Younis Khan joins 7000 Test runs club

Younis Khan joins 7000 Test runs club

Younis Khan became the fourth Pakistani batsman to score 7000 runs in Test cricket when he reached 48 in the first inning of second Test match against Zimbabwe at Harare. He needed 147 innings in 84 Test matches in 13 years to reach this milestone. A total of 43 batsmen have scored 7000 runs or more in Test cricket which includes 10 batsmen each from England and Australia, 7 West Indies, 6 India, 4 Pakistan, 3 South Africa, 2 Sri Lanka and one from New Zealand. Javed Miandad holds the record for most runs in Test career for Pakistan with 8832 runs in 124 Test matches and is followed by Inzamam-ul-Haq 8829 runs in 119 and Mohammad Yousuf 7530 runs in 90 Tests. India’s Sachin Tendulkar has scored most runs in Test cricket history with 15837 runs in 198 Test matches. Younis Khan is one of three Pakistani batsmen besides Hanif Mohammad and Inzamam-ul-Haq to score a triple century in Test cricket when he scored 313 against Sri Lanka at Karachi in 2009. He is included in a list of 12 Pakistani batsmen to score a century on Test debut and has scored a Test century against all Test playing countries except Australia including five each against India and Sri Lanka. His best calendar year was 2006 when he scored 1179 runs in 11 Tests. Out of 7029 runs in Test cricket, Younis Khan has scored 3924 runs in 47 matches at number 3 batting position followed by 2301 runs in 29 matches while batting at number 4.