Cook beats Sachin: England captain becomes youngest cricketer to score 10,000 Test runs

England captain Alastair Cook became the youngest cricketer to reach 10,000 test runs on the fourth day of the second test against Sri Lanka in Durham on Monday.

Aged 31 years, five months and five days, he achieved the landmark by reaching five on the fourth day. He brought up the milestone with a leg-side clip for four off Nuwan Pradeep and saluted the England balcony. He beat India legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of 31 years, 10 months and 20 days, which had stood since 2005.

Cook is also the first English batsman to score 10,000 Test runs and 12th in the history to achieve that feat. Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Mahela Jayawardene, Sunil Gavaskar, Jacques Kallis, Allan Border, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Steve Waugh are the other batsmen to reach the milestone.

Alastair Cook joins an exclusive 12-man club of the greatest batsman to play the game #legends #history pic.twitter.com/NcGL3Hpgna

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