10 yrs since highest-ever partnership in Tests
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara registered Test cricket's highest-ever partnership, after adding 624 runs for the third wicket against South Africa on July 29, 2006. Jayawardena scored 374, the second Sri Lankan to hit a triple ton, while Sangakkara posted 287. The duo surpassed compatriots Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama's 576-run stand against India in 1997.