Sangakkara passes 10,000 Test runs

Melbourne: Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the 11th cricketer to pass 10,000 Test runs in the last over before lunch in the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old Sangakkara punched an imperious cover drive for four off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson to bring up the milestone and draw a standing ovation from a bumper crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

List of leading run-scorers in Tests

Sangakkara became the 11th cricketer to pass 10,000 Test runs.

Sachin Tendulkar - 15645

Ricky Ponting - 13378

Rahul Dravid - 13288

Jacques Kallis -12980

Brian Lara -11953

Allan Border -11174

Steve Waugh -10927

Shivnarine Chanderpaul -10696

Mahela Jayawardene -10674

Sunil Gavaskar -10122

Kumar Sangakkara -10009

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