Highest overall partnership runs by openers

Records for Test Matches

Highest opening partnership runs in a career
Partners
Span
Inns
NO
Runs
Runs
Ave
100
50
CG Greenidge, DL Haynes (WI)
1978-199114811648229847.311626
ML Hayden, JL Langer (AUS)
2001-20071134565525551.881424
AN Cook, AJ Strauss (ENG)
2006-20121172471122940.961218
MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya (SL)
1997-20071187446933540.26924
G Gambhir, V Sehwag (IND)
2004-2012873441223352.521125
MJ Slater, MA Taylor (AUS)
1993-1999782388726051.141016
WM Lawry, RB Simpson (AUS)
1961-1968623359638260.94918
JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe (ENG)
1924-1930381324928387.811510
CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar (IND)
1973-1981593301021353.751010
HH Gibbs, GC Smith (SA)
2002-2008563298336856.28710
L Hutton, C Washbrook (ENG)
1946-1951513288035960.00813
AJ Strauss, ME Trescothick (ENG)
2004-2006521267027352.35812
MA Atherton, GA Gooch (ENG)
1990-1995440250122556.84712
ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan (ENG)
2002-2005543248718248.76615
Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal (BAN)
2008-2018532233631245.80410
HH Gibbs, G Kirsten (SA)
1998-2002510228325644.76511
JB Hobbs, W Rhodes (ENG)
1910-1921361214632361.3185
AN Petersen, GC Smith (SA)
2010-2014522211315342.2669
Mohsin Khan, Mudassar Nazar (PAK)
1981-1986542205715739.55316
CJL Rogers, DA Warner (AUS)
2013-2015411205320051.3297
GR Marsh, MA Taylor (AUS)
1989-1992473198032945.0049
D Ganga, CH Gayle (WI)
2001-2008492195421441.5757
D Elgar, AK Markram (SA)
2017-2024601194424332.9448
MA Atherton, AJ Stewart (ENG)
1994-1998501193017139.3868
DC Boon, GR Marsh (AUS)
1985-1988411187121746.7758
FDM Karunaratne, JK Silva (SL)
2013-2018570181112431.7748
EJ Barlow, TL Goddard (SA)
1963-1967342180613456.43611
G Boycott, GA Gooch (ENG)
1978-1982493175414438.13410
S Dhawan, M Vijay (IND)
2013-2018411174828943.7036
AD Gaekwad, SM Gavaskar (IND)
1976-19854911722176*35.8749
G Boycott, JH Edrich (ENG)
1964-1972353167217252.2568
ND McKenzie, GC Smith (SA)
2008-2009272166441566.5658
BA Edgar, JG Wright (NZ)
1978-1986564165510031.82112
AB de Villiers, GC Smith (SA)
2004-2008300164624554.8646
RC Fredericks, CG Greenidge (WI)
1974-1977312159319254.9355
UT Khawaja, DA Warner (AUS)
2017-2024411156415639.10310
Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar (PAK)
1994-2000372156312844.6548
TJ Franklin, JG Wright (NZ)
1988-1991280154318555.1055
SM Katich, SR Watson (AUS)
2009-2010280152318254.39310
TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana (SL)
2009-2012381150620740.70212
SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth (IND)
1981-1987340146920043.2039
Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar (PAK)
2003-2012392143816438.8657
Z Crawley, BM Duckett (ENG)
2022-2024311140923346.96210
Majid Khan, Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)
1974-1978263139114760.4749
JA Burns, DA Warner (AUS)
2015-2020270136523750.5562
AF Rae, JB Stollmeyer (WI)
1948-1953212134923971.0053
WM Lawry, KR Stackpole (AUS)
1969-1971312130295*44.89-13
CH Gayle, WW Hinds (WI)
2001-2005330130017239.3938
MA Atherton, ME Trescothick (ENG)
2000-2001300129715943.2346
AC Hudson, G Kirsten (SA)
1993-1997412128923633.0535
EJM Cowan, DA Warner (AUS)
2011-2013280125621444.8536
CH Gayle, DS Smith (WI)
2003-2010351123313936.2644
TWM Latham, JA Raval (NZ)
2016-2019370122025432.9728
MJ Guptill, TWM Latham (NZ)
2015-2016300120716940.2337
RW Barber, G Boycott (ENG)
1964-1966261117123446.8427
JW Burke, CC McDonald (AUS)
1956-1959323115119039.6833
DL Haynes, PV Simmons (WI)
1988-1994332114712237.0018
KC Brathwaite, JD Campbell (WI)
2019-2022404111410030.9419
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)
2022-20232411109252*48.2133
MA Atherton, MA Butcher (ENG)
1997-2000320110717934.594-
UC Hathurusingha, RS Mahanama (SL)
1992-1995320105411032.9324
ML Hayden, MJ Slater (AUS)
1994-2001251104515643.5434
TL Goddard, DJ McGlew (SA)
1955-1960271103817639.9232
W Jaffer, V Sehwag (IND)
2002-2008280103121336.8234
WA Brown, JHW Fingleton (AUS)
1935-1938160102023363.7534
FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne (SL)
2019-2022211101620950.8041
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Partnerships for the 1st wicket after a retired hurt are excluded
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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]