Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera broke a 52-year-old record as they set a new mark for the highest fourth-wicket stand in Test cricket.The Sri Lanka batsmen put on 437 against Pakistan to erase the record of English greats Peter May and Colin Cowdrey, who put on 411 in 1957.
Jayawardene, who also has a share of the highest Test stand for any wicket, scored 240 while Samaraweera made 231.
Sri Lanka finally declared after tea on a mammoth 644-7 in Karachi.
The prolific Jayawardene, who became the first Sri Lankan to pass 8,000 Test runs on Saturday, hooked up with Kumar Sangakkara to set the all-time mark of 624 in 2006 against South Africa.
The Sri Lanka captain's partnership with Samaraweera, who hit his maiden Test double century in the process, is the eighth highest overall in the history of Test cricket.
May and Cowdrey's previous mark came against the West Indies at Edgbaston in 1957.
Source:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/7904352.stm
The Sri Lanka captain's partnership with Samaraweera, who hit his maiden Test double century in the process, is the eighth highest overall in the history of Test cricket.
May and Cowdrey's previous mark came against the West Indies at Edgbaston in 1957.
Source:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/7904352.stm
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