Jayawardene continued on his way however, and was finally out for 374 in the evening session on day three with Brian Lara’s world-record individual score of 400* in his sights. They batted together from day one until the afternoon session on the third day, when Sangakkara was finally removed for 287 to leave the Sri Lankans on 638-3. Things were about to get worse for the Proteas though, who found themselves on the receiving end of a third-wicket stand of 624 between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.Īt one stage the hosts had been 14-2 thanks to a rampant Dale Steyn, but then two of the best batsmen in the history of the game came together on a typically placid wicket in Colombo to mount what became the record partnership for any wicket in Test cricket.
Cricket 7 wicket series#
South Africa’s Test series away in Sri Lanka started badly as they were bowled out for just 169 in 50.2 overs, with only AB de Villiers passing 50. Individual Scores: Kumar Sangakkara 287 Mahela Jayawardene 374 Venue: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Unsurprisingly, the match was drawn, as was the two-match series between the two teams as both took advantage of pitches with very little to offer for their bowling attacks. Sri Lanka closed their innings on 952-6 declared, with Aravinda de Silva also cashing in on a flat pitch with 126 runs of his own to take his team to the highest ever score in Test cricket. The pair were eventually separated in quick succession, with Jayasuriya falling 35 runs short of Brian Lara’s then-world record individual score of 375. In their incredible partnership of 576, the pair not only broke the world record for the most runs scored for the second wicket, but also the world record partnership for any wicket. However, Jayasuriya and Mahanama came together at the start of the third day in Colombo and would not be separated until the morning of the final day, with the score now at 615. Their optimism would have been further added to after an innings of 537-8 declared, including centuries for Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin. In the first Test of their series away in Sri Lanka, India must have thought they had a good opening after removing opener Marvan Atapattu for 26 to leave the hosts 39-1. Individual Scores: Sanath Jayasuriya 340 Roshan Mahanama 225 The Proteas went on to win very comfortably by an innings and 205 runs, to take the Test series 2-0 during a tour in which they went unbeaten in all formats. Smith and McKenzie also shattered several other records, including the most runs scored in a day without a wicket falling, while Smith’s double-century was the fourth of his career, the most for a South African. Their stand of 415 was compiled against an ordinary Bangladesh bowling attack on a very flat wicket in Chittagong, and overtook the previous high for the first wicket of 413 by Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy against New Zealand in 1956. The largest partnership ever between two opening batsmen came during South Africa’s tour of Bangladesh in 2007/08 as Neil McKenzie and Graeme Smith spent just over a day batting together without being separated. Individual Scores: Neil McKenzie 226 Graeme Smith 232 Venue: Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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