Alastair Cook ready to join the 10,000 Club

England Captain Alaster Cook need just 36 runs more to join the elite club of crickters with 10,000 test match test runs. All eye will be on him when England take on Sri Lanka in the first test match starting on May 19 at Leeds. Check what all records Cook can break in this upcoming England vs Sri Lanka Series:

# Cook is 36 runs short of becoming only the 12th batsman ever to reach 10,000 Test runs; the first player to do so for England.

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# He is 83 runs away from becoming only the second man to record 5,000 Test runs in England and Wales (Gooch, 5,917)

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# Cook (13,229) needs 102 runs to leapfrog Ian Bell (13,331) into second spot for most runs for England in all formats.

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# The England skipper is two centuries away from 30 in Tests; only 12 men have ever managed to record that many.

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# Cook is 65 runs away from becoming England’s all-time highest run-scorer as Test captain (Atherton – 3815); he’s currently 249 shy from becoming only the eighth man ever to reach 4,000 as a Test skipper.

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# Cook has 1078 runs against Sri Lanka in Tests. He is one of the only three non-Asian batsmen - the others being Stephen Fleming and Brian Lara - to make 1000-plus runs against them.

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