AN Cook became the first England captain to aggregate 4000 plus runs in tests. He reached the milestone when he was on 37 during his knock of 81 in England’s first innings in the ongoing first test between England and Pakistan at Lord’s. His run aggregate at the end of the second day of the test read 4044.

AN Cook became the eighth captain to total 4000 plus runs in test cricket. The performance of all the eight captains are furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0
1	GC Smith	ICC/SAF	109	193	12	8659	277	47.83	25	36	61	10
2	AR Border	Aus	93	154	24	6623	205	50.94	15	36	51	7
3	RT Ponting	Aus	77	140	13	6542	209	51.51	19	35	54	7
4	CH Lloyd	Win	74	111	9	5233	242*	51.30	14	27	41	3
5	SP Fleming	NZl	80	135	8	5156	274*	40.59	8	31	34	13
6	BC Lara	Win	47	85	4	4685	400*	57.83	14	19	44	5
7	GS Chappell	Aus	48	86	10	4209	235	55.38	13	19	39	7
8	AN Cook	Eng	49	90	6	4044	263	48.14	10	20	30	3

AN Cook’s 81 at Lord’s provide his 30^th fifty in tests – 10 C plus 20 HC. He became the tenth captain in the annals of test cricket to score 30 plus fifties. The following table lists the captains who have scored 30 plus fifties

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	50+
1	GC Smith	SAF	54	61	6	6111	277	111.10	25	36	0	61
2	RT Ponting	Aus	45	54	8	5063	209	110.06	19	35	0	54
3	AR Border	Aus	46	51	15	4619	205	128.30	15	36	0	51
4	CH Lloyd	Win	39	41	5	3740	242*	103.88	14	27	0	41
5	SP Fleming	NZl	36	39	6	3638	274*	110.24	8	31	0	39
6	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	30	36	10	2820	135	108.46	8	28	0	36
7	BC Lara	Win	27	33	3	3777	400*	125.90	14	19	0	33
8	GS Chappell	Aus	26	32	4	3150	235	112.50	13	19	0	32
9	MA Atherton	Eng	28	30	4	2649	185*	101.88	8	22	0	30
10	AN Cook	Eng	27	30	3	2958	263	109.55	10	20	0	30

AN Cook became the second England captain to score 30 fifties after MA Atherton. MA Atherton has also scored 30 fifties

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	50+
1	MA Atherton	Eng	28	30	4	2649	185*	101.88	8	22	0	30
2	AN Cook	Eng	27	30	3	2958	263	109.55	10	20	0	30