Top 5 Longest Partnerships in Cricket History

Here are some of the longest partnerships in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket history:

Longest Test Partnerships:

1-  Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka):

They put together a partnership of 624 runs for the third wicket against South Africa in 2006. This partnership is the highest in Test cricket history.

2-  Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka):

They had a partnership of 576 runs for the second wicket against India in 1997.

3-  Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe (New Zealand):

They had a partnership of 467 runs for the third wicket against Sri Lanka in 1991.

4-  Bill Ponsford and Don Bradman (Australia):

They had a partnership of 451 runs for the second wicket against England in 1934.

5-  Wally Hammond and Eddie Paynter (England):

They had a partnership of 359 runs for the fourth wicket against Australia in 1938.

Longest ODI Partnerships:

1- Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels (West Indies):

They had a partnership of 372 runs for the second wicket against Zimbabwe in 2015.

2-  Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan):

They had a partnership of 304 runs for the opening wicket against Zimbabwe in 2018.

3-  Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (India):

They had a partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket against Sri Lanka in 1999.

4-  Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka):

They had a partnership of 286 runs for the first wicket against England in 2006.

5-  David Warner and Travis Head (Australia):

They had a partnership of 284 runs for the second wicket against Pakistan in 2017.