Cook Breaks Sachin’s Record To Become Youngest Test Cricketer To Reach 10,000 Runs

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Cook Breaks Sachin’s Record To Become Youngest Test Cricketer To Reach 10,000 Runs


Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs when he made five against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Test at the Riverside on Friday. He was also the youngest to do so at 31 years and 157 days old, beating the previous record of India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar (31 years and 326 days). The England captain became just the 12th batsman -- and the only one still playing Tests -- in history to reach the landmark when the left-handed opener clipped Nuwan Pradeep for four through mid-wicket. This was Cook's 128th Test and 229th innings at this level. The Essex batsman scored a hundred on debut against India at Nagpur in 2006 and has now made 28 Test centuries. At 31, Cook could have several more years as an international cricketer left in him, but whether he will break Tendulkar's all time aggregate Test record of 15,921 runs made in 200 Tests remains to be seen. List of players who have scored 10,000 Test runs: Sachin Tendulkar (India) - 15,921 Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 13,378 Jacques Kallis (South Africa)- 13,289 Rahul Dravid (India) - 13,288 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - 12,400 Brian Lara (West Indies) - 11,953 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) - 11,867 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) - 11,814 Allan Border (Australia) - 11,174 Steve Waugh (Australia) - 10,927 Sunil Gavaskar (India) - 10,122 Alastair Cook (England) - 10,042



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