England captain Alastair Cook Joins the 10000+ Runs Club in Test Match Cricket Monday May 30,2016

 

England captain Alastair Cook has become the youngest player to score 10,000 Test runs.

Aged 31, five months and five days, he achieved the landmark by reaching five on the fourth day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street.

Alastair Cook brought up the milestone with a leg-side clip for four off Nuwan Pradeep and saluted the England balcony.

"It's a very special moment for me," Cook said. "You forget about all the hard times you have as a cricketer."

Alastair Cook beat India legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of 31 years, 10 months and 20 days, which has stood since 2005

Alastair Cook is the 12th player in Test Match History to score 10000+ Runs and only the second opener.

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	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38	52	11
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
AN Cook (Eng)	2006-2016	128	229	13	10042	294	46.49	28	47	8

Alastair Cook went on to make 47 not out as England beat Sri Lanka by 9 Wickets in the 2nd Test

Youngest players to 10,000 Test runs
Player	Age	Date achieved
Alastair Cook (England)	31 years, 5 months, 5 days	30 May 2016
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	31 years, 10 months, 20 days	16 March 2005
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)	33 years, 4 months, 11 days	27 Feb 2009
Ricky Ponting (Australia)	33 years, 5 months, 11 days	30 May 2008
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)	34 years, 6 months, 29 days	26 Dec 2011