Inzamam joins 8,000-club

Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq on Friday became the 14th batsman to complete 8,000 Test runs, achieving the feat against England in the third and final Test here.
Inzamam, retired hurt on 35 after being struck on the right wrist by fast bowler Steve Harmison on Wednesday, reached the milestone when he passed 45 during his innings of 97.
West Indian Brian Lara tops the list with 11,204 in 121 Tests after surpassing Australian Allan Border record of 11,174 in the third and final Test against Australia at Adelaide last week.
Inzamam, who made his Test debut against England at Birmingham in 1992, is only the second Pakistani batsman after former captain Javed Miandad to join the 8,000-club.
FOLLOWING ARE THE TOP RUN-GETTERS IN TEST CRICKET:

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NAME              COUNTRY      MATCHES       RUNS      100S

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Brian Lara        West Indies   121         11,204       31

Allan Border      Australia     156         11,174       27

Steve Waugh       Australia     168         10,927       32

Sachin Tendulkar  India         123         10,134       34

Sunil Gavaskar    India         125         10,122       34

Graham Gooch      England       118          8,900       20

Javed Miandad     Pakistan      124          8,832       23

Viv Richards      West Indies   121          8,540       24

Alec Stewart      England       133          8,463       15

David Gower       England       117          8,231       18

Geoff Boycott     England       108          8,114       22

Gary Sobers       West Indies    93          8,032       26

Inzamamul Haq     Pakistan      105          8,052       24

Mark Waugh        Australia     128          8,029       20

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The Pakistan skipper also completed 1,000 runs in the calendar year with his 97.
Mohsin Khan (1982) and Inzamam (2000) were the other batsmen to score a 1,000 runs in a calendar year for Pakistan previously.

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BATSMAN                COUNTRY      TEST      RUNS     100S

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Ricky Ponting         Australia      13      1,292        5

Marcus Trescothick    England        13      1,323        4

Matthew Hayden        Australia      13      1,158        4

Brian Lara            West Indies     9      1,110        5

Inzamamul Haq         Pakistan        8      1,000        4

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