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Chanderpaul passes 10 000 Test runs landmark
NewsDay Staff ·
DOMINICA, WEST INDIES — Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become only the second West Indies player to pass 10,000 Test runs.
The Guyanese left-hander, 37, joined former team-mate Brian Lara in reaching the milestone when he scored his 14th run in the second innings of the third Test against Australia in Dominica.
The 10 000 Test runs club
• 1 Sachin Tendulkar (India) 15 470
• 2 Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13 346
• 3 Rahul Dravid (India) 13 288
• 4 Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 12 379
• 5 Brian Lara (West Indies) 11 953
• 6 Allan Border (Australia) 11 174
• 7 Steve Waugh (Australia) 10 927
• 8 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
10 440
• 9 Sunil Gavaskar (India) 10 122
• 10 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 10 055
(current Test players in green )
But he was lbw to Michael Clarke for 69 off the last ball of day four, leaving the Windies 173-5, chasing 370 to win.
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