FACTBOX: Sangakkara reaches 10,000 Test runs

December 26, 2012 10:32 IST

Sri Lanka [ Images ] batsman Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ] became the 11th cricketer to surpass 10,000 Test runs during his innings of 58 on the opening day of the second test against Australia [ Images ] in Melbourne [ Images ] on Wednesday.

List of the leading Test run-scorers: (* denotes active players)

Career Runs:

Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (India [ Images ]) 1989-2012* 15,645

Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (Australia) 1995-2012 13,378

Rahul Dravid [ Images ] (India) 1996-2012 13,288

Jacques Kallis [ Images ] (South Africa [ Images ]) 1995-2012* 12,980

Brian Lara [ Images ] (West Indies [ Images ]) 1990-2006 11,953

Allan Border [ Images ] (Australia) 1978-1994 11,174

Steve Waugh [ Images ] (Australia) 1985-2004 10,927

Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ] (West Indies) 1994-2012* 10,696

Mahela Jayawardene [ Images ] (Sri Lanka) 1997-2012* 10,674

Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ] (India) 1971-1987 10,122

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 2000-2012* 10,018

hotograph: Morne de Klerk/Getty Images

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