BA Stokes and JM Bairstow of England added 399 runs for the sixth wicket in the just concluded Cape Town test between South Africa and England to provide the record sixth wicket partnership in the annals of test cricket. The previous best was 365 runs unbeaten partnership between KS Williamson and BJ Waitling in the test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Wellington in Jan 2015. The following table furnishes all the 300 plus runs partnerships for the sixth wicket. There are eight such partnerships.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JM Bairstow, BA Stokes	6	399	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2016
2	BJ Watling, KS Williamson	6	365*	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Jan 2015
3	BB McCullum, BJ Watling	6	352	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 2014
4	M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene	6	351	2	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
5	DG Bradman, JHW Fingleton	6	346	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1937
6	MJ Guptill, BB McCullum	6	339	1	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 2010
7	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	6	317	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2002
8	BJ Haddin, MEK Hussey	6	307	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 2010