Cook becomes 1st player to score 10,000 Test runs as opener
England Test captain Alastair Cook has become the first player to score 10,000 Test runs as opener. Cook achieved the feat during the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday, taking his opening tally to 10,002 runs in 229 innings. Before Cook, Sunil Gavaskar held the record for most Test runs as opener, with 9,607 runs in 203 innings.