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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