HAMBANTOTA: Tillakaratne Dilshan on Sunday became the 11th batsman and the fourth Sri Lankan to compile 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, achieving the feat against Pakistan.

The flamboyant 38-year-old reached the landmark in his 319th match when he took a single off Shoaib Malik to move to 55, before being run out on 62.

Dilshan now has 10,007 runs, joining compatriots Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene in a coveted list headed by Indian great Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 18,426 ODI runs.

The 10,000-run club (player, country, matches, runs, centuries):

S.R. Tendulkar (India) 463 18,426 49

K.C. Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 404 14,234 25

R.T. Ponting (Australia) 375 13,704 30

S.T. Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 445 13,430 28

D.P.M.D. Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 448 12,650 19

Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) 378 11,739 10

J.H. Kallis (South Africa) 328 11,579 17

S.C. Ganguly (India) 311 11,363 22

R. Dravid (India) 344 10,889 12

B.C. Lara (West Indies) 299 10,405 19

T.M. Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 319 10,007 22

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2015

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