Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden on Thursday became the most prolific opening pair in Australian Test history, surpassing the aggregate of 3887 runs by Michael Slater and Mark Taylor.

Langer-Hayden pair is now the third most successful opening pair in Test history behind Greenidge & Haynes for West Indies and Atapattu & Jayasuriya for Sri Lanka.

The following table lists the most successful opening pairs in Test cricket:

Partners	Runs	For	Inns	NO	Ave	Hs	100	50
CG Greenidge & DL Haynes	6482	WI	148	11	47.31	298	16	26
MS Atapattu & ST Jayasuriya	4159	SL	106	6	41.59	335	9	21
ML Hayden & JL Langer	3896	Aus	66	1	59.93	255	12	14
MJ Slater & MA Taylor	3887	Aus	78	2	51.14	260	10	16
WM Lawry & RB Simpson	3596	Aus	62	3	60.95	382	9	18
JB Hobbs & H Sutcliffe	3249	Eng	38	1	87.81	283	15	10
CPS Chauhan & SM Gavaskar	3010	Ind	59	3	53.75	213	10	10
L Hutton & C Washbrook	2880	Eng	51	3	60.00	359	8	13
HH Gibbs & GC Smith	2595	SA	37	3	76.32	368	7	7
MA Atherton & GA Gooch	2501	Eng	44	0	56.84	225	7	12
ME Trescothick & MP Vaughan	2386	Eng	52	3	48.69	182	5	15
HH Gibbs & G Kirsten	2304	SA	52	0	44.31	256	5	11
JB Hobbs & W Rhodes	2146	Eng	36	1	61.31	323	8	5
Mohsin Khan & Mudassar Nazar	2057	Pak	54	2	39.56	157	3	16

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