624 (3rd wkt) — K.C. Sangakkara (287) and D.P.M.D. Jayawardene (374), Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC) 2006-07.

576 (2nd wkt) — S.T. Jayasuriya (340) and R.S. Mahanama (225), Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 1997-98.

467 (3rd wkt) — A.H. Jones (186) and M.D. Crowe (299), New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 1990-91.

451 (2nd wkt) — W.H. Ponsford (266) and D.G. Bradman (244), Australia v England at The Oval, 1934.

451 (3rd wkt) — Mudassar Nazar (231) and Javed Miandad (280*), Pakistan v India at Hyderabad (Sindh), 1982-83

446 (2nd wkt) — C.C. Hunte (260) and G.S. Sobers (365*), West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1957-58.

438 (2nd wkt) — M.S. Atapattu (249) and K.C. Sangakkara (270), Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo 2004.

429* (3rd wkt) — J.A. Rudolph (222*) and H.H. Dippenaar (177*), South Africa v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2002-03.

413 (1st wkt) — M.H. Mankad (231) and P. Roy (173), India v New Zealand at Chennai, 1955-56.

411 (4th wkt) — P.B.H. May (285*) and M.C. Cowdrey (154), England v West Indies at Edgbaston, 1957.

410 (1st wkt) — V. Sehwag (254) and R. Dravid (128*), India v Pakistan at Lahore, 2005-06.

405 (5th wkt) — S.G. Barnes (234) and D.G. Bradman (234), Australia v England at Sydney, 1946-47.

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