Younis Khan of Pakistan completed ten thousand test runs

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

 

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