Younis Khan scales new high for Pakistan – becomes the top run getter in tests
Younis Khan became the Pakistan’s highest run getter in tests. His aggregate read 8852 at the end of the first day of the test between Pakistan and England at Abu Dhabhi. He went past Javed Miandad’s 8832 runs. The following table lists the performance of these two cricketers.
| CAREER SUMMARY – YOUNIS KHAN | ||||||||
| Opponents | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | SR | 100 | 50 |
| v Australia | 8 | 16 | 1 | 850 | 213 | 53.02 | 3 | 3 |
| v Bangladesh | 7 | 10 | 2 | 638 | 200* | 62.85 | 3 | 0 |
| v England | 11 | 19 | 0 | 822 | 173 | 55.05 | 2 | 3 |
| v India | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1321 | 267 | 58.78 | 5 | 4 |
| v New Zealand | 9 | 15 | 2 | 733 | 149* | 59.69 | 2 | 4 |
| v South Africa | 14 | 28 | 3 | 990 | 131* | 48.22 | 4 | 2 |
| v Sri Lanka | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2286 | 313 | 50.85 | 8 | 6 |
| v West Indies | 10 | 19 | 1 | 701 | 153 | 48.74 | 2 | 4 |
| v Zimbabwe | 5 | 9 | 2 | 511 | 200* | 41.41 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 102 | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 52.67 | 30 | 29 |
| CAREER SUMMARY – JAVED MIANDAD | ||||||||
| Opponents | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | F |
| v Australia | 25 | 40 | 2 | 1797 | 211 | 47.28 | 6 | 7 |
| v England | 22 | 32 | 6 | 1329 | 260 | 51.11 | 2 | 9 |
| v India | 28 | 39 | 6 | 2228 | 280* | 67.51 | 5 | 14 |
| v New Zealand | 18 | 29 | 5 | 1919 | 271 | 79.95 | 7 | 6 |
| v Sri Lanka | 12 | 16 | 2 | 582 | 203* | 41.57 | 1 | 2 |
| v West Indies | 16 | 28 | 0 | 834 | 114 | 29.78 | 2 | 4 |
| v Zimbabwe | 3 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 70 | 28.60 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 |