England captain Alastair Cook has said that India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record for Test runs has yet to come into his sights. However, he had surpassed one mark set by the Little Master. Cook became the 12th player in history to score 10,000 Test runs during England's nine wicket win in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Durham to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series ahead of today's third Test at Lord's.The left-handed opener was also the first Englishman to achieve the feat and, at 31 years and 157 days, the youngest to get to the landmark, breaking Tendulkar's record by more than five months. Cook 10,042 runs in 128 Tests is, however, nearly 6,000 runs short of retired star Tendulkar's record aggregate of 15,921 runs from 200 Tests. The England skipper has 28 Test hundreds to his name, with his runs having come at an average of 47, whereas Tendulkar bowed out with a record 51 centuries at an average of nearly 54.
News On AIR | June 9, 2016 1:43 PM
Nowhere near Sachin Tendulakr's all-time record for Test runs: Alastair Cook