Alastair Cook becomes England's leading Run-Scorer in Test Matches Saturday May 30,2015

Alastair Cook has passed Graham Gooch to become England's leading Test run scorer. 

England's leading run scorers in Test cricket
Player	Runs	Tests	Years active	Average
Alastair Cook	8,902	114	2006-present	46.85*
Graham Gooch	8,900	118	1975-1995	42.58
Alec Stewart	8,463	133	1990-2003	39.54
David Gower	8,231	117	1978-1992	44.25
Kevin Pietersen	8,181	104	2005-2014	47.28

In reaching 32 on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday May 30,2015, he overtook Graham Gooch's mark of 8,900, which has stood since 1995.

England captain Alastair Cook(30) is playing his 114th Test, having made his debut in 2006 Vs India @ Nagpur and scored 60 and 104* and became the16th player to score a ton on Test Debut

Alastair Cook stands 13th on the all-time list of Test Run Scorers and only one current Test player - Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara - is ahead of him on a chart led by India great Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs.

Most Runs

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16
R Dravid (ICC/India)	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	8
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	130	225	17	12203	319	58.66	38	51	10
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	30	66	15
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15
AR Border (Aus)	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
SR Waugh (Aus)	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2014	117	205	13	9265	277	48.25	27	38	11
AN Cook (Eng)	2006-2015	114*	203	12	8944	294	46.82	27	41	7
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	23	43	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	1992-2007	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46	15
VVS Laxman (India)	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56	14
ML Hayden (Aus)	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14
V Sehwag (ICC/India)	2001-2013	104	180	6	8586	319	49.34	23	32	16
Younis Khan (Pak)	2000-2015	98	175	16	8547	313	53.75	29	29	16
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	24	45	10