Look at that smile 😄😄 https://t.co/jgLHT68Xfh — England Cricket (@englandcricket) 1464618728000Remarkable achievement for Cook, who becomes both the youngest, and the first Englishman to reach 10,000 Test runs! Alastair Cook joins an exclusive 12-man club of the greatest batsman to play the game #legends #history https://t.co/NcGL3Hpgna — England Cricket (@englandcricket) 1464618134000The moment Alastair Cook reaches 10,000 Test runs with a classic glance off his pads. He grew into the role of opener before taking over the Test captaincy from Andrew Strauss in late 2012. https://t.co/FEmdZxGgNm — ICC (@ICC) 1464618649000NEW DELHI: Alastair Cook on Monday became the first England cricketer to cross the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket, and the youngest overall, beating Sachin Tendulkar's record set in 2005 by five months at the age of 31 years, five months. Tendulkar - Test cricket's leading run-scorer - was 31 years, ten months 20 days old when he scored his 10,000th run in 2005.England captain Cook, already his country's leading Test run-scorer, came into the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street just 20 runs away from becoming the first Englishman to join the coveted 10k club.

Source: Times of India May 30, 2016 14:21 UTC