Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara passes 10,000 Test Runs - Wednesday Dec 26,2012

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara became the 11th cricketer to pass 10,000 Test runs in the last over before lunch in the 2nd Test against Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday Dec 26,2012
Kumar Sangakkara, who has an average of more than 55 runs, has reached the 10,000-run mark in 195 innings during a career spanning 115 Tests.


The Other batsmen who have scored 10000+ Runs are -

S No	Batsman & Country	Runs Scored
1	Sachin Tendulkar(India)	15645
2	Ricky Ponting(Australia)*	13378
3	Rahul Dravid(India)*	13288
4	Jacques Kallis(South Africa)	12980
5	Brian Lara(West Indies)*	11953
6	Allan Border(Australia)*	11174
7	Steve Waugh(Australia)*	10927
8	Shivnarine Chanderpaul(West Indies)	10696
9	Mahela Jayawardne(Sri Lanka)	10674
10	Sunil Gavaskar(India)*	10122
11	Kumar Sangakkara	10009

*Retired from International Cricket

Leading Test run scorers

• Sachin Tendulkar (India) 15,645
• Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13,378
• Rahul Dravid (Ind) 13,288
• Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 12,980
• Brian Lara (West Indies) 11,953
• Allan Border (Aus) 11,174
• Steve Waugh (Aus) 10,927
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) 10,696
• Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 10,674
• Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) 10,122
• Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 10,018