Top 10 Highest overall partnership runs by a pair in International Cricket

3. Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes – 11688 runs, 1978-1991:

The devastating pair of Greenidge and Haynes was without a doubt the best opening pair of their era. For a long period of time, this was the most successful pair in Test cricket aggregating 6482 runs. Their record was finally eclipsed by Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar after surviving for 20 years. Greenidge played as if attacking was in his genes. They also hold the records for most century partnerships for the opening wicket (31). Sitting at number three in the list they scored these runs at an average close to 50.