AN Cook’s run aggregate on away soil read 5223 at the  end of the Melbourne test. He completed 5000 runs on away soil when he was on 21 during his knock of 244 not out in the  just  concluded test at Melbourne against Australia in Australia. He became the thirteenth batsman and also the first England batsman in the annals of test cricket to amass 5000 plus runs on away soil. The performance of all the thirteen batsmen who have accomplished the feat is tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	106	176	17	8705	248*	54.74	29	36	10
2	R Dravid	Ind	094	166	21	7690	270	53.03	21	36	05
3	JH Kallis	SAF	074	130	20	5919	189*	53.80	20	23	06
4	BC Lara	Win	066	121	01	5736	277	47.80	17	22	09
5	Younis Khan	PAK	071	127	12	5608	267	48.76	16	19	13
6	S Chanderpaul	Win	081	143	22	5579	203*	46.10	11	33	06
7	AR Border	AUS	070	120	24	5431	200*	56.57	14	28	04
8	IVA Richards	Win	073	115	08	5404	291	50.50	13	31	07
9	RT Ponting	AUS	071	125	08	5360	206	45.81	16	23	07
10	AN Cook	ENG	063	119	09	5223	244*	47.48	17	22	05
11	SR Waugh	AUS	076	116	25	5083	200	55.85	16	20	11
12	SM Gavaskar	Ind	060	106	09	5055	221	52.11	18	22	06
13	VVS Laxman	Ind	077	134	16	5014	178	42.49	09	32	07

AN Cook also earned the distinction of becoming the first opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 5000 plus runs  on away soil