This is now the highest partnership for any wicket in all first-class cricket obliterating the previous highest of 577 runs for the fourth wicket between Vijay Hazare and Gul Mahomed for Baroda v Holkar in 1946-47. Incidentally the previous highest partnership for the third wicket was of 467 runs between Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe for New Zealand against Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91.
The following table lists the highest partnerships in all first-class cricket matches:
Highest partnerships in first-class cricket
| Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | Teams | Venue | Season |
| 624 | 3rd | KC Sangakkara & DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v South Africa | Colombo SSC | 2006 |
| 577 | 4th | VS Hazare & Gul Mahomed | Baroda v Holkar | Baroda | 1946-47 |
| 576 | 2nd | ST Jayasuriya & RS Mahanama | Sri Lanka v India | Colombo RPS | 1997-98 |
| 574* | 4th | FMM Worrell & CL Walcott | Barbados v Trinidad | Port-of-Spain | 1945-46 |
| 561 | 1st | Waheed Mirza & Mansoor Akhtar | Karachi Whites v Quetta | Karachi | 1976-77 |
| 555 | 1st | P Holmes & H Sutcliffe | Yorkshire v Essex | Leyton | 1932 |
| 554 | 1st | JT Brown & J Tunnicliffe | Yorkshire v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 1898 |
| 502* | 4th | FMM Worrell & JDC Goddard | Barbados v Trinidad | Bridgetown | 1943-44 |
The previous highest partnership for any wicket in Test cricket was of 576 runs for the second wicket between Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama for Sri Lanka against India at Colombo (RPS) in 1997-98.
Highest partnerships in Test cricket
| Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Season | |
| 624 | 3rd | K Sangakkara | DPMD Jayawardene | SL | SA | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
| 576 | 2nd | ST Jayasuriya | RS Mahanama | SL | Ind | Colombo (RPS) | 1997-98 |
| 467 | 3rd | AH Jones | MD Crowe | NZ | SL | Wellington | 1990-91 |
| 451 | 3rd | Mudassar Nazar | Javed Miandad | Pak | Ind | Hyderabad (Niaz) | 1982-83 |
| 451 | 2nd | WH Ponsford | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 1934 |
| 446 | 2nd | CC Hunte | GStA Sobers | WI | Pak | Kingston | 1957-58 |
| 438 | 2nd | MS Atapattu | KC Sangakkara | SL | Zim | Bulawayo (QSC) | 2003-04 |
| 429* | 3rd | JA Rudolph | HH Dippenaar | SA | Ban | Chittagong | 2002-03 |
| 413 | 1st | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras (Corp) | 1955-56 |
| 411 | 4th | PBH May | MC Cowdrey | Eng | WI | Edgbaston | 1957 |
| 410 | 1st | V Sehwag | RS Dravid | Ind | Pak | Lahore (Gaddafi) | 2005-06 |
| 405 | 5th | SG Barnes | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 1946-47 |
Highest third-wicket partnerships in Test cricket
| Runs | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Season | |
| 624 | K Sangakkara | DPMD Jayawardene | SL | SA | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
| 467 | AH Jones | MD Crowe | NZ | SL | Wellington | 1990-91 |
| 451 | Mudassar Nazar | Javed Miandad | Pak | Ind | Hyderabad (Niaz) | 1982-83 |
| 429* | JA Rudolph | HH Dippenaar | SA | Ban | Chittagong | 2002-03 |
| 397 | Qasim Omar | Javed Miandad | Pak | SL | Faisalabad | 1985-86 |
| 370 | WJ Edrich | DCS Compton | Eng | SA | Lord's | 1947 |
| 352* | Ijaz Ahmed | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pak | SL | Dhaka | 1998-99 |
This partnership is also the highest for any wicket against South Africa obliterating the 385-run stand between Steve Waugh and Greg Blewett for Australia at Johannesburg in 1996-97.
Highest partnership in Test cricket against each country
| Opponent | Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | For | Venue | Season | |
| Australia | 382 | 2nd | L Hutton | M Leyland | Eng | The Oval | 1938 |
| Bangladesh | 429* | 3rd | JA Rudolph | HH Dippenaar | Saf | Chittagong | 2002-03 |
| England | 451 | 2nd | WH Ponsford | DG Bradman | Aus | The Oval | 1934 |
| India | 576 | 2nd | ST Jayasuriya | RS Mahanama | SL | Colombo (RPS) | 1997-98 |
| New Zealand | 413 | 1st | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | Madras (Corp) | 1955-56 |
| Pakistan | 446 | 2nd | CC Hunte | GStA Sobers | WI | Kingston | 1957-58 |
| South Africa | 624 | 3rd | K Sangakkara | DPMD Jayawardene | SL | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
| Sri Lanka | 467 | 3rd | AH Jones | MD Crowe | NZ | Wellington | 1990-91 |
| West Indies | 411 | 4th | PBH May | MC Cowdrey | Eng | Edgbaston | 1957 |
| Zimbabwe | 438 | 2nd | MS Atapattu | KC Sangakkara | SL | Bulawayo (QSC) | 2003-04 |
Sangakkara and Jayawardene provided only the second instance of two batsmen making 250-plus scores in the same innings.
| Batsmen | For | Score | Vs | Venue | Season |
| CC Hunte (260) & GStA Sobers (365*) | WI | 790-3d | Pak | Kingston | 1957-58 |
| KC Sangakkara (287) & DPMD Jayawardene (315*) | SL | 485-2 | SA | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
Highest first innings leads
The 587-run lead that Sri Lanka got over South Africa is the highest lead for any side batting second in a Test. The details :
| Lead | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
| 587 | SL (756-5d) | SA (169) | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
| 509 | SA (682-6d) | Eng (173) | Lord's | 2003 |
| 485 | SL (713-3d) | Zim (228) | Bulawayo | 2003-04 |
| 465 | SL (555-5d) | Ban (90) | Colombo (SSC) | 2001-02 |
| 462 | WI (790-3d) | Pak (328) | Kingston | 1957-58 |
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