5 records of Sachin Tendulkar that Alastair Cook can break

#2 Most matches

Every young cricketer growing up, dreams of playing at least one Test match for their country. In some cases, they are lucky to play more. Like in football, getting to 100 Test caps for your country is considered a massive achievement but Sachin Tendulkar, like he always does, went one better and played 200 Tests.

Only seven batsmen have ever played more than 150 Tests and the second on the list of most Tests is Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh, who have combined for 168 Tests, a full 32 Tests behind Sachin, whose incredibly long career helped him accumulate all those matches.

One of the reasons why Alastair Cook is poised to break Sachin's record despite having played just 129 Tests is because of the country he plays for. No country plays more Tests on average than England and the fact that Cook is England's captain means he is certain to take part in all of them. If he plays for another few years, there is little doubt that he can beat Sachin's record of most Tests.