Lara, record holder of the highest Test and first-class scores, 400 not out and 501 respectively, became only the fourth man to score 10,000 Test runs.

The Trinidadian joins Australians Allan Border and Steve Waugh, and Indian Sunil Gavaskar in the elite club.

The latest feather in his cap is made all the more remarkable by the fact he passed the 10,000 run-mark much faster than the other three players, all of whom have retired.

A detailed statistical look at the Test career of the master batsman:

Performance against each country

Opponent	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs1	Hs2	Hs3	Ave	100	50	0
Australia	27	50	2	2,470	277	213	182	51.46	8	11	5
Bangladesh	2	2	-	173	120	53	-	86.50	1	1	-
England	29	49	3	2,889	400*	375	179	62.80	7	10	4
India	13	21	-	791	103	91	83	37.67	1	6	2
New Zealand	8	12	-	614	147	75	74	51.17	1	4	-
Pakistan	7	13	-	394	96	51	44	30.31	-	2	-
South Africa	15	30	-	1322	202	115	91	44.07	2	9	1
Sri Lanka	8	14	1	1125	221	209	178	86.54	5	2	1
Zimbabwe	2	4	-	222	191	29	1	55.50	1	-	-
Home	56	94	5	5,282	400*	375	213	59.35	12	26	6
Away	55	101	1	4,718	277	221	202	47.18	14	19	7
TOTAL	111	195	6	10,000	400*	375	277	52.91	26	45	13

Scoring pattern

Opponent	0-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-89	90-99	100-149	150-199	200-249	250-299	300-349	350-
Australia	17	5	4	2	3	10	1	4	2	1	1	-	-
England	11	6	5	4	6	8	2	2	3	-	-	-	2
India	5	4	-	2	3	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	2	-	2	1	2	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	4	2	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	7	7	-	3	2	8	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	3	2	-	-	2	2	-	2	1	2	-	-	-
Zimbabwe	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
TOTAL (195)	51	26	12	15	20	39	6	12	7	4	1	-	2

Mode of dismissals

Opponent	B	CF	CW	C&B	St	LBW	RO	HW	Nemeses
Australia	5	20	13	-	1	6	2	1	GD McGrath 13, AJ Bichel 5
England	5	22	9	-	-	9	1	-	ARC Fraser 7, AR Caddick 6, D Gough 6
India	3	7	8	1	-	2	-	-	SLV Raju 4, A Kumble 3, A Nehra 3
New Zealand	4	3	4	-	-	1	-	-	DK Morrison 3, DL Vettori 3
Pakistan	3	5	1	1	1	2	-	-	Waqar Younis 3, Wasim Akram 2, Saqlain Mushtaq 2
South Africa	5	15	4	1	-	4	-	1	AA Donald 6, A Nel 5
Sri Lanka	2	4	4	1	-	2	-	-	M Muralitharan 5
Zimbabwe	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	HH Streak 2, RW Price 1,AM Blignaut 1
Bangladesh	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	Mushfiqur Rahman 1, Mohammad Rafique 1
TOTAL (189)	28	78	45	4	2	27	3	2

Performance at each position

Position	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	Hs	100	50	0
Opening	2	0	111	55.50	91	0	1	0
#3	59	4	3,244	58.98	400*	7	12	3
#4	120	1	6,109	51.33	277	18	29	8
#5	12	1	514	46.73	153*	1	3	2
#6	1	0	8	8.00	8	0	0	0
#7	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
#8	1	0	14	14.00	14	0	0	0
#9	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
#10	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
#11	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
Total	195	6	10,000	52.91	400*	26	45	13

Fastest to 10000 runs

Batsman	For	Reached on	Tests	Inns
BC Lara	WI	v England,Manchester,2004	111	195
SM Gavaskar	Ind	v Pakistan,Ahmedabad,1986-87	124	212
AR Border	Aus	v West Indies,Sydney,1992-93	136	235
SR Waugh	Aus	v England,Sydney,2002-03	156	244