South Africa's highest tenth-wicket partnership in Test cricket is 103 runs, achieved between Tuppy Owen-Smith and Sandy Bell in July 1929 against England. Owen-Smith finished the innings with a Test innings best of 129 runs.
Bell's contribution of 26 runs was his best in all Test matches.
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The highest tenth-wicket partnership is 151 runs, scored by Pakistani batsmen Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed against South Africa in October 1997. The same match saw Ali Naqvi score a century in his debut Test appearance, surpassing his first-class best at that point by a single run. It would remain his highest Test score.