Feb 22 2009
Srilanka made the record against pakistan on second day of test match
Captain Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera broke the 52-year-old world record for a fourth wicket stand on Sunday as Sri Lanka posted a huge total against Pakistan in the first Test.
Sri Lanka declared its first innings at 644-7 and Pakistan - needing 445 runs to avoid follow-on - lost opener Salman Butt in Muttiah Muralitharan’s third over of the innings to finish day two at 44-1.
Jayawardene and Samaraweera put on 437 runs for the fourth wicket, bettering the previous record of England’s Peter May and Colin Cowdrey, who got 411 against the West Indies at Edgbaston in 1957.
The partnership also took Sri Lanka past their highest Test total against Pakistan, overhauling 528 at Lahore in 2002. Samaraweera improved his previous highest Test score of 142 against England at Colombo in 2003.
Sri Lanka declared half an hour into the last session after posting their best ever Test total against Pakistan.
It was the eighth biggest partnership of all time and the second biggest in Pakistan.
