Pakistan's Inzamam joins 8,000-club by AFP

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Ground:	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Player:	Inzamam-ul-Haq
Event:	England in Pakistan 2005/06

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DateLine: 2nd December 2005

 

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq on Friday became the 14th batsman to complete 8,000 Test runs, achieving the feat against England in the third and final Test here.

 

Inzamam, retired hurt on 35 after being struck on the right wrist by fast bowler Steve Harmison on Wednesday, reached the milestone when he passed 45 during his innings of 97.

 

West Indian Brian Lara tops the list with 11,204 in 121 Tests after surpassing Australian Allan Border record of 11,174 in the third and final Test against Australia at Adelaide last week.

 

Inzamam, who made his Test debut against England at Birmingham in 1992, is only the second Pakistani batsman after former captain Javed Miandad to join the 8,000-club.

 

Following are the top run-getters in Test cricket:

 

   Name             Country      Matches     Runs      100s
   Brian Lara       West Indies    121       11,204      31
   Allan Border     Australia      156       11,174      27
   Steve Waugh      Australia      168       10,927      32
   Sachin Tendulkar India          123       10,134      34
   Sunil Gavaskar   India          125       10,122      34
   Graham Gooch     England        118        8,900      20
   Javed Miandad    Pakistan       124        8,832      23
   Viv Richards     West Indies    121        8,540      24
   Alec Stewart     England        133        8,463      15
   David Gower      England        117        8,231      18
   Geoff Boycott    England        108        8,114      22
   Gary Sobers      West Indies     93        8,032      26
   Inzamam-ul-Haq   Pakistan       105        8,052      24
   Mark Waugh       Australia      128        8,029      20

 

The Pakistan skipper also completed 1,000 runs in the calendar year with his 97.

 

Mohsin Khan (1982) and Inzamam (2000) were the other batsmen to score a 1,000 runs in a calendar year for Pakistan previously.

   Batsman               country     Test Runs   100s
   Ricky Ponting         Australia   13   1,292    5
   Marcus Trescothick    England     13   1,323    4
   Matthew Hayden        Australia   13   1,158    4
   Brian Lara            West Indies  9   1,110    5
   Inzamam-ul-Haq        Pakistan     8   1,000    4

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