For all of the the cricketophiles (or cricket-tragics) out there, this is an amazing feat:
BBC SPORT | Cricket | Sri Lanka pair break world record
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| Jayawardene set a new partnership record of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara, who hit 35 fours in 287 |
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The crowd erupted when the record came courtesy of four leg byes collected off South Africa spinner Nicky Boje.
The third-wicket pair surpassed the previous best of 576 for the second wicket by fellow Sri Lankans Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India at the nearby Premadasa stadium in 1997.
Jayawardene made his debut in that match, in which the Sri Lankans posted the highest Test team score of 952-6.
The skipper was on 278 and Sangakkara was on 273 when they set the new record in the second over after lunch on the third day at the Sinhalese sports club.
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BEST TEST STANDS
S'kkara & J'wardene: 624, SL v SA, '06
Jayasuriya & Mahanama: 576, SL v Ind, Colombo, '97-'98
Jones & Crowe: 467, NZ v SL, Wellington, '90-'91
W Ponsford & D Bradman: 451, Aus v Eng, The Oval, '34
M Nazar & J Miandad: 451, Pak v Ind, Hyderabad, '82-'83 |
What an absolutely awesome feat.
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