Alastair Cook breaks Sachin’s record
On Monday, Alastair Cook, the England captain became the youngest batsman to score 10,000 test runs.
He broke the record previously held by the Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar in 2005.
Cook became the first Englishman to reach the 10,000 mark in history to reach the landmark after his unbeaten 47 against Sri Lanka.
Alastair Cook, England Batsman
Tendulkar was 31 years, ten months and twenty days old which means 31 years and 326 days old when he scored the 10,000 test runs in 2005.
While on Monday i.e 30th May, 2016 Alastair was 31 years and 157 days old when he completed his 10,000 test runs.
Cook is the 12th batsman to score 10,000 runs after Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Kumar Sangakkara, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Mahela Jayawardene, Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Sunil Gawaskar.