Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden on Thursday became the most prolific opening pair in Australian Test history, surpassing the aggregate of 3887 runs by Michael Slater and Mark Taylor.
Langer-Hayden pair is now the third most successful opening pair in Test history behind Greenidge & Haynes for West Indies and Atapattu & Jayasuriya for Sri Lanka.
The following table lists the most successful opening pairs in Test cricket:
| Partners | Runs | For | Inns | NO | Ave | Hs | 100 | 50 |
| CG Greenidge & DL Haynes | 6482 | WI | 148 | 11 | 47.31 | 298 | 16 | 26 |
| MS Atapattu & ST Jayasuriya | 4159 | SL | 106 | 6 | 41.59 | 335 | 9 | 21 |
| ML Hayden & JL Langer | 3896 | Aus | 66 | 1 | 59.93 | 255 | 12 | 14 |
| MJ Slater & MA Taylor | 3887 | Aus | 78 | 2 | 51.14 | 260 | 10 | 16 |
| WM Lawry & RB Simpson | 3596 | Aus | 62 | 3 | 60.95 | 382 | 9 | 18 |
| JB Hobbs & H Sutcliffe | 3249 | Eng | 38 | 1 | 87.81 | 283 | 15 | 10 |
| CPS Chauhan & SM Gavaskar | 3010 | Ind | 59 | 3 | 53.75 | 213 | 10 | 10 |
| L Hutton & C Washbrook | 2880 | Eng | 51 | 3 | 60.00 | 359 | 8 | 13 |
| HH Gibbs & GC Smith | 2595 | SA | 37 | 3 | 76.32 | 368 | 7 | 7 |
| MA Atherton & GA Gooch | 2501 | Eng | 44 | 0 | 56.84 | 225 | 7 | 12 |
| ME Trescothick & MP Vaughan | 2386 | Eng | 52 | 3 | 48.69 | 182 | 5 | 15 |
| HH Gibbs & G Kirsten | 2304 | SA | 52 | 0 | 44.31 | 256 | 5 | 11 |
| JB Hobbs & W Rhodes | 2146 | Eng | 36 | 1 | 61.31 | 323 | 8 | 5 |
| Mohsin Khan & Mudassar Nazar | 2057 | Pak | 54 | 2 | 39.56 | 157 | 3 | 16 |
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