SPD Smith oF Australia who was stranded on 9999 test runs at the end of recently concluded test series against India in Australia duly completed 10000 test runs when he was one during his knock of 104 not out at the end of the first day’s play against Sri Lanka at Galle In the on-going  first test. His run aggregate read 10103 at the end of the first day’s play. He became the 15^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to complete 10000 test runs.  The following table lists all these batsmen

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	Z
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
3	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16
4	R Dravid	Ind	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	08
5	JE Root	Eng	2012-2024	152	278	23	12972	262	50.87	36	65	13
6	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	33	57	09
7	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38	52	11
8	BC Lara	Win	1990-2006	131	232	06	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
9	S Chanderpaul	Win	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	30	66	15
10	M Jayawardene	Srl	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15
11	AR Border	Aus	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
12	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
13	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
14	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2025	115	205	26	10103	239	56.44	35	41	11
15	Younis Khan	Pak	2000-2017	118	213	19	10099	313	52.05	34	33	19

He also became the fourth Australian batsmen to reach the land mark of 10000 test runs.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	Z
1	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
2	AR Border	Aus	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
3	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
4	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2025	115	205	26	10103	239	56.44	35	41	11