On this day in 2006, two Sri Lankan cricket stalwarts Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara put on the highest-ever partnership for any wicket in Test or first-class cricket.

As ESPNcricinfo reported on that day, Jayawardene came within 26 runs of Brian Lara's record for the highest Test score and Kumar Sangakkara fell 13 short of a triple-hundred as the two put on a historic 624 runs against South Africa at  Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Ground in Colombo.