South Africa Highest Opening Partnership in Test

PlayersRunsAgainstVenueDate
Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie
415 BAN Chittagong 2008-02-29
Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs
368 PAK Cape Town 2003-01-02
Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith
338 ENG Birmingham 2003-07-24
Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs
301 WI Centurion 2004-01-16
Jack Siedle and Bruce Mitchell
260 ENG Cape Town 1931-01-01
Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten
256 ZIM Harare 2001-09-07
AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith
245 WI St John's, Antigua 2005-04-29
Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram
243 BAN Bloemfontein 2017-10-06
Gary Kirsten and Andrew Hudson
236 IND Kolkata 1996-11-27
Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers
217 ZIM Cape Town 2005-03-04
Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie
204 ENG London 2008-07-10
Aiden Markram and Dean Elgar
196 BAN Potchefstroom 2017-09-28
Jim Christy and Bruce Mitchell
196 NZ Christchurch 1932-02-27
Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers
191 WI Bridgetown 2005-04-21
Bruce Mitchell and Pieter van der Bij
191 ENG Durban 1939-03-03



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