10 bowler-fielder combinations with most dismissals in Tests

#1 Muttiah Muralitharan and Mahela Jayawardene - 77 (1997 - 2010)

An aggregate of 77 combined Test dismissals is a world record set by Muralitharan and Jayawardene

Sri Lanka’s spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan, the world’s highest wicket-taker in Test match cricket, and another of his country’s stalwarts, Mahela Jayawardene, have achieved as a pair what no other duo is even close to – the record for most dismissals together. The magician Muralitharan bowled the off-spinner, the doosra, as well as the top spinner with equal efficiency and Jayawardene, obliged each time the ball came his way at first slip.

A record 77 dismissals together is a massive achievement considering Sri Lanka were never known to produce high-quality fielders. But in Jayawardene, they found 205 catches which were pouched – a figure second only to Rahul Dravid – while Muralitharan’s record 800 wickets still stand as the most in Test cricket.