Younis Khan first Pakistan player to reach 10,000 Test runs

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) — Younis Khan became the first Pakistan player to score 10,000 Test runs on Sunday, reaching the landmark shortly after tea on the third day of the first Test against West Indies.

Younis Khan reached another Test milestone at Sabina Park on Sunday, becoming the first Pakistan player to reach 10,000 runs in the longest format.

The 39-year-old – already his country’s record run-scorer in five-day action – earned a spot in the record books during Pakistan’s previous Test series against Australia when his 175 not out in the third Test made him the first player to score hundreds in 11 countries.

Having ended the Australia series 23 shy of 10,000 Test runs, Younis made it to the landmark figure on day three of the first Test with West Indies.

He came close to getting there with a six late in the afternoon session when a lofted drive off Devendra Bishoo landed just short of the rope at long-on, the four taking him to 21 for the innings.

Younis, who is set to retire after this series, could only manage one more run before tea, meaning he headed to the dressing room stuck on 9,999 career runs.

Yet a career-defining moment arrived in the first over after the resumption of play as he swept Roston Chase for four – taking Pakistan to 129-2 in reply to their hosts’ 286 all out.

Younis, who ran towards his side’s dressing room in celebration, is the 13th player to reach 10,000 Test runs.

10,000 or more runs in Tests  – Wikipedia 

10,000 runs in Tests ^[2]

No.	Player	Team	First	Last	Mat.	Inn.	Runs	Avg.	100s	50s	Date[2]	Ref.
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	1989	2013	200	329	15,921	53.73	51	68	16 March 2005	[6] [8]
2	Ricky Ponting	Australia	1995	2012	168	287	13,378	51.85	41	62	30 May 2008	[6] [9]
3	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	1995	2013	166	280	13,289	55.37	45	55	27 February 2009	[6] [10]
4	Rahul Dravid	India	1996	2012	164	286	13,288	52.31	36	63	29 March 2008	[6] [11]
5	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2000	2015	134	233	12,400	57.40	38	52	26 December 2012	[6] [12]
6	Brian Lara	West Indies	1990	2006	131	232	11,953	52.88	34	48	15 August 2004	[6] [13]
7	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	1994	2015	164	280	11,867	51.37	30	66	26 April 2012	[6] [14]
8	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1997	2014	149	252	11,814	49.84	34	50	26 December 2011	[6] [15]
9	Allan Border	Australia	1978	1994	156	265	11,174	50.56	27	63	2 January 1993	[6] [16]
10	Alastair Cook	England	2006	2016	140	253	11,057	46.45	30	53	30 May 2016	[6] [17]
11	Steve Waugh	Australia	1985	2004	168	260	10,927	51.06	32	50	3 January 2003	[6] [18]
12	Sunil Gavaskar	India	1971	1987	125	214	10,122	51.12	34	45	7 March 1987	[6] [19]
13	Younis Khan	Pakistan	2000	2017	116	208	10,005	52.29	34	32	23 April 2017