Younis Khan of Pakistan completed ten thousand test runs

Younis Khan’s 34th test hundred against Australia at Sydney in Jan 2017. His run aggregate read 9977 at the end of this test
Younis Khan of Pakistan became the 13th batsman in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 10000 plus runs. He reached the milestone recently in the just concluded test against West Indies at Kingston during his first innings knock of 58. At the end of the test his run aggregate read a handsome 10041.
His 10041 runs have come in 116 tests, 210 innings of which 19 were not outs at an average of 52.84 runs per innings. He has scored 34 centuries and 33 half centuries and has failed to score on 18 occasions. His highest score is 313 against Sri Lanka at Lahore at Karachi in Feb 2009. He earns the distinction of becoming the first Pakistan batsman to amass ten thousand plus runs. The following table lists the thirteen batsmen who have accomplished such a feat
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 00 |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 | 14 |
| 2 | RT Ponting | Aus | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 | 17 |
| 3 | JH Kallis | SAF | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 | 16 |
| 4 | R Dravid | Ind | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 | 08 |
| 5 | KC Sangakkara | Srl | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38 | 52 | 11 |
| 6 | BC Lara | Win | 131 | 232 | 06 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 | 17 |
| 7 | S Chanderpaul | Win | 164 | 280 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30 | 66 | 15 |
| 8 | DPMD Jayawardene | Srl | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 | 15 |
| 9 | AR Border | Aus | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 | 11 |
| 10 | AN Cook | Eng | 140 | 253 | 15 | 11057 | 294 | 46.45 | 30 | 53 | 08 |
| 11 | SR Waugh | Aus | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 | 22 |
| 12 | SM Gavaskar | Ind | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 | 12 |
| 13 | Younis Khan | Pak | 116 | 209 | 19 | 10041 | 313 | 52.84 | 34 | 33 | 18 |
Younis Khan made his test debut against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi in Feb 2001 under the captaincy of Saeed Anwar. He made 12 and 107 in the test earning the distinction of scoring a hundred on test debut. His exploits against various teams is tabulated below
| Opposition | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| v Australia | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1148 | 213 | 57.40 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 115 | 08 |
| v Bangladesh | 07 | 10 | 2 | 0638 | 200* | 79.75 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 065 | 07 |
| v England | 17 | 31 | 0 | 1426 | 218 | 46.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 07 |
| v India | 09 | 17 | 2 | 1321 | 267 | 88.06 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 171 | 03 |
| v New Zealand | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0749 | 149* | 44.05 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 087 | 11 |
| v South Africa | 14 | 28 | 3 | 0990 | 131* | 39.60 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 102 | 08 |
| v Sri Lanka | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2286 | 313 | 51.95 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 223 | 16 |
| v West Indies | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0972 | 153 | 42.26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 096 | 06 |
| v Zimbabwe | 05 | 09 | 2 | 0511 | 200* | 73.00 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 049 | 04 |
| Total | 116 | 209 | 19 | 10041 | 313 | 52.84 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 1077 | 70 |
His performance at home, away and neutral soil read thus. He has scored 5550 runs on away soil and is the only Pakistan batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring 5000 plus runs on away soil
| Opposition | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| home | 19 | 33 | 1 | 1898 | 313 | 59.31 | 07 | 05 | 02 | 225 | 10 |
| away | 69 | 123 | 12 | 5550 | 267 | 50.00 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 623 | 36 |
| neutral | 28 | 53 | 6 | 2593 | 213 | 55.17 | 11 | 09 | 04 | 229 | 24 |
| Total | 116 | 209 | 19 | 10041 | 313 | 52.84 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 1077 | 70 |
His 34 test centuries are listed below. He is one of the few batsmen who have scored test hundreds against all the nine oppositions
| No | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 107 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Rawalpindi | 26 Feb 2000 |
| 2 | 116 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 21 Jun 2000 |
| 3 | 149* | 3 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 08 Mar 2001 |
| 4 | 119 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 16 Jan 2002 |
| 5 | 153 | 1 | v West Indies | Sharjah | 07 Feb 2002 |
| 6 | 124 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 |
| 7 | 147 | 2 | v India | Kolkata | 16 Mar 2005 |
| 8 | 267 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 |
| 9 | 106 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 03 Jun 2005 |
| 10 | 199 | 1 | v India | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 11 | 194 | 3 | v India | Faisalabad | 21 Jan 2006 |
| 12 | 173 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 04 Aug 2006 |
| 13 | 126 | 4 | v South Africa | Karachi | 01 Oct 2007 |
| 14 | 130 | 4 | v South Africa | Lahore | 08 Oct 2007 |
| 15 | 107* | 4 | v India | Kolkata | 30 Nov 2007 |
| 16 | 313 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 17 | 131* | 4 | v South Africa | Dubai (DSC) | 12 Nov 2010 |
| 18 | 122 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 03 Nov 2011 |
| 19 | 200* | 2 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 09 Dec 2011 |
| 20 | 127 | 3 | v England | Dubai (DSC) | 03 Feb 2012 |
| 21 | 111 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 |
| 22 | 200* | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 03 Sep 2013 |
| 23 | 136 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 31 Dec 2013 |
| 24 | 177 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 |
| 25 | 106 | 1 | v Australia | Dubai (DSC) | 22 Oct 2014 |
| 26 | 103* | 3 | v Australia | Dubai (DSC) | 22 Oct 2014 |
| 27 | 213 | 1 | v Australia | Abu Dhabi | 30 Oct 2014 |
| 28 | 100* | 1 | v New Zealand | Abu Dhabi | 09 Nov 2014 |
| 29 | 148 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 06 May 2015 |
| 30 | 171* | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03 Jul 2015 |
| 31 | 118 | 3 | v England | Dubai (DSC) | 22 Oct 2015 |
| 32 | 218 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 11 Aug 2016 |
| 33 | 127 | 1 | v West Indies | Abu Dhabi | 21 Oct 2016 |
| 34 | 175* | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 03 Jan 2017 |