Dubai – South African skipper Graeme Smith completed 9 000 runs in Test cricket during his double hundred against Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai on Thursday.
The 32-year-old opener reached the milestone when he completed 200 runs on the second day, guiding South Africa to a commanding 460-4 at close on the second day at Dubai stadium.
Smith became the 12th batsmen in Test cricket's history to complete 9,000 Test runs and second South African behind teammate Jacques Kallis who has so far scored 13,140 runs in 164 Tests.
India's maestro Sachin Tendulkar leads the all time run scorers in Test cricket, with 15,837 in 198 Tests.
Besides Tendulkar two other Indians, three Australians, two batsmen from South Africa, West Indies and Sri Lanka have scored 9,000 or more runs in Test cricket.
Batsmen who have scored 9,000 or more runs in Tests
(under name, country, matches, runs, highest score, average, hundreds and fifties)
1 S. Tendulkar (India) 198 15837 248* 53.86 51 67
2 R. Ponting (Aus) 168 13378 257 51.85 41 62
3 R. Dravid (India 164 13288 270 52.31 36 63
4 J. Kallis (SA) 164 13140 224 55.44 44 58
5 B. Lara (WI) 131 11953 400* 52.88 34 48
6 A. Border (Aus) 156 11174 205 50.56 27 63
7 S. Waugh (Aus) 168 10927 200 51.06 32 50
8 S. Chanderpaul (WI) 148 10830 203* 51.81 28 61
9 M. Jayawardene (SL) 138 10806 374 49.56 31 45
10 K. Sangakkara (SL) 117 10486 287 56.98 33 42
11 S. Gavaskar (India) 125 10122 236* 51.12 34 45
12 G. Smith (SA) 112 9027 277 49.59 27 37– Sapa-AFP