | 206 | 4th | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 |
AN Petersen, JH Kallis | 205 | 3rd | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2012 | Test # 2028 |
F du Plessis, AB de Villiers | 205 | 5th | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 | Test # 2108 |
DA Warner, AJ Doolan | 205 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 |
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 |
RT Ponting, ML Hayden | 201 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 | Test # 1792 |
RG Pollock, HR Lance | 200 | 6th | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 5 Feb 1970 | Test # 671 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 199 | 2nd | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 |
WR Hammond, LEG Ames | 197 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 |
AK Markram, D Elgar | 196 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2276 |
PL Symcox, MV Boucher | 195 | 9th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1998 | Test # 1400 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 195 | 2nd | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 9 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 |
G Kirsten, MV Boucher | 192 | 5th | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 |
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 192 | 4th | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2012 | Test # 2028 |
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 |
CC McDonald, JW Burke | 190 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 |
G Kirsten, HH Gibbs | 189 | 1st | South Africa | v India | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 |
AR Morris, RN Harvey | 187 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 |
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 187 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 |
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 |
HE van der Dussen, D Elgar | 184 | 2nd | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 |
DL Vettori, JDP Oram | 183 | 7th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 | Test # 1798 |
AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 183 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
AG Prince, AB de Villiers | 182* | 5th | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 |
AJ Strauss, RWT Key | 182 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 |
D Elgar, F du Plessis | 179 | 2nd | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2014 | Test # 2153 |
F du Plessis, T Bavuma | 179 | 5th | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2399 |
SJ McCabe, JHW Fingleton | 177 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1935 | Test # 248 |
AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 176* | 4th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 1 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 |
JR Reid, JEF Beck | 176 | 5th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1954 | Test # 379 |
DJ McGlew, TL Goddard | 176 | 1st | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 |
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 |
LJ Tancred, CB Llewellyn | 173 | 2nd | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 |
AJ Pithey, EJ Barlow | 172 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 |
SR Tendulkar, MS Dhoni | 172 | 7th | India | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 |
R Dravid, D Dasgupta | 171 | 2nd | India | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Nov 2001 | Test # 1569 |
F du Plessis, HM Amla | 171 | 4th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
J Moroney, RN Harvey | 170 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 |
D Elgar, F du Plessis | 170 | 4th | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 |
E Paynter, PA Gibb | 168 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 |
KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 168 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 |
JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 168 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1679 |
EAB Rowan, AD Nourse | 167 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 |
CH Morris, T Bavuma | 167 | 7th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 |
DR Martyn, MEK Hussey | 165 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 | Test # 1795 |
GC Smith, HM Amla | 165 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 |
C Hill, WW Armstrong | 164 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 |
E Paynter, WR Hammond | 164 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]
South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]
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