The super sixpublished at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 28 December 2017
Alastair Cook started his innings as the 9th highest run-scorer in Test cricket. He's now 6th, having surpassed Mahela Jaywardene, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brian Lara.
Kumar Sangakkara, you're next...
- Sachin Tendulkar (IND) - 15,921
- Ricky Ponting (AUS) - 13,378
- Jacques Kallis (SA) - 13,289
- Rahul Dravid (IND) - 13,288
- Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 12,400
- Alastair Cook (ENG) - 11,956