Highest partnership for the first wicket

Records for Test Matches

Highest partnership for the 1st wicket
Partners
Runs
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
ND McKenzie, GC Smith
415South Africav BangladeshChattogram29 Feb 2008Test # 1865
MH Mankad, P Roy
413Indiav New ZealandChennai6 Jan 1956Test # 420
V Sehwag, R Dravid
410Indiav PakistanLahore13 Jan 2006Test # 1781
GM Turner, TW Jarvis
387New Zealandv West IndiesGeorgetown6 Apr 1972Test # 696
WM Lawry, RB Simpson
382Australiav West IndiesBridgetown5 May 1965Test # 589
GC Smith, HH Gibbs
368South Africav PakistanCape Town2 Jan 2003Test # 1637
L Hutton, C Washbrook
359Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
GC Smith, HH Gibbs
338South Africav EnglandBirmingham24 Jul 2003Test # 1651
KC Brathwaite, T Chanderpaul
336West Indiesv ZimbabweBulawayo4 Feb 2023Test # 2489
MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya
335Sri Lankav PakistanKandy28 Jun 2000Test # 1502
GR Marsh, MA Taylor
329Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Aug 1989Test # 1125
JB Hobbs, W Rhodes
323Englandv AustraliaMelbourne9 Feb 1912Test # 119
MA Agarwal, RG Sharma
317Indiav South AfricaVisakhapatnam2 Oct 2019Test # 2363
Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes
312Bangladeshv PakistanKhulna28 Apr 2015Test # 2159
GC Smith, HH Gibbs
301South Africav West IndiesCenturion16 Jan 2004Test # 1682
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes
298West Indiesv EnglandSt John's12 Apr 1990Test # 1144
Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed
298Pakistanv West IndiesKarachi6 Dec 1997Test # 1391
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes
296West Indiesv IndiaSt John's28 Apr 1983Test # 956
G Pullar, MC Cowdrey
290Englandv South AfricaThe Oval18 Aug 1960Test # 496
M Vijay, S Dhawan
289Indiav AustraliaMohali14 Mar 2013Test # 2081
JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe
283Englandv AustraliaMelbourne1 Jan 1925Test # 159
M Vijay, S Dhawan
283Indiav BangladeshFatullah10 Jun 2015Test # 2165
MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya
281Sri Lankav ZimbabweHarare6 May 2004Test # 1698
Shan Masood, Abid Ali
278Pakistanv Sri LankaKarachi19 Dec 2019Test # 2375
CS Dempster, JE Mills
276New Zealandv EnglandWellington24 Jan 1930Test # 188
AFG Griffith, SL Campbell
276West Indiesv New ZealandHamilton16 Dec 1999Test # 1477
ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss
273Englandv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2004Test # 1730
MJ Slater, GS Blewett
269Australiav PakistanBrisbane5 Nov 1999Test # 1467
JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe
268Englandv South AfricaLord's28 Jun 1924Test # 154
B Mitchell, IJ Siedle
260South Africav EnglandCape Town1 Jan 1931Test # 202
MA Taylor, MJ Slater
260Australiav EnglandLord's17 Jun 1993Test # 1224
HH Gibbs, G Kirsten
256South Africav ZimbabweHarare7 Sep 2001Test # 1562
JL Langer, ML Hayden
255Australiav Sri LankaCairns9 Jul 2004Test # 1706
CH Gayle, KOA Powell
254West Indiesv New ZealandNorth Sound25 Jul 2012Test # 2050
JA Raval, TWM Latham
254New Zealandv BangladeshHamilton28 Feb 2019Test # 2349
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq
252*Pakistanv AustraliaRawalpindi4 Mar 2022Test # 2453
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes
250*West Indiesv AustraliaGeorgetown2 Mar 1984Test # 979
Khalid Ibadulla, Abdul Kadir
249Pakistanv AustraliaKarachi24 Oct 1964Test # 569
AB de Villiers, GC Smith
245South Africav West IndiesSt John's29 Apr 2005Test # 1750
RB Simpson, WM Lawry
244Australiav EnglandAdelaide28 Jan 1966Test # 600
D Elgar, AK Markram
243South Africav BangladeshBloemfontein6 Oct 2017Test # 2277
JL Langer, ML Hayden
242Australiav West IndiesSt John's9 May 2003Test # 1645
AF Rae, JB Stollmeyer
239West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
JA Burns, DA Warner
237Australiav New ZealandBrisbane5 Nov 2015Test # 2185
AC Hudson, G Kirsten
236South Africav IndiaEden Gardens27 Nov 1996Test # 1341
G Boycott, RW Barber
234Englandv AustraliaSydney7 Jan 1966Test # 599
WA Brown, JHW Fingleton
233Australiav South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1936Test # 249
G Gambhir, V Sehwag
233Indiav Sri LankaKanpur24 Nov 2009Test # 1935
Z Crawley, BM Duckett
233Englandv PakistanRawalpindi1 Dec 2022Test # 2478
MH Richardson, L Vincent
231New Zealandv IndiaMohali16 Oct 2003Test # 1662
ML Hayden, MEK Hussey
231Australiav West IndiesHobart17 Nov 2005Test # 1771
AN Cook, NRD Compton
231Englandv New ZealandDunedin6 Mar 2013Test # 2077
AJ Strauss, AN Cook
229Englandv West IndiesBridgetown26 Feb 2009Test # 1911
YBK Jaiswal, RG Sharma
229Indiav West IndiesRoseau12 Jul 2023Test # 2510
MJ Slater, MA Taylor
228Australiav Sri LankaPerth8 Dec 1995Test # 1317
KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne
228Sri Lankav IrelandGalle24 Apr 2023Test # 2503
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes
225West Indiesv New ZealandChristchurch22 Feb 1980Test # 875
GA Gooch, MA Atherton
225Englandv IndiaManchester9 Aug 1990Test # 1149
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq
225Pakistanv EnglandRawalpindi1 Dec 2022Test # 2478
JL Langer, ML Hayden
224Australiav New ZealandBrisbane8 Nov 2001Test # 1565
Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes
224Bangladeshv ZimbabweChattogram12 Nov 2014Test # 2145
G Fowler, CJ Tavare
223Englandv New ZealandThe Oval14 Jul 1983Test # 957
BC Broad, CWJ Athey
223Englandv AustraliaPerth28 Nov 1986Test # 1059
JL Langer, ML Hayden
223Australiav New ZealandHobart22 Nov 2001Test # 1571
PA Jaques, SM Katich
223Australiav West IndiesBridgetown12 Jun 2008Test # 1879
DA Warner, JA Burns
222Australiav PakistanBrisbane21 Nov 2019Test # 2368
JB Hobbs, W Rhodes
221Englandv South AfricaCape Town11 Mar 1910Test # 110
M Vijay, V Sehwag
221Indiav Sri LankaBrabourne2 Dec 2009Test # 1937
CJ Barnett, L Hutton
219Englandv AustraliaNottingham10 Jun 1938Test # 263
WM Lawry, IR Redpath
219Australiav South AfricaMelbourne1 Jan 1964Test # 549
Mohammad Wasim, Imran Nazir
219Pakistanv West IndiesBridgetown18 May 2000Test # 1496
JL Langer, ML Hayden
219Australiav South AfricaSydney2 Jan 2002Test # 1582
V Sehwag, G Gambhir
218Indiav South AfricaKanpur20 Nov 2004Test # 1722
DC Boon, GR Marsh
217Australiav IndiaSydney2 Jan 1986Test # 1034
GC Smith, AB de Villiers
217South Africav ZimbabweCape Town4 Mar 2005Test # 1737
Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali
215Pakistanv West IndiesDubai (DICS)13 Oct 2016Test # 2224
AR Morris, J Moroney
214Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg10 Feb 1950Test # 321
CM Spearman, RG Twose
214New Zealandv ZimbabweAuckland20 Jan 1996Test # 1323
D Ganga, CH Gayle
214West Indiesv ZimbabweBulawayo19 Jul 2001Test # 1551
EJM Cowan, DA Warner
214Australiav IndiaPerth13 Jan 2012Test # 2029
SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan
213Indiav EnglandThe Oval30 Aug 1979Test # 854
W Jaffer, V Sehwag
213Indiav South AfricaChennai26 Mar 2008Test # 1870
RT Simpson, C Washbrook
212Englandv West IndiesNottingham20 Jul 1950Test # 325
G Boycott, DL Amiss
209Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain2 Feb 1974Test # 731
FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne
209Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
MA Taylor, MJ Slater
208Australiav EnglandSydney1 Jan 1995Test # 1281
NT Paranavitana, TM Dilshan
207Sri Lankav EnglandLord's3 Jun 2011Test # 1995
RC Fredericks, LG Rowe
206West Indiesv EnglandKingston16 Feb 1974Test # 732
Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez
205Pakistanv AustraliaDubai (DICS)7 Oct 2018Test # 2320
GA Gooch, MA Atherton
204Englandv IndiaLord's26 Jul 1990Test # 1148
GC Smith, ND McKenzie
204South Africav EnglandLord's10 Jul 2008Test # 1880
VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali
203Indiav EnglandManchester25 Jul 1936Test # 253
GA Gooch, MA Atherton
203Englandv AustraliaAdelaide25 Jan 1991Test # 1161
JL Langer, ML Hayden
202Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2001Test # 1580
WM Lawry, RB Simpson
201Australiav EnglandManchester23 Jul 1964Test # 564
SB Bangar, V Sehwag
201Indiav West IndiesWankhede9 Oct 2002Test # 1616
SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth
200Indiav PakistanChennai3 Feb 1987Test # 1066
CJL Rogers, DA Warner
200Australiav IndiaSydney6 Jan 2015Test # 2156
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]