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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

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
PlayerAgeDate achieved
Alastair Cook (England)31 years, 5 months, 5 days30 May 2016
Sachin Tendulkar (India)31 years, 10 months, 20 days16 March 2005
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)33 years, 4 months, 11 days27 Feb 2009
Ricky Ponting (Australia)33 years, 5 months, 11 days30 May 2008
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)34 years, 6 months, 29 days26 Dec 2011

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