Cook carves out more Test history

Record-breaking England captain Alastair Cook carved out another slice of history on day one against Bangladesh in Mirpur, becoming the first player to score 10,000 Test runs as an opening batsman.

Cook, who was out late in the day for 14 on an eventful beginning to the second Test, collected his 10,000 Test run as an opener when he moved from 10 to 14 with an unconvincing boundary from spinner Mehedi Hasan – the man who trapped him lbw from the first ball of his next over.

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Only six players in Test history have posted more than 8,000 runs from the top of the order, with Cook the first to five figures, ahead of a legendary group containing Sunil Gavaskar (9,607), Graeme Smith (9,030), Matthew Hayden (8,625), Virender Sehwag (8,207) and Geoffrey Boycott (8,091).

In the previous Test, Cook became England's most capped Test cricketer, overtaking Alec Stewart with his 134th match.

The left-hander, currently playing his 135th Test, is the 11th most capped Test player of all time.

Earlier this year, he also became the first Englishman and 12th batsman overall to reach 10,000 Test runs – with 578 of his Test runs coming from No.3 in 2006, and an unbeaten 49 this year from No.7 while injured also adding to his overall total.

Cook debuted as a 21-year-old in March 2006 and has proved remarkably durable since, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's mark as the youngest player to score 10,000 Test runs as a 31-year-old earlier this year against Sri Lanka.

The opening batsman has scored multiple hundreds against all opponents (he has never faced Zimbabwe), including five each against India, Pakistan and West Indies.

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His 29 hundreds are level with Sir Donald Bradman as the 12th most in Test history.

But arguably Cook's high watermark came against Australia when, in the 2010-11 Ashes, he led the way with the bat as England enjoyed their first series victory Down Under since 1986-87, scoring 766 runs – the seventh-most in Ashes history.

The Englishman is likely to return to Australia next summer for his fourth Ashes tour, and second as captain. 

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