Highest partnerships by runs
Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Match Date Scorecard
SR Waugh, GS Blewett 385 5th Australia v South Africa 28 Feb 1997 Test # 1356
HM Amla, JH Kallis 330 3rd South Africa v New Zealand 8 Nov 2007 Test # 1846
DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist 317 6th Australia v South Africa 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
HM Amla, JP Duminy 292 3rd South Africa v Sri Lanka 12 Jan 2017 Test # 2247
CA Pujara, V Kohli 222 3rd India v South Africa 18 Dec 2013 Test # 2108
DT Lindsay, PL van der Merwe 221 7th South Africa v Australia 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
F du Plessis, AB de Villiers 205 5th South Africa v India 18 Dec 2013 Test # 2108
MV Boucher, PL Symcox 195 9th South Africa v Pakistan 14 Feb 1998 Test # 1400
ER Dexter, KF Barrington 191 3rd England v South Africa 23 Dec 1964 Test # 572
D Elgar, HE van der Dussen 184 2nd South Africa v Sri Lanka 3 Jan 2021 Test # 2401
AJ Strauss, RWT Key 182 2nd England v South Africa 13 Jan 2005 Test # 1734
HM Amla, AB de Villiers 176* 4th South Africa v Pakistan 1 Feb 2013 Test # 2072
DJ McGlew, TL Goddard 176 1st South Africa v Australia 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
SR Watson, PJ Hughes 174 1st Australia v South Africa 17 Nov 2011 Test # 2018
D Elgar, F du Plessis 170 4th South Africa v Australia 30 Mar 2018 Test # 2302
MEK Hussey, DR Martyn 165 3rd Australia v South Africa 31 Mar 2006 Test # 1795
GC Smith, HM Amla 165 2nd South Africa v England 14 Jan 2010 Test # 1948
JW Burke, R Benaud 158 3rd Australia v South Africa 7 Feb 1958 Test # 449
AJ Pithey, JHB Waite 157 5th South Africa v England 22 Jan 1965 Test # 575
JN Rhodes, BM McMillan 157 6th South Africa v Pakistan 19 Jan 1995 Test # 1283
GC Smith, HH Gibbs 149 1st South Africa v West Indies 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
HM Amla, AB de Villiers 147 4th South Africa v Australia 17 Nov 2011 Test # 2018
R Dravid, SC Ganguly 145 4th India v South Africa 16 Jan 1997 Test # 1350
EJ Barlow, RG Pollock 139 3rd South Africa v Australia 19 Feb 1970 Test # 672
G Kirsten, DJ Cullinan 137 3rd South Africa v England 30 Nov 1995 Test # 1315
RW Barber, ER Dexter 136 2nd England v South Africa 23 Dec 1964 Test # 572
WJ Cronje, KC Wessels 135 3rd South Africa v Australia 4 Mar 1994 Test # 1252
DJ McGlew, EJ Barlow 134 1st South Africa v New Zealand 2 Feb 1962 Test # 523
TL Goddard, EJ Barlow 134 1st South Africa v England 22 Jan 1965 Test # 575
GC Smith, G Kirsten 133 1st South Africa v Sri Lanka 8 Nov 2002 Test # 1624
JH Kallis, M van Jaarsveld 132 4th South Africa v West Indies 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
JHB Waite, WR Endean 129 5th South Africa v Australia 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
DJ Cullinan, L Klusener 127 8th South Africa v India 16 Jan 1997 Test # 1350
Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq 127 5th Pakistan v South Africa 1 Feb 2013 Test # 2072
MD Crowe, KR Rutherford 126 4th New Zealand v South Africa 25 Nov 1994 Test # 1276
AK Markram, HM Amla 126 2nd South Africa v Pakistan 11 Jan 2019 Test # 2341
BC Lara, S Chanderpaul 125 4th West Indies v South Africa 12 Dec 2003 Test # 1674
KC Bland, GD Varnals 124 6th South Africa v England 23 Dec 1964 Test # 572
ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan 124 3rd England v South Africa 13 Jan 2005 Test # 1734
UT Khawaja, RT Ponting 122 3rd Australia v South Africa 17 Nov 2011 Test # 2018
PE Richardson, MC Cowdrey 121 4th England v South Africa 24 Dec 1956 Test # 434
HH Gibbs, MV Boucher 120 6th South Africa v England 13 Jan 2005 Test # 1734
AB de Villiers, MV Boucher 120 6th South Africa v England 14 Jan 2010 Test # 1948
MA Atherton, RC Russell 119* 6th England v South Africa 30 Nov 1995 Test # 1315
D Elgar, HM Amla 119 2nd South Africa v India 24 Jan 2018 Test # 2294
RB Simpson, WM Lawry 118 1st Australia v South Africa 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
MJ North, MG Johnson 117 8th Australia v South Africa 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1910
TL Goddard, AJ Pithey 115 2nd South Africa v England 22 Jan 1965 Test # 575
RT Ponting, MJ Clarke 113 4th Australia v South Africa 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1910
MJ North, BJ Haddin 113 6th Australia v South Africa 26 Feb 2009 Test # 1910
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2022 [Test # 2445]
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Jan 3-5, 2021 [Test # 2401]
South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 4th Test, Jan 24-27, 2020 [Test # 2382]
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