Alistar Cook England’s leading run scorer 8,902 runs
England Test captain Alastar Cook 30-year-old, who made his debut in 2006, playing his 114th test reached 32 on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley to overtake Gooch’s mark of 8,900, which has stood since 1995.
The left-hander stands 13th on the all-time list of test run scorers.
Only one current Test player – Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara – is ahead of Cook on a chart led by India’s Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs.
