Highest Opening Partnership Against ENG in Test

PlayersRunsAgainstVenueDate
Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith
South Africa
338 ENG Birmingham 2003-07-24
Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor
Australia
329 ENG Nottingham 1989-08-10
Jackie Mills and Stewie Dempster
New Zealand
276 ENG Wellington 1930-01-24
Michael Slater and Mark Taylor
Australia
260 ENG London 1993-06-17
Jack Siedle and Bruce Mitchell
South Africa
260 ENG Cape Town 1931-01-01
Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson
Australia
244 ENG Adelaide 1966-01-28
Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq
Pakistan
225 ENG Rawalpindi 2022-12-01
Michael Slater and Mark Taylor
Australia
208 ENG Sydney 1995-01-01
Tharanga Paranavitana and Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka
207 ENG London 2011-06-03
Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie
South Africa
204 ENG London 2008-07-10
Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Merchant
India
203 ENG Manchester 1936-07-25
Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson
Australia
201 ENG Manchester 1964-07-23
Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer
Australia
195 ENG Melbourne 2002-12-26
Bruce Mitchell and Pieter van der Bij
South Africa
191 ENG Durban 1939-03-03
Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes
Bangladesh
185 ENG London 2010-05-27



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