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The 12 batsmen to have scored 10 000 Test runs

Cape Town - The 12 batsmen to have scored 10 000 runs in Test cricket after England skipper Alastair Cook joined the club on Monday.

(under player, team, span, matches, innings, not outs, runs, highest score, average, 100s, 50s)

1. Sachin Tendulkar (IND) 1989-2013 200 329 33 15 921 248* 53.78 51 68

2. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 1995-2012 168 287 29 13 378 257 51.85 41 62

3. Jacques Kallis (ICC/RSA) 1995-2013 166 280 40 13 289 224 55.37 45 58

4. Rahul Dravid (ICC/IND) 1996-2012 164 286 32 13 288 270 52.31 36 63

5. Kumar Sangakkara (SRI) 2000-2015 134 233 17 12 400 319 57.40 38 52

6. Brian Lara (ICC/WIS) 1990-2006 131 232 6 11 953 400* 52.88 34 48

7. Shiv Chanderpaul (WIS) 1994-2015 164 280 49 11 867 203* 51.37 30 66

8. Mahela Jayawardene (SRI) 1997-2014 149 252 15 11 814 374 49.84 34 50

9. Allan Border (AUS) 1978-1994 156 265 44 11 174 205 50.56 27 63

10. Stephen Waugh (AUS) 1985-2004 168 260 46 10 927 200 51.06 32 50

11. Sunil Gavaskar (IND) 1971-1987 125 214 16 10 122 236* 51.12 34 45

12. Alastair Cook (ENG) 2006- 128 228 13 10 042 294 46.49 28 47

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