5 best athletes for the week 30 May - 6 June

Alastair Cook

Cook has hit a milestone previously achieved by Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar

The English test skipper, made history playing in the second Investec Test between England and Sri Lanka at Durham last week.

Cook became the first English batsman to cross 10,000 runs, beating the record after initially missing out in his first innings. He matched the record of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, who was 31 years and 326 days old when he hit the milestone during Pakistan’s tour of India at Eden Gardens in 2005.

At 31 years and 157 days old, Cook has now become the youngest batsman to reach the 10,000 run mark, although he required 34 innings more than Tendulkar did – the Indian required 195 innings, while the Briton took 229.

India’s Sunil Gavaskar was the first ever batsman to reach the 10,000 run mark, while Cook is the first Englishman to do so; and with 28 Test centuries, holds the English record in that regard.