AN Cook of England scored 16 runs in England’s first innings against New Zealand at Lord’s in the ongoing first test. He scored three boundary fours in his innings of 16. These three boundary fours game him 1000 boundary fours and with it the distinction of becoming the 21^st batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 plus boundary fours. He also became the third England batsman to achieve the feat after AJ Stewert {1121} and GA Gooch {1079).  The following table furnishes the complete list of batsmen who have achieved the feat.

 

BATSMEN WHO HAVE SCORED 1000 PLUS BOUNDARY FOURS IN TESTS
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14	2058
2	R Dravid	Ind	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	8	1654
3	BC Lara	Win	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17	1559
4	RT Ponting	Aus	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17	1509
5	JH Kallis	SAF	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16	1488
6	KC Sangakkara	Srl	130	225	17	12203	319	58.66	38	51	10	1473
7	M Jayawardene	Srl	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15	1387
8	S Chanderpaul	Win	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	30	66	15	1285
9	V Sehwag	Ind	104	180	6	8586	319	49.34	23	32	16	1233
10	SR Waugh	Aus	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22	1175
11	GC Smith	SAF	117	205	13	9265	277	48.25	27	38	11	1165
12	AR Border	Aus	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11	1161
13	VVS Laxman	Ind	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56	14	1135
14	AJ Stewart	Eng	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45	14	1121
15	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46	15	1105
16	GA Gooch	Eng	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13	1079
17	IVA Richards	Win	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	24	45	10	1051
18	ML Hayden	Aus	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14	1049
19	CH Gayle	Win	103	182	11	7214	333	42.18	15	37	15	1046
20	SM Gavaskar	Ind	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12	1016
21	AN Cook	Eng	113	201	12	8707	294	46.06	26	40	7	1000
ENGLAND BATSMEN WHO HAVE SCORED 1000 PLUS BOUNDARY FOURS IN TESTS
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s
1	AJ Stewart	Eng	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45	14	1121
2	GA Gooch	Eng	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13	1079
3	AN Cook	Eng	113	201	12	8707	294	46.06	26	40	7	1000