AN Cook and AJ Strauss became the fifth pair in the annals of test cricket to add 5000 plus runs the annals of test cricket. At the end of the second test betweenEnglandand West Indies atNottingham, they added 5085 runs.  The record for most partnership runs in test cricket stands in the name of R Dravid and SR Tendulkar who have added 6920 runs.

AN Cook and AJ Strauss have added 4597 runs for the first wicket and stand third in the list of batsmen who have added most partnership runs for the first wicket

AN Cook and AJ Strauss became the first pair of batsmen to add 5000 plus partnership runs. England batsmen who have added 3000 plus partnership runs are listed below

The following table lists out the performances of batsmen in the captioned three categories.

PARTNERSHIP OF 5000 PLUS RUNS IN THE ANNALS OF TEST CRICKET
No	Partners	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100	50
1	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	Ind	143	6	6920	249	50.51	20	29
2	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	Win	148	11	6482	298	47.31	16	26
3	ML Hayden, JL Langer	Aus	122	4	6081	255	51.53	14	28
4	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	Srl	97	3	5444	624	57.91	14	23
5	AN Cook, AJ Strauss	Eng	125	2	5085	229	41.34	14	19
PARTNERSHIP OF 4000 RUNS FOR THE FIRST WICKET IN THE ANNALS OF TEST CRICKET
No	Partners	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100	50
1	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	Win	148	11	6482	298	47.31	16	26
2	ML Hayden, JL Langer	Aus	113	4	5655	255	51.88	14	24
3	AN Cook, AJ Strauss	Eng	111	2	4597	229	42.17	12	17
4	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	Srl	118	7	4469	335	40.26	9	24
PARTNERSHIPS OF 3000 RUNS BY ENGLAND BATSMEN IN TEST CRICKET
No	Partners	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100	50
1	AN Cook, AJ Strauss	Eng	125	2	5085	229	41.34	14	19
2	MA Atherton, AJ Stewart	Eng	89	3	3687	226	42.87	9	20
3	ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan	Eng	72	3	3529	255	51.14	10	19
4	JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe	Eng	39	1	3339	283	87.86	15	11
5	MAAtherton,GAGooch	Eng	57	0	3048	263	53.47	9	12