South Africa captain Graeme Smith (232) and Neil McKenzie (226) set a world record 415-run opening stand in Chittagong on Saturday. They rewrote the 52-year-old record by Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy against New Zealand.

It was only the second time a pair of openers had both notched double centuries in a Test. The first pair to achieve the mark was Australia’s William Lawry (210) and Robert Simpson (201) against the West Indies in Barbados in 1965.

The following are the statistical highlights:

TOP 10 1st WICKET PARTNERSHIPS

415 N. McKenzie and G. Smith, SA vs Bangla, Chittagong 2007-08

413 V. Mankad and Pankaj Roy, Ind vs NZ, Madras, 1955-56

410 V. Sehwag and R. Dravid, Ind vs Pak, Lahore, 2005-06

387 G. Turner and TW Jarvis, NZ vs WI, Georgetown 1971-72

382 W Lawry and RB Simpson, Aus vs WI, Bridgetown 1964-65

368 G. Smith and H. Gibbs, SA vs Pak, Cape Town 2002-03

359 L. Hutton and C. Washbrook, Eng vs SA, Ellis Park, 1948-49

338 G. Smith and H. Gibbs, SA vs Eng, Edgbaston 2003

335 M. Atapattu and S. Jayasuriya, SL vs Pak, Kandy 1999-00

329 G Marsh and M. Taylor, Aus vs Eng, Trent Bridge 1999-00

RECORD PARTNERSHIPS

1st wicket — 415 (N. McKenzie and G. Smith, SA vs Bangla, Chittagong 2007-08)

2nd wicket — 576 (S. Jayasuriya and R. Mahanama, SL vs Ind, Colombo 1997-98)

3rd wicket — 624 (K. Sangakkara and M. Jayawardena, SL vs SA, Colombo SSC 2006)

4th wicket — 411 (P. May and C. Cowdrey, Eng vs WI, Edgbaston 1957)

5th wicket — 405 (SG Barnes and D. Bradman, Aus vs Eng, Sydney 1946-47)

6th wicket — 346 (JHW Fingleton and D. Bradman, Aus vs Eng, Melbourne, 1936-37)

p 7th wicket — 347 (D.S. Atkinson and C. Depeiza, WI vs Aus, Bridgetown, 1954-55)

8th wicket — 313 (Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq, Pak vs Zim, Sheikhupura 1996-97)

9th wicket — 195 (M. Boucher and P. Symcox, SA vs Pak, Wanderers 1997-98)

10th wicket — 151 (BF Hastings and RO Collinge, NZ vs Pak, Auckland 1972-73 Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed, Pak vs SA Rawalpindi, 1997-98)